Poligon Creative Centre

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Poligon Creative Centre
Poligon kreativni center
FormationFebruary 17, 2014;10 years ago (2014-02-17)
DissolvedDecember 1, 2019;4 years ago (2019-12-01)
Location
Coordinates 46°02′48″N14°29′07″E / 46.046722°N 14.485378°E / 46.046722; 14.485378
Website poligon.si

Poligon Creative Centre (Slovene: Poligon kreativni center, commonly known as Poligon) was a creative centre in Slovenia and the first and largest coworking space in Slovenia. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was a training ground for creative communities and self-employed operating in the field of creative economies, social entrepreneurship and culture in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and it was placed inside the former tobacco factory, Tobačna Ljubljana. [5] [6] [7] The Slovenia Crowdfunding Initiative was based out of the center. [8]

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History

Poligon was established in February 2014 [9] by Slovenia Coworking (Luka Piškorič, Eva Perčič, Marko Orel) - national initiative for popularization of coworking in Slovenia with the help of supporting communities: Slovenia Crowdfunding, Kreativna cona Šiška, and Ljudje.si.

Poligon was created with the goal of promoting opportunities for self-employment of creative professionals in Ljubljana. [8] Poligon offered a coworking space for its community, makerspace, a crowdfunding lab, a classroom, a bar, a library, a gallery space, and organised many social and cultural events. It was part of the international coworking exchange program in cooperation with coworking spaces across Europe. [3]

Poligon was run by their three co-founders Piškorič, Orel, and Perčič (Matjaž).

Poligon ceased all of its operations 2019. [10]

Facilities

Poligon's space is 1200m2. [11] Besides offering a workspace, Poligon also holds workshops for self-employed entrepreneurs and makers, exhibitions as well as social events. [12]

Notable events

Since its founding, Poligon has had a positive impact on the creative sector in Slovenia. [13]

In 2015, Poligon was featured as part of the Remote Year program. [14]

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