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[/caption] (apologies for the Pink Floyd reference). Anyhow, recently I've been reflecting on the benefits of wall space and utilising it for UX activities. I remember one of my early inspirations being reading about the BBC's Glass Wall project. The BBC's physical Glass wall in their offices...
gave us the title of this book was the centre of the project. Most of our discussions were visualised on the wall and its location at the entrance to the studio ensured everyone could see what was going on and contribute.
The things I like about walls and UX activities include:
  • ability for passers by to gain exposure to UX and design thinking
  • a large canvas, it's like being about to really zoom out and include a lot of different things that can be considered together
  • ability to have these thing in the background for standup or more extended meetings where they can inspire or focus discussion
  • deeper thinking can be encouraged by prolonged subliminal exposure to elements on the wall
If you are looking for inspiration on how to create portable wall space solutions for UX Harry Brignull has put put together a great list of suggestions in his What do you use for portable wall space? article, that includes a nifty IKEA hack as pictured above.