One of our residents, Chris Punke, wrote about his first month of coworking from Impromptu Studio. We have enjoyed having Chris around and we are glad that he has enjoyed his time here so far.

“After a year of relative isolation in an office suite, I have enjoyed having others around to talk to throughout the day, and am finding myself to be much more productive. (Apparently being holed-up by myself day after day was getting to me.)” – Chris Punke, FocalPoint Blog

Read more about his experience so far at his company blog.

Sarah Lacy and her husband stopped by as we were setting up Impromptu Studio. They interviewed us and helped us paint a bit. Below is the video she posted on her site.

CO-WORKING IN DES MOINES from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

We had several local artists loan us their artwork during our open house house.


Cat Rocketship and her artwork can be found at pleaseobey.com.


Michael J. Garcia’s artwork can be found on his site mjgstudios.com.

Impromptu Studio looked fantastic as a result of their artwork. We can’t say thank you enough!

On Thursday August 28th Impromptu Studio celebrated its Grand Opening with an open coworking day and cocktail party after the work day. A full house of 12 people showed up to work during the day including a reporter from the local magazine “Juice”. Impromptu had to go borrow an extra table from the furniture store to provide everyone with space. Most of the group walked to lunch at a local favorite the “High Life Lounge” for burgers and tator tots.

We had a great turn out at the cocktail party. Tours running all evening and lots of businesses in the area came out to support us.

We want to thank everyone who came out to cowork with us and those who stayed to celebrate in the evening. We had a great day and it wouldn’t have been a sucess without the great community we are a part of.