After a six-week hiatus, Max and Anne are back. We’ve been working in that time to start a new coworking space in Lancaster, Pa. The Candy Factory is a coworking space providing a professional yet relaxed work environment for people looking for a creative, affordable way to work in Lancaster, PA. Not Bad Design, Creatively Wired and a whole slew of great folks are now calling The Candy Factory their new business home.
The Challenge: Create a brand identity from the ground up
While most people in Lancaster, PA had never heard of coworking it’s something the folks at NBD have been eying for years. Since we would be bringing a new business and a new concept in the way people work to the area we decided to create strong visuals that would come to represent both.
from top left: logo, outdoor sign, postcard, alternative logo and sticker designs
The Candy Factory is a coworking space providing a professional yet relaxed work environment for people looking for a creative, affordable way to work in Lancaster, PA.
It is a community of small business owners, freelancers, students and other professional who are looking for a cool downtown location on the 300 block of Queen Street. The brainchild of NBD Creative Partners, Anne Kirby and Max Phillips, The Candy Factory is also home to Not Bad Design, providing our agency the flexibility to remain small and nimble while drawing on the strengths and collaboration of our coworkers.
As we dove into the process of building Lancaster’s first coworking facility we realized that this would be an opportunity to create a new brand that had absolutely no history in the area. After many hours of brainstorming (and some real “groaners” in the name department) we came up with The Candy Factory. The building we occupy, 323 North Queen, in fact used to be a candy factory, and it appealed to us to pay homage to the building’s heritage. But more importantly we wanted a name that spoke to the environment we’d hope to create among the members: fun yet relaxed. “Candy” brings out the kid in all of us (the fun) while “factory” reminds us that this is indeed a place to work. And trust us, it is a pretty sweet place to work.
“The Beggar Folk are Josh and Trista Lamb, a band of folk singer-songwriters from Lancaster, Pa. Their music is mellow and intimate—finger-picking, warm harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, and a fierce love for both man and creator have all lead to The Beggar Folk’s ability to stir their listeners. Their distinct blend of modern folk+old country lends a natural avenue to their strong storytelling and minimalist roots. Classically trained and seasoned instrumentalists, recent additions Taylor Brandt & Meredith Shaub (violins) & Allison Farris (cello) bring new depth to The Beggar Folk’s emotionally driven writings. Their ability to personally connect with each song and translate lyrics to strings is both rare and highly moving.”
“BACKGROUND: Josh has been writing songs since his teens, but it was during Josh and Trista’s recent 7-month internship in Alexandria, Egypt, that his lyrics began to mature. Being so far from friends and family back home, entering a foreign culture, and witnessing the injustices of war and prejudice led to a lot of healthy introspection. As a parting gift, Josh and Trista had one of their songs, “The Rug, The Shovel, and The Gun” translated into Arabic and sang it to their Egyptian neighbors as they shared one last cup of tea. Since moving to Pennsylvania this past June, Josh and Trista have been spending their days writing, performing, networking and enjoying the beauty of all that Lancaster has to offer.”
CW EVENTS
PCA&D Senior Show
We were LIVE at 2:30PM – 3:30PM on Saturday 1 May. See what you missed in the first floor gallery during the month of May, including May First Friday!
May 7th – First Friday -Community First Fund presents Women’s Business Center Entrepreneurial Speaker Series — Friday, May 07, 2010 — Lancaster, PA
Are you a woman interested in Social Media Marketing for your business or the business you work for? YES – well join us on Friday May 7th at the Community First Fund Women’s Business Center for a lively panel discussion on the subject. Joining me will be Kae Kohl of Kiwi Marketing Group andKelly Watson of Wordwise Marketing. See link below to sign up – it’s FREE and you can hit all the 1st Friday events afterwards.
Like that elusive Waldo, Max & Anne have made a game of today’s podcast. Anne’s not here (boo) so Max has to go it alone. Max decided to broadcast from the wrong station so none of the live audience could find the video cast today. Major fail. But we did rebroadcast on the proper channel and, of course, you can always watch the archived video or listen to the audio version on iTunes.
Historically a Polish-American tradition, Dyngus Day celebrates the end of the often restrictive observance of lent and the joy of Easter. Over the decades, Dyngus Day has become a wonderful holiday to celebrate Polish-American culture, heritage and traditions.
This is a yearly debate among Dyngus Day revelers. The tradition holds true that on Easter Monday boys would sprinkle the girls with water and tap them with pussywillows. On Easter Tuesday, the women would return the favorite. At modern Dyngus Day parties it is common practice that both men and women trade water and pussywillow equally.
WHY PUSSY WILLOWS?
Pussy willows playa (sic) big part in Buffalo’s Dyngus Day celebrations as men and women flirt with playful “taps.” Branches of the plant are used as the pussy willow is one of the first “budding” plants of spring. But how did the pussy willow get its name? According to Polish legend, many springs ago, baby kittens fell into a raging river while chasing butterflies. The mother car (sic) sadly wept at the river’s edge, pleading for help for her drowning kittens. The willows heard her mournful cries and swept their long graceful branches into the water. The kittens grabbed the branches, held on tightly and were safely brought to shore. Every spring, from that day on, the willows sprouted fur-like buds where the tiny kittens once clung.
Guest hosting The Lancast
Max filled in for Daniel Klotz this weekend on our sister podcast “The Lancast.” He and David talked about the iPad release on Saturday and look back on a year of podcasting and the creative scene in Lancaster.
Lancaster 4 Haiti recap
5 hours
8 Bands, including Steven Courtney and Band of Friends , Josh Albright Band , Movies With Heroes, Ben Roth Band , The Mint , Slimfit, The Swimmers and The Slackwater News.
Creatively Wired covered the whole thing live and got exclusive interviews with the bands. You can watch the Archive video on our Ustream.tv channel. We were only able to capture the first 3 hours to Ustream, but we did record the whole thing locally and will be releasing that footage soon.
We can’t thank our sponsors enough, we never could have pulled this off without you! So many to thank, but topping the list is the Lancaster County Convention Center and Marriot Hotel, who donated the event space; Illusion Sound and Lighting, for a great job with lighting, sound and production; all of the many volunteers that helped set up, run the event and tear down; and WXPN our band sponsor. A complete list of sponsors and donors can be found on The Creative House of Lancaster facebook page.
Upcoming schedule
Launch Music Conference April 15-16, 2010. We’ll be broadcasting live on Friday and Saturday. Broadcast schedule to come soon.
PCA&D’s Senior Show & Celebration, May 1 from 3 – 6 p.m. Don’t miss our coverage from 2:30 – 3:30pm that day. And come on down to watch us live and join the fun.
Creatively Wired covers the Lancaster 4 Haiti: Hearts in Harmony Benefit concert. See band performances and exclusive interviews with Steven Courtney and Band of Friends , Josh Albright Band , Movies With Heroes, Ben Roth Band , The Mint , Slimfit, The Swimmers and The Slackwater News.
Recorded live • Thursday 18 February 2010 • Ustream.tv
Lancaster’s public art manager speaks to the CHL about the city’s new public art initiative and what public art means for us. And a big shout out to Annie Bailey’s for letting us meet this month in their second floor space.
This week Max travels to The Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre to interview the cast of the hit Broadway musical RENT. Also: Superbowl commercials, Facebook changes again, favorite Twitter apps and designer Chip Kidd at the Whitaker Center.
Recorded live • Monday 8 February 2010 • Ustream.tv
Facebook changes its face again. What do you think?
What do you use to connect to your social networks? Max uses Tweetie for Mac and iPhone and Anne likes Tweetdeck. Also check out Hootsuite and Fluid app.
Max traveled to the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre to interview the cast of RENT. We had some audio issues so we’ll re-broadcast the interview Tuesday 9 February at 1pm.
RENT opens Thursday, 11 February at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre and runs through 13 March. Special pricing for high school and college students.
In this episode I had the pleasure of talking with a great group of people from Lancaster and Central PA’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community. Joining me were members of the Lancaster PA Pride Committee: Chris Baldwin, Co-Chair and logistics; Anthony Lascoskie, Chair of Media Relations; and Mark Stoner, City Liaison and Board of Lancaster Human Relations Committee. And from the LGBT Community Center Coalition were: Sean Maloney, Interim Program Director; and Ted Martin, President of the Board.
