O-SEAN Magazine
"We started half-worried,
half-hopeful": ordering 180 short-sleeve tees for a summer workshop
We asked a manager who bulk-ordered 180 short-sleeve tees, straight from the source. Print, sizing, fabric, design, fit — an ordering story told through five questions.
HR team, IT services company
Workshop merch order manager


"We started half-worried, half-hopeful": ordering 180 short-sleeve tees for a summer workshop
We asked a manager who bulk-ordered 180 short-sleeve tees, straight from the source. Print, sizing, fabric, design, fit — an ordering story told through five questions.

Hoodie logo, print or embroidery? The choice that decides event merch finish
A production diary of 3 event merch items for Decipher, the SNU blockchain society, at its 'Difference' event. How an embroidered hoodie logo raised the finish of the event merch.

Paper coasters in just 3 days, and keeping 4 campaign items on a 10-day deadline
From a sublimation-printed soccer jersey to paper coasters rush-made in just 3 days. A record of how 4 campaign merch items ran in parallel within 10 days.
Welcome kit, 200 sets in 8 weeks: how?
Sampling, production, QC, and delivery all running at once for 8 weeks. The weekly diary and decisions, one line each.
Merch ends up being the last line of a brand. We start over every day so that line never feels light.
— Curator's Notebook · Vol. 23
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