Drawing on work on the emergence of 'free zones' from industrial and commercial 'grey zones', The Big Warehouse sociology research project suggests that the storage function plays a crucial role in the organisation of what some economists call the 'warehouse economy'. In this worshop, led bu sociologist Delphine Mercier and illustrator Mélanie Forné, we will explore how a researcher and an illustrator can work together to explain a scientific process and make its aim tangible.