ATLANTA — The Creative Hub has opened in the Atlanta area bringing a co-op workspace to the digital creative industry. Aimed at indie filmmakers and home based video producers, The Creative Hub lives inside the film and television production facility of Biscardi Creative Media (www.biscardicreative.com).
The business operates similar to co-op offices that offer low-cost hourly/monthly rentals of office and meeting space. Here, users have access to fully furnished editing, graphics and animation suites outfitted with Flanders Scientific reference monitors; an Avid ProTools 5.1 surround sound mixing theater with Genelec reference monitors; a color grading suite with Tangent Element control surfaces and a Flanders Scientific OLED reference monitor; a screening room with an eight-foot screen; and a conference room with 30 feet of cork board for storyboarding and planning. The screening room can also be configured as a classroom for workshops for up to 18 people. There are also fully furnished offices, Rebecca’s Atomic Lounge and private backyard space.
“I’ve had this concept for a while to bring the co-op workspace to the creative industry,” notes BCM founder, Walter Biscardi, Jr. “My company started in a spare bedroom of the house 14 years ago and there were times I really could have used a conference room, screening room or even a mixing room, but the costs were always outside of my budgets. We have an awesome facility here at BCM, so we thought we’d create an economical and fun workspace for the new digital workforce.”
According to Biscardi, a fully outfitted edit suite with the workstation, Adobe Creative Suite and a Flanders Scientific reference monitor only runs $100/day. “Or you can bring your own system in and just connect up to the reference monitor and sound,” he adds.
Biscardi also hopes to inspire collaboration with the new venture by bringing together creatives. He knows firsthand that while it’s nice to be able to work at home, better ideas seem to happen when you can share ideas with other creatives.
“Asking a colleague to ‘come look at this’ always seems to lead to better ideas,” says Biscardi. “That’s ultimately what we hope The Creative Hub will lead to. Folks coming together in a fun collaborative space to create awesome with a little help from their peers.”