A product studio for merchandise.
madebyobra is a bespoke merchandise studio creating original products for brands, artists, events and organisations.
The name is also the maker’s mark on everything we produce. A TACITO Group company.
How we work.
One team from the first brief to delivery. Every project runs through the same six steps.
Brief
What you want to make, roughly how many and by when.
Concept and range direction
Concepts, artwork and the shape of the range: hero pieces, entry price points, margin pieces.
Proven block
The pattern, fit and construction each product starts from, chosen for the job it has to do.
Sampling and approval
Samples to sign off before anything runs.
Production and QC
Made through our factory network and checked in production before it ships.
Delivery
Finished stock, retail-ready, where it needs to be.
Factory direct.
Direct factory relationships across headwear, tees, tops, sportswear and trainingwear. Sampling and QC run through the same network.
Direct relationships
No agents and no middle layer. We work with the factories directly, which is what keeps the costing honest and the sampling quick.
Sampling and QC
Every product is sampled and approved before it runs, then checked in production before it ships.
Costed to the budget
Specification, volume and finish, balanced against the budget you actually have.
Developed, not decorated.
Every product starts from a block that already works and is developed around the brand, so it reads as part of a collection rather than a blank with a logo added.
Proven blocks
Patterns, fits and constructions that have already run in production. The fundamentals are settled before the brief arrives.
Developed around the brand
Fabric, fit, colour and trims, then labels, tags and packaging. The development budget goes where it is visible.
Built as a collection
Hero pieces, entry price points and margin pieces, planned together so the range works commercially as well as creatively.
Why real product.
Merchandise gets worn, photographed and kept when it feels like something you would have bought anyway.
Fit, fabric, label and packaging all say whether a piece was made or just printed. Product that works as product sells better, lasts longer and does more for the brand.
Start a project.
Tell us what you're looking to make, roughly how many you need and when you need it.