Co-working spaces offer an alternative to spending the nine-to-five in a dull desk cubicle. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy selects seven unusual examples from across the globe, including a shared office in a former distillery and a women-only workspace in New York.

The Wing, USA, by Chiara de Rege
For the third outpost of women-only co-working space The Wing, interior designer Chiara de Rege created a series of homely work rooms furnished with plush, pastel-hued chairs and pendant lamps.
Tall shelves displaying colour-coordinated books can be pushed back to reveal hidden doorways.
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Replica House Studios, UK, by Surman Weston
Diamond-patterned stained glass screens divide up this co-working space in north London as nod towards its past as a Methodist church. Surman Weston purposefully kept the rest of the interior simple, with white-painted walls, oiled oak floors and plywood furniture.
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Guateque, Mexico, by Estudio Atemporal
Ping-pong tables with bright yellow boards for nets add a splash of colour to the otherwise industrial setting of this co-working space in Mexico City.
The office, which was formerly a factory, features concrete columns cinder block walls, and tall glass partitions ? beams of black metal have then been used to form a reading nook at mezzanine level.
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Canopy Jackson Square, USA, by Yves Behar, Amir Mortazavi and Steve Mohebi
A rich mix of b...