What is coworking ?
Why cowork ?
Who are the mutins ?
What does Mutinerie look like ?
How do coworkers get to know each other at Mutinerie ?
I’ve got to make a call but I’ll disturb everybody, won’t I ?
Can I test Mutinerie before committing ?
How can I join Mutinerie ?
How can I follow events and receive news from Mutinerie and its community ?
How can I organise an event at Mutinerie ?
Why are we called Mutinerie ?
Is it “Mutinerie” or “La Mutinerie” ?
What is coworking?
Coworking is a movement which was born in 2005 through the desire of numerous freelancers and entrepreneurs, to gather together in order to better their working conditions. Conceived from the realisation that, even though it had become technically possible to work from anywhere, it remains fundamental to have a physical work place. The added value of a working space is not merely to allow people and means of production to come together, but also to create an ecosystem that aides the activity of each person. Coworking combines the best elements of a professional environment with the freedom and independence of those who are self-employed.
Nowadays, coworking is a movement with several hundred spaces and several thousand members around the world. It is a movement united around our values, which is collectively organised and who meet on a regular basis in all four corners of the world.
Why cowork?
Well, in order to be successful in one’s projects and to see through one’s undertakings, creativity and determination are not only a question of individual talent, but it is also aided by one’s environment.
Coworking spaces exist to provide freelancers and entrepreneurs with this favourable ecosystem; which is fertile ground vital for success and innovation.
A supportive environment must offer the right working tools, a calm, quiet, pleasant space equipped with all necessary equipment (internet connection and professional printer/scanner, meeting rooms, 22-inch screens, landlines…).
The communal environment also plays a major role; being surrounded by a network of people with opposing and complementary skills means benefitting from a sound board for your projects and stepping outside from one’s subjectivity.
Finally, the general atmosphere of an open, energetic, free and creative space can have a positive impact on you and your projects.
Who are the Mutins?
Originally, they were 3 brothers and a childhood friend who decided to create a free and open working space in Paris by realising their own ideal environment.
The initial crew were soon joined by numerous new “Mutins” from all backgrounds, a detailed overview of which you can find in the Mutin gallery.
What does Mutinerie look like?
Mutinerie enthusiastically draws its aesthetic influences from the spaces that inspire it. This could resemble anywhere from a pirate ship to an antique shop, across a craftsman’s workshop to a start-up office.
Mutinerie reflects its members, who helped to design it before the opening and continue to bring pieces of decoration and furniture. When you pass through the doors of 29 rue de Meaux, you enter the café area, a welcoming space of conviviality, and informal meeting.
A second door leads you to the central working space, which has varied environments, some more intimate, some more bright and open, to fit the tastes and needs of everyone. The meeting room, the call boxes and the residents’ rooms are organised around this space.
The basement is arranged like a small auditorium dedicated to meetings. There’s also a room for relaxation…
How do coworkers get to know each other at Mutinerie?
A coworker who passes through the doors of Mutinerie for the first time might legitimately ask themselves how they will get in touch with the others Mutins. To work alongside others who are carrying out their projects can often throw many people off balance. However, as it would be a shame to deprive ourselves of the benefits of human contact, we do our best to ease encounters between coworkers. These can be of several types: spontaneous events, one-off events and regular dates.
Spontaneous events are the most frequent and the best means to meet other Mutins every day. This can refer to chats around a cup of coffee, or a lunch break spent together, that is to say informal and natural conversations. The café area is specifically designed to facilitate these kinds of interactions.
One-off events can take the shape of training sessions or workshops organised by the community; coworkers meet according to their interests.
The Mutinerie crew regularly organise events which allow everyone to present their projects and facilitate contacts.
Mutinerie uses an internal social network in which everyone can learn more about their neighbour and communicate each other, from wherever they are, with the possibility of organising group events.
I’ve got to make a call, but I’ll disturb everybody, won’t I?
No you won’t, Mutinerie is equipped with isolated Call Boxes for you to make phone calls in full privacy and keep the volume of the working space to a very low level. You can also make phone calls from the café area, which is isolated from working areas.
Can I test Mutinerie before committing?
Of course! We offer quite a few possibilities to test Mutinerie and to know whether you’ll like it. First of all, there is a free trial day that you can use on your first visit, then the “lundi gaillards” (“fellow’s Mondays”): a special pass allowing you to come and cowork every Monday morning – from 9am to 1pm – for 10€ (VAT not included). And finally, to gently see how the land lies, why not sign up to one of the numerous events that take place at Mutins’ place?
How can I join Mutinerie?
At Mutinerie, we like to do things simply. None of the usual paperwork and no security deposit. The best way to join in is still to contact us and come by with a means of payment and ID. Nothing more.
How can I follow recent events and receive news from Mutinerie and its community?
By signing up to our newsletter, you can follow via your mailbox the central developments of our community and be informed of important matters through a clear and synthetic letter released about every month.
Follow our Blog, we regularly write about themes that we are interested in and announce public events. If you don’t want to miss a thing, don’t hesitate to sign up to our RSS feed.
Follow us Twitter(@MutinerieCrew) where you can see our buzzing daily activity and follow our monitoring of subjects that concern us (coworking, social innovation, technology, do-it-yourself, professional mobility, news concerning the world of work…)
Join us on Facebook to keep yourself posted on events taking place at our’s, follow pictures, moods and thoughts that we share. There you can also interact with the Mutinerie community.
How can I organise an event at Mutinerie?
Mutinerie hosts numerous events outside usual coworking activity, i.e. evenings and weekends. Smaller events can take place in our meeting room (12 persons maximum) or in the agora in the basement (20 persons maximum) at any time of the day.
The venue particularly lends itself to events up to 100 people. Of course, we can make several overhead projectors, microphones and flipcharts available.
For a quote, please contact us by email or telephone and specify your needs, after checking their compatibility with our constraints. We’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.
Why are we called Mutinerie?
Mutinerie (in English “mutiny”) is a freedom movement against an order, the legitimacy of which is being questioned. Mutinerie is the possibility for all to regain control of the vessel. It’s a collective uprising that brings people together.
This description is not that different from that of coworking, which allows those who aspire to be free, to work in an ideal environment populated by other people that share the same aspirations.
Our motto “Free Together” includes these notions of freedom and community. The two ideas being linked by an implicit and essential ferment: the “living-together”…
With that being said, “Mutinerie” also because we like pirates…
Is it “Mutinerie” or “la Mutinerie”?
It is one of the questions that comes up so often that it deserves to be in our FAQ. Instinctively, “la Mutinerie” is the one that comes to most people’s minds, but if you are keen on Mutin orthodoxy or simply to please the crew, get rid of that disgracious “la”!
Mutinerie (and not “LA Mutinerie”) refers more to a movement than to a geographic location. Indeed, we see our project as a movement, one that reaches beyond its walls, spills onto the streets, into our hearts and minds. An entity capable of changing its shape while keeping its fundamental objective: uniting the free people and giving them the tools to live according to their own rules.
Last but not least, a few months after the opening of Mutinerie, a LGBT bar called ‘LA Mutinerie” opened its doors in Paris, another reason for getting it right…
Should you have any other question or would like more detail regarding the questions here, please don’t hesitate to contact the Mutinerie crew
