Comings and Goings
Election night somewhere in the Free - if not necessarily always free-thinking - World.
Embedded above is a painting I saw in coverage adorning the wall of where the eventual front runner watched on as results rolled in.
Such abstract art can leave many scratching their heads, I know.
As a youngster when I first noted the genre, it reminded me of when as infant we slopped paint across a spinning board. Very much Pollocks, as I now understand it. Abstract expressionism, full of meaning to someone.
Yet try and replicate anything remotely pleasing on the eye from such technique and you realise how tricky it can be.
This also brought to mind the countless offices I've been where there's been at least one wall, whether entrance reception to chief exec penthouse and anywhere in between, that displays something in such vein.
In the right setting, they can very much provide the backdrop for a slide. Either taking photo yourself (careful there, though) or finding online and adapting.
Here's perhaps a simplest 'title card' example;
Then I went down the rabbit-hole from around a dozen or so years back when #instafilter first appeared.
Yet the point remains you can still show your prospect you've done a little extra on their behalf. You're thinking of them. It's all part of your 'different', for which read 'better', approach.
Putting more effort in for someone doesn't always bring you the credit it deserves. But it's usually preferable to the 'as little as possible, as much as necessary' semi-commitment.
And if expensive statement artworks are not present, then there's often another element of design you can acceptably snap and remix. Distinctive wall coverings, chair textures, flooring.