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BUSINESS

January 10-16, 2014

PATTARAWADEE SAENGMANEE
The Nation
Bangkok

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n increasingly attractive
option for freelance
professionals as well as
those who find working
at home too lonely or too
distracting, co-working spaces are
springing up all over Bangkok.
Wander into any of these shared
offices in search of a desk and
you'll find a community of graphic
designers, programmers, digital
nomads and one- or two-man
start-ups already hard at work.
Places like Klique Desk and
Hubba, both conveniently located
downtown with easy access to
BTS and MRT stations, provide
fully serviced and modern
office space complete with highspeed Wi-Fi along with the
company of like-minded folk.

Klique Desk, which is owned
by interior designer Kant
Rodsawat and two partners, has
been around since February.
"Our research showed that
more and more people are
tending to work alone, while
new graduates in the IT and
design fields prefer to start their
professional careers as freelancers.
We wanted to provide for them by
offering a multifunction shared
working space," Kant explains.
Located on the second floor
of the Shinawatra Building on
Sukhumvit Soi 23, the office
has a modern, avant-garde look
that's in sharp contrast to the
old-fashioned structure of the
building with walls and floor
painted a cheerful shade of yellow.
Spread over a generous 300
square metres, it houses two
multipurpose meeting rooms,
complete with projector, television
and other multimedia tools,
hot-desk space with full office

connectivity and 14 private
offices in different sizes. Prices
start at 200 baht (US$6) a
day for shared working space
and 17,000 baht ($513) per
month for a private office.
The fully serviced office
offers a business address
and a bilingual receptionist
who handles incoming
mail, e-mail notifications
and