Notes.

Projects, product development and what we notice about merchandise along the way: manufacturing insight, launches, event merch thinking and the occasional opinion.

Product development, Merchandise, Events

10 Sept 2026Product development

Proven blocks beat blanks

Why every product we make starts from a block that already works, and what that frees up for the brand.

22 Aug 2026Merchandise

Costing a collection: hero, entry, margin

A range works commercially when every piece has a job. Here is how we balance the three that matter.

30 Jul 2026Events

What actually sells on site

Notes from a season of festival retail: the products that moved, the ones that did not, and why the difference was rarely the design.

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