I need a manufacturer for my next physical product — Blackairplane — Branding and Responsive Web Design

John Howard
Blackairplane
Published in
2 min readDec 16, 2015

I need a manufacturer for my next physical product!

We constantly talk to other designers about products they are creating and taking to market. One of the most cumbersome stages of this process is actually finding a vetted manufacturer. Here at Blackairplane we have created a curated list that you can bookmark and share with your designer friends next time you are looking to create a physical product based on your design(s). ALL of these resources have been vetted but obviously use at your own discretion.

Clothing

Saucebox — Custom Apparel

Real Thread — Custom t-shirts have never felt so good!

Prince Ink Co. — The Most Hands-On Screen Printers You’ll Ever Get Your Hands On.

Ebbets — Custom Flannels & Jerseys

Posters & Prints

Mama’s Sauce — Letterpress & Silkscreen

Saucebox — Flatstock

Paper & Stationary

French Paper — Custom & Beautiful Paper

Standard Press — All types of paper materials printing

Business Cards

Moo — Custom Business Cards

Mama’s Sauce — Letterpress & Silkscreen

Stickers

Sticker Mule — Custom Sticker Printing.

Patches

Custom Patches — Custom Patches based on any design.

Saucebox — These guys seem to do it all!

Hats

Ebbets — Custom Field Flannels

Reach Headwear — Your Source For the Finest Quality Headwear

Big Head Caps — Big Caps for Big Heads

Captuer Headwear — Quality Custom Headware Manufacturer

Buttons

Button Frog — Custom Buttons Made Fast.

Pins

Made By Cooper — Hard Enamel Pins

Able Print — Sketchy site, apparently great results.

Pin Game Strong — Submitted by Enon

3D Printing

Voodoo Manufacturing — Cheap & Fast Turnaround. Plus they do incredible work.

Various

Made By Cooper — Badges, Key-rings, Medals, Coins, Wristbands, Lanyards, Jewelry, Toys & Figurines, Car Air Freshers, & Temporary Tattoos

Originally published at blackairplane.com on December 16, 2015.

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John Howard
Blackairplane

I love Jesus, my wife, and my two kids. I drum and design. Founder of @blackairplane http://blackairplane.com