01
Record the inventory before arranging anything
Write A, B, C, D, E and F in an inventory column, with a count of one beside each label. Mark an arrow on the back of every tile to indicate its reference orientation. For this exercise each arrow initially points toward the top of the page. A photograph of the front alone may not preserve that information if the pieces look identical. The record can include any visible marking that matters to the composition. Keep unused pieces listed explicitly if a later variation uses fewer than six.
02
Describe a compact grid and a continuous strip
Layout one places A, B and C across the top row, with D, E and F directly below them. With edges touching and no gaps, the example occupies thirty by twenty centimetres. Layout two places A through F in one left-to-right row, occupying sixty by ten centimetres under the same assumptions. Record those assumptions beside the dimensions. Real gaps would change the footprint. Neither arrangement is declared better: the difference is a compact two-row composition versus a longer sequence using exactly the same inventory.
03
Keep position and orientation separate in the handoff
The reusable record contains inventory, tile dimensions, layout identifier, row order, orientation and gap assumption. Add a small diagram showing the labels in their positions. If tile C is rotated in a later version, record that change even though its row position stays the same. Ask another participant to reconstruct the layout from the sheet before treating the record as clear; leave that outcome blank until observed. This makes the handoff a document someone can examine and revise, rather than an unsupported claim that every arrangement is self-explanatory.