How One Studio Runs Every Project From a Single Wall

Studio Brink pins every live job to one wall and lets nobody take anything down.

By Tom James

Dark green poster with a fine technical grid and circular guides

Every live project at Studio Brink lives on a single wall of pinboard in the middle of the room.

Sketches, invoices and client emails go up side by side, and nothing is removed until the job closes.

In practice

The partners say it replaced three project management tools and a weekly meeting.

If it is not on the wall, it is not happening.

Mette Brink, partner
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