Naming
Branding
ux/UI design
ManagEment System development
Mobile Apps development
Automation and Security Systems design
Dvor4Work
Co-working space in the center of Odesa.
Background story
Amidst Ukraine’s recovery from the epidemic, Wimble connected with a local entrepreneur aiming to transform a space in Odesa into a co-working office. With aligned interests, we partnered to provide a comprehensive solution, including naming, branding, and an office management system.
The project had to be good at everything. Two floors, the first floor is just office space with electronic lockers, toilets and a small kitchen. There aren't many offices, but that's a good thing.
The second floor is a spacious open hall with singled out workspaces, a small coffee shop kinda thing, individual and group meeting rooms, and even a room for recording YouTube or TikTok videos, or whatever you prefer (code name "Content-room").
Original interior design renders for D4W’s 1st floor co-working room
Odesa, as one of the old European cities, is famous for its old courtyards — some call them the spirit of Odesa. Many of those were turned into open-air bars and restaurants, others have remained authentic since the 60s. One of them was supposed to house our co-working space.
Partially the name came by itself — "Dvor" (meaning basically “courtyard”). Other part initially was an in-team joke, like, not to mess the other courtyards with ours, we simply specified that this one is "for work". And so "Dvor for Work" was born. There also was a thing with co-working building number being 4 and our partner desperately wanted to incorporate it into the name, so the name mutated to be "Dvor 4 Work", or just D4W.
The arch at the entrance to the courtyard was very noticeable; these were installed in various famous courtyards back in the 19th century. It was chosen as a symbol of our Dvor.There was even an intention to get a permission from government to paint the arch to match Dvors corporate colors... But thats the whole different story.
We had a great time indeed coming up with creative ideas and designing all the cool branding stuff, but here comes the thinking part — co-working automation system... The goal was to minimize the staff that should be permanently present inside the space to one single 'butler*' as we called the position.
One in - one out. You can enter and exit only if you have an NFC key. We knew who was in the co-working space and where at any time.
The biggest part of the work on our side was the mobile application, everything should be secure and convenient for users.
Admin panel
The butler's workplace consisted of video surveillance cameras and an admin panel. In addition to the usual must-have features such as financial reports and user data in the admin panel, we also added a real-time board of coworking visitors as well as ability to send a private message to any of co-working users if something happens.
The system automatically registers the user in the coworking space and withdraws funds from the card. The mobile application was designed for
The meeting room should be booked in advance through the app. User should select the time span to book, minimum one hour. Free slots are displayed in the app. A meeting room is booked by one person, the payment is charged to one account. There's only one meeting room for 6 people.
Original interior design renders for D4W 2nd floor open space
Summary
Our collaborative approach not only delivered innovative solutions but also fostered a sense of community and efficiency. The seamless integration of advanced automation systems, security features, and user-friendly mobile applications allowed D4W to operate with minimal staff, setting a new standard for co-working spaces in the region.