What do people do with the big drawings?
Good question. I don’t know. Most of the time, I’m bid a fond farwell before the event organizers collapse with relief, and that’s the last I hear. I suspect that a good chunk of them while away in the corners of offices or get (hopefully) recycled. I think the digital images have a better life cycle within a group. I’m not at all precious about the drawings. They are an artifact of that meeting, a moment in time, a representation of a process. Not a masterpiece, set in stone for eternity. Some clients (especially smaller groups) hang the original charts in their work areas so they can continue to work from them. Do whatever you need to do with them to get more good work done. Hang them, mark them up. I have heard of a few clients hanging them up in common areas behind plexiglass. If it’s useful, great. I do know the waterbased, non-toxic inks I use fade over time. So, I suppose when one of these drawings fade too much it’s time for another meeting!
