Newsflash—what we’ve been working on
Heya, this is Harry, checking in from the village. It’s been a while that we appeared in your inbox: Unfortunately we haven’t managed to write a newsletter...
“Best team event ever!”
“Best team event ever!” We had the pleasure of spending a day at Erik Spiekermann’s letterpress workshop, printing posters together, on historic machines,...
We’re hiring a digital designer!
Hello, hello, this newsletter is possibly our shortest ever—straight to the point: We’re hiring a digital designer! This position is 100% remote, full...
Europe Talks—meet a fellow European for an unlikely conversation
Hey there, this is Harry and today I’m here to tell you about a wonderful initiative: It’s called Europe Talks and it’s a simple way to have a conversation...
A new brand and website for YouthPolicy.org
About a year ago, we received an incredibly nice email from Andreas Karsten, the CEO of Youth Policy Labs (YPL), which began: Dear Village Onesies, my name...
Quality time as a distributed team
Hey there, let’s start this newsletter with a hard truth: Building connection and having fun together is tough as a distributed team. That’s why, usually...
“Der Krieg und seine Opfer”—creating an online documentary with dekoder.org
A few months back, Leonid A. Klimov from dekoder.org proposed an ambitious project: launching an online documentary series that tells the overlooked stories...
What’s your dream project?
Villagers! Town folks! Urbanites! Welcome to another issue of the Villager’s dispatch. One of the most visited pages on our website is the project wish /...
Julia Shkatova becomes a co-owner of Village One
Hello, hello,we’ve got exciting news to share, because something marvelous happened last week: Our designer Julia finished her six months probationary...
Season’s greetings!
Hello there,2023 is a wrap, today is our last day of work! It was an eventful year for us: Lots of new clients and projects, two new people joining the team,...
Visiting the Rochdale Pioneers, in 1844 and today
Hey there,this is Harry and today I’ll not only take you on a train journey to the small English town of Rochdale, but also back in time to December...
Teaming up with Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund
Hello fellow netizens,this is Harry, and pling, you’ve got mail! Lots of software played a role in the delivery of this latest newsletter: While putting it...
Villagers, assemble!
Hello readers, other companies have off-sites, we—as a fully remote company—have on-sites! Earlier in November, the six of us left our desks in our homes and...
Join our first Berlin coop meetup
Hello readers, villagers and coop enthusiasts! While writing this, Berlin is enjoying its final weeks of summer, and as we all aim to leave our desks and...
Meet Julia, our new designer!
Hello readers, welcome to another episode of this newsletter, with an exciting announcement. In July, we welcomed our sixth (!) team member. Please meet...
Thank you for celebrating with us!
Last week was truly incredible! It all started with Sev hopping over from his home in Ilkely (UK) and joining the rest of us for a multi-day on-site in...
The next democratic paradigm
Hello fellow villagers! We know it’s Friday and you’re hopefully already off enjoying a beautiful early-summer weekend, but we wanted to quickly share some...
Anniversary One
Hello friends,time flies, and we can hardly believe it, but Village One is about to turn one year old! 🥳 To celebrate, we’ve reserved Vagabund Brauerei...
The World Talks: a global dialogue experiment
Greetings,Harry here and this newsletter is about an absolutely rad project we worked on over the last months: The World Talks! It’s exactly what it says on...
Member Interview: Dorothée Schwartzmann
Dear readers of this little dispatch, this is the final issue of a mini-series of member interviews. During the past weeks, we've introduced the people...
Welcome Sev Furneaux, our fifth co-op member!
We’re delighted to announce that our co-op has a brand new member! Sev joined us as a senior front-end developer and co-owner in May and will support this...
Member Interview: Christoph Rauscher
Hello, we're back with the planned programming! For four issues of this newsletter, we're introducing the people behind Village One – one person at a time,...
The all-new TypeMates website + shop
Heya,this is Harry from Village One! We are interrupting the regular programming for something exciting we launched this week: After six months of work we...
So… who are the people behind Village One? - This week: Harry Keller
Hi lovely subscribers, how was your week? As we mentioned last Friday, we're dedicating four issues of this newsletter to introduce the people behind Village...
So… who are the people behind Village One?
Hello world, it's us again! You last heard from us a while ago. We were not hibernating through this awfully long winter but focusing on our client work and...
Communicating, fast and slow
Hello readers! This is what feels like the 78th day of January, and with this edition of the Villager’s Dispatch I am happy to report that we’ve finally made...
Oof, what a year!
If 2020 and '21 felt like a single year, because we were all stuck at home and every day was the same… then 2022 felt like two years packed into one, because...
Join our design team!
Hello readers! When we set up Village One, we really put a lot of thought into what we want our work environment to be like, and what we want to do...
Look ma, no bosses!
Hello fellow workers, as you’re probably aware we founded Village One as a cooperative—I’m afraid we really couldn’t shut up about this part. 🤭 Being a co-op...
Why we’re called Village One
Ahoy shipmates! This is Fei, writing my 1st newsletter for Village One and I'm very excited! The greeting will make sense in a second, I promise. 😄 In...
All hands on deck!
Ahoy shipmates! This is Fei, writing my 1st newsletter for Village One and I'm very excited! The greeting will make sense in a second, I promise. 😄 In...
Welcome Zhuo-Fei Hui, our fourth co-op member!
We’re very excited to share that we’re expanding our team with a new person and new expertise: Zhuo-Fei Hui, a senior back-end developer, is joining us as a...
New website, a digital garden and a little peek behind the scenes
Greetings from the Village! It’s been almost a month since our last newsletter and oh boy, we’ve been juggling quite a few things: First and foremost we’ve...
Our full team, the inaugural co-op meeting and a few photos!
Welcome to the first edition of The Villager’s Dispatch! You’re receiving this newsletter because you recently heard about Village One and then subscribed on...