Journal
Notes from the drawing board
Short pieces on how a series is drawn, where a turning point is a trick of the grain, and what to bring to the first sitting.
These notes are written from the atelier, not from a catalogue. They name the same materials we use on paid sheets: harvest returns, customs kilos, passenger counts, and the pencil marks that keep a comparison honest.
A forecast sentence is not a drawn range
We will write a range the figures will bear. We will not write a single number to make a board motion easier.
Why wall charts still hang in Tbilisi trade offices
A corridor chart is a shared object. People can point at a month. They cannot point at a sentence someone said last Tuesday.
What to bring to the first sitting
You do not need a polished dossier. You need the papers you actually trust and the decision the charts must survive.
When a turning point is only the grain
A sharp elbow on a monthly chart can be a pile of invoices, not a change in the market. Change the grain before you change the story.
Drawing a harvest series from district returns
District harvest bulletins rarely share a unit or a border for ten years running. The chart has to show the joins.