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]
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'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]