Residency Merch and Design

Live Activations are Modern Merch Magic
Residency Design Journal / March 2026 🪄

A Live Activation (aka a custom merch pop up) is modern merch magic. Whether it’s using heat or chain-stitch, customers leave with items they couldn’t get anywhere else! And it’s actually really affordable because we don’t have to buy too much ahead of time.

Customers/clients can choose what base they want (ie. hat color and style in this case) and also what patches they want. Then it only takes a few minutes to press on the patch with our patented technology. In the case of chain stitch, we can put any words customers like on specific items and garments. ✨

Huge thanks to our friends at 626 Hospitality Group for hosting us and designing custom patches for the night! They also gave us food and delicious ice cream so we were happy!

If you’re ever having an event and want to turn it up a notch, ask us about hosting a Live Activation with custom merch magic!

I. Residency Design Club #8: 626 Hospitality Group Live Activation 💭
II. Ty’s Design Diary: I’m a Merch Nerd and Other Observations From my Life ✍️
III. Nikki’s Indoor Forest: The Variables of Designing Space ✨
V. Star Report: Is the Universe a Bright Forest? ☄️

Read the full design journal at link in bio 🌟

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Make a Home for Your Merch: Artis Coffee Edition 🌟

Your merch shouldn’t be an afterthought; in fact, there should be no afterthoughts in our businesses at all. All afterthoughts are opportunities for growth, and if your merch is an afterthought, what else is? Who has ever been happy to get a free, thin, cheap promo shirt? Give them something good to wear!

Create a “pop-up” for your own merch in your storefront. Selling merch in-house allows people to feel a part of your brand world. Just like you would create a pop-up version of your company to sell at someone else’s place, make a true home for your merch. 🏠