Ever found the perfect client – but realised your spare bedroom isn’t quite cutting it as a “creative headquarters”? For freelancers, makers and growing start-ups, finding workspace can feel like choosing between two extremes: eye-wateringly expensive offices or noisy co-working desks with zero privacy. But there’s a third option that’s been quietly reshaping creative communities […]
Here at Meanwhile Creative, our shipping containers are more than just four walls – they’re the blank canvas on which artists, entrepreneurs, freelancers and big thinkers work their magic! In this article, we’ll take you through some seriously inspiring transformations, from pop-up shops to music studios.
We’re getting to know Kirk, Emily, and Vicki in today’s Say Hello blog; they co-founded Manifold Arts together in 2020 and are tenants at our Cardiff Containers site.
In 2017 Sebastian Jefford, quit life in the Big Smoke and made the move to Cardiff. After falling out of love with the fashion business he started up his own bespoke knitted art and upholstery business, 4ty9th.
This week we talk to Simon Lyn, a composer and performer from Cardiff (via Canada) with a studio at Meanwhile House Cardiff. He uses his space as a place to compose, mix and market his music.
We had a party at Meanwhile House on Wednesday 12th Sept and everyone was welcome! It was an opportunity for creatives working in and around Cardiff to have some fun over beers and pizza.
Today we speak to Patrick Lake, one of the first tenants to move into our latest project – Cardiff Containers. His business has had quite the upgrade since becoming a Meanwhiler. From working long unsociable hours on his bedroom floor to now having the opportunity to start his own business by working in his own […]
Over the past decade re-purposed shipping containers have become synonymous with creativity, innovation, exciting new start-ups, regeneration and new beginnings. Ahead of the launch of our own Cardiff Containers, we take a look at some of our favourite shipping container projects from around the globe.