The boards
Two formats. Any wall you have.
Borderless: the fabric wraps the face and the edges, so nothing frames the front. A gatorboard core on a solid wood internal frame, 1 1/4 in thick overall and about 15 lb for a full 4 × 8 ft board.
At a glance
Borderless
Fabric wraps the face and the edges. No frame, no trim, nothing on the front.
1 1/4 in · 15 lb
Overall thickness, and the weight of a full 4 × 8 ft board.
Grey or black
Standard face colours. Other colours possible on request.
Cleat included
Two cleats and one rail come with every board.
Formats
Two modules, hung three ways.
A 4 × 8 ft board hangs either way round, which is what lets the same product make a low wide review wall or a tall bay beside a doorway.
| Board | Face area | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| 4 × 8 ft, long edge horizontal | 32 sq ft | Wide review runs; sequences read left to right |
| 4 × 8 ft, long edge vertical | 32 sq ft | Tall bays; full-height elevations and sections |
| 4 × 4 ft | 16 sq ft | Short walls, returns and infill beside doors and windows |
| Custom sizes | On request | Walls that do not divide neatly into the standard modules |
Construction
What the board is made of.
Borderless fabric face
The fabric wraps the face and the edges, so there is no frame or trim on the front. Boards sit edge to edge and read as one continuous surface.
Commercial-grade fabric
A high-durability fabric made for commercial and severe-duty use, water, soil and mildew resistant. Work goes up with pins — no tape, no adhesive, nothing left on the wall behind.
Gatorboard core on a wood frame
A 1/2 in high-density foam core keeps a full 4 × 8 ft panel flat and stiff at about 15 lb, with a solid wood internal frame and hardboard back carrying it from behind. 1 1/4 in overall.
French cleat mounting
Two cleats on the back of the board and one wall rail come with every panel. The rail goes up once; the board lifts off and re-spaces along it.
Boards are made for paper. Heavy material samples — stone, tile, thick timber or metal — should not hang from a pin on any fabric board; those need a shelf or a tray.
Mounting
One rail, then it moves.
Every board ships with two cleats, fitted to the back of the frame, and one wall rail. The rail is installed once and levelled; the board drops onto it. Tell us whether you are fixing to drywall, stud or masonry and the fixings are specified with your quote.
After that the board lifts off the rail and re-spaces along it, so a run can be rearranged without drilling again. Moving a board to a different wall means installing a rail there.
Boards can be set edge to edge so a run of panels reads as one continuous surface.
Mounting specificationsCapacity
How much fits on a board.
Useful when you are deciding whether one board is enough, or whether the work needs the whole wall.
| Sheet size | 4 × 4 ft board | 4 × 8 ft board, horizontal | 4 × 8 ft board, vertical |
|---|---|---|---|
| A4 / Letter, landscape | 12 | 28 | 27–30 |
| A3 / Tabloid, landscape | 6 | 15 | 14 |
| 24 × 36 in, portrait | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 × 36 in, landscape | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Sheet counts are calculated from paper dimensions, allowing 1 in between sheets and 2 in clear at each board edge. They are planning figures for laying out a wall. A 4 × 8 ft board hung vertically takes 27 US Letter or 30 A4 sheets, because A4 is the shorter sheet.
Configurations
From one board to a whole studio.
All five are drawn to the same scale on a common floor line, so you can compare them directly.
Single review board
Surface 8 ft wide × 4 ft high · 32 sq ft
The simplest way in. One board, one rail.
- Boards
- One 4 × 8 ft board
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 28
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 15
Compact review wall
Surface 8 ft wide × 4 ft high · 32 sq ft
The same surface in two lighter pieces — easier to carry up stairs and to fit around a switch or a return.
- Boards
- Two 4 × 4 ft boards
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 24
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 12
Expanded review wall
Surface 16 ft wide × 4 ft high · 64 sq ft
A full project wall along one side of a meeting room.
- Boards
- Two 4 × 8 ft boards
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 56
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 30
Tall bay
Surface 8 ft wide × 8 ft high · 64 sq ft
For full-height elevations and sections, or a narrow wall beside a door.
- Boards
- Two 4 × 8 ft boards, hung vertically
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 54–60
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 28
Studio installation
Surface 24 ft wide × 8 ft high · 192 sq ft
A dedicated wall for a studio that reviews work every day.
- Boards
- Six 4 × 8 ft boards, three across and two high
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 168
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 90
Board dimensions are the panels. Surface dimensions are those panels butted together. If you want a reveal between panels, add it to the overall surface width and height. Sheet counts are calculated from paper dimensions, allowing 1 in between sheets and 2 in clear at each board edge. They are planning figures for laying out a wall.
An installed example
What a run looks like in a room.
Boards in two rows along a corridor wall. The diagrams above give exact layouts; a photograph gives the thing the diagrams cannot — how a run sits in a real room, at real height, against real materials.
Board sizes and overall dimensions are not stated for this installation, because they have not been measured from the drawings. Tell us your wall and we will size a configuration for it.
Why a wall
Alongside the files, not instead of them.
Digital tools do things a wall cannot: version history, remote access, distribution, search. Any studio running a project needs them.
What a wall adds is scale and simultaneity. Forty drawings at once, at the size they were drawn, with six people standing in front of them pointing at the same thing. The comparison everyone needs to make is already made, because it is all in view at the same time.
Work out the wall.
Send your dimensions and what you need to keep visible. You will get a recommended configuration and an itemised quote.