BLANKSPACES Venice Lincoln
Ask anyone what makes a good workday and the answer usually has less to do with the work itself than with how the day felt. Did you have the focus to actually get things done? Did you talk to another human being? Did you leave with any energy left over? Employee wellbeing has moved from a nice-to-have to the center of how good companies think about work — and a big part of it comes down to something surprisingly physical: the space you spend your day in.
The last few years rewrote the rules. People proved they could work from anywhere, then discovered that “anywhere” often meant a kitchen table, back-to-back video calls, and a slow slide toward burnout. The question stopped being where can we work and became where do we actually work well. For a lot of people, the answer turned out to be a space built for exactly that.
Wellbeing starts with belonging
For all the talk of standing desks and step counts, the most important ingredient in workplace wellbeing is still connection. Working alone wears people down. The freelancers and founders who first came to BLANKSPACES weren’t only looking for Wi-Fi and a chair — they were looking for other people. The casual hello, the quick piece of advice, the reminder that you’re part of something bigger than your inbox.
That’s the idea BLANKSPACES was built on. We’ve been creating coworking communities across Los Angeles since 2008, back when “coworking” was still a word that needed explaining. From the start it was about people, not just desks — giving independent workers a way to escape the isolation of working from home without trading it for the grind of a traditional office. Wellbeing, in other words, was the whole point long before it became a buzzword.
It still is. Across our locations in Culver City, Hollywood, Long Beach, Santa Monica, and Venice, the calendar stays full of reasons to look up from your screen: member mixers, workshops, game nights, reading clubs, and the occasional dog making the rounds. None of it is required. All of it is there because a workday with a little humanity in it is simply a healthier one.
The quiet side of wellbeing
As much as community matters, there’s one part of wellbeing that open, social workspaces can overlook, and it’s worth naming early: quiet. The energy of a shared floor is wonderful — right up until you have a call you’d rather not broadcast, or an hour of focused work that just won’t happen with a conversation ten feet away. Constant background noise is genuinely tiring; the mind spends real effort filtering it out, and a workday with no refuge from it takes a toll.
The fix is a simple one: give people somewhere to step into when they need to concentrate. That’s where acoustic office phone booths come in. Makers like MEAVO, whose booths are built specifically to keep sound out, let a busy space offer real quiet on demand — a private spot for a call, a focus session, or a few minutes to reset — without cutting anyone off from the community around them. Protecting focus isn’t the opposite of a social workspace. It’s part of what makes one feel good to be in all day.
A space that’s designed to feel good
Our founder, Jerome Chang, is an architect by training, and it shows. Before BLANKSPACES, he designed workplaces at a firm known for offices like Google’s headquarters, and he brought that same eye to coworking: natural light, thoughtful layouts, and rooms that make you want to sit down and get to work. Good design isn’t decoration. The way a space is lit, how sound moves through it, whether you can find a quiet corner when you need one — all of it quietly shapes how you feel by four in the afternoon.
Wellbeing lives in those details. A comfortable chair. A WorkCafé where you can grab a seat and a coffee and actually think. The freedom to move between heads-down focus and a spontaneous conversation without missing a beat. When a space is designed around how people really work, the healthy choice becomes the easy one — and you feel the difference at the end of the day.
BLANKSPACES Venice Lincoln
Room to work your way
No two people work the same way, and no one works the same way all day. That’s why choice is such an underrated part of wellbeing. Some mornings call for the buzz of the WorkCafé; some afternoons need a dedicated desk where you can spread out and settle in. A quick client meeting wants a proper room, not a noisy corner. When a space lets you match the setting to the task — instead of forcing the task to fit whatever seat you happen to grab — the whole day feels lighter.
Flexibility isn’t just convenient, in other words. It’s what makes a workday sustainable rather than merely survivable. The freedom to change gears — from social to focused, from a shared table to a private room and back again — is exactly what keeps people feeling good across a long week instead of running out of steam by Wednesday.
Move, refuel, reset
Wellbeing is physical, too. A healthy workday isn’t eight hours pinned to the same chair; it’s getting up, moving, and stepping outside — easy things to forget when you’re deep in a project. Our spaces are built to make those things effortless: room to stretch your legs, a gym at select locations for a midday reset, good coffee and food close by, and plenty of natural light to keep the afternoon from dragging.
It helps that this is Los Angeles. Stepping out for a walk between meetings is practically a local birthright, and a workspace that encourages it does your focus a favor. Small resets add up. A short walk, a real lunch, five minutes of quiet — these are the habits that keep people healthy and sharp across a full week, not just a good morning.
Balance is the whole point
Ask our members what they value most and you hear the same word again and again: balance. The right mix of time with other people and time to yourself. Room to be social when you want the energy, and room to focus when you need to deliver. One member put it plainly — her productivity jumped once she finally had a comfortable, affordable place to work that offered both. That’s really the goal. Wellbeing at work isn’t about choosing between connection and concentration; it’s about keeping both within easy reach.
However your team works best, the takeaway is the same. Wellbeing isn’t a wellness program bolted on at the end — it’s built into the place itself: the people around you, the light, the coffee, the community, and yes, the quiet corner when you need it. Get the space right, and the good workdays tend to follow. If you’re rethinking where your people work, come design your workday with us. Working well looks good on everyone.
