BRAND · PRODUCT · MERCHANDISE
A boutique merch agency.Brand, product, production.
Wear X builds merchandise programs end to end — brand development, product design, and the manufacturing to make it real. Two partners, sixty years between them, working the way a small shop can and a large one cannot.
What works today
Brand developmentIdentity, positioning and the art that carries it.Live
Product designGarment design through to spec, sample and production.Live
DecorationDTF, sublimation and screen. Low minimums, fast turns.Live
Cut and sewCustom garments built to spec, not blanks with a print on them.Live
The lanesFour doors under one house. Pick the one that matches the job.Live
Custom apparel, merch and private label. Two shops, low minimums, and the equipment on site to make it.
Two shops
Small on purpose. Big enough to produce, small enough that the work stays ours.
SOUTH DAKOTAPO Box 55, Black Hawk, SD 57718 · 605-858-2004Live
CALIFORNIASanta Ana, CA 92705 · 949-842-7215Live
Back of house
Back of houseClient workbench, proofs and job status.
Not yet
Workboardthe live estate boardNot yet
Arcsession record + handoffNot yet
The Buscadre comms boardNot yet
Membershiproster + accessNot yet
The rest of the works
Kai Buskirktechnology, merch, design, appsStudio XThe studio — cloud, web & AI since 1988Rail-WorksThe suite — rails for work that movesCadreThe cadre gatewayFreeDaTimeA free multi-witness grounding clock. Authoritative local and UTC time, read not computed.PrintshopThe print rail and shop networkRail-FaxSend a fax without a fax machineRail-MailMail between machinesUnion Made ServicesThe shop — sites, storefronts and tools for localsUnion.inkUnion labor, on contractFreeDaNodeThe multi-witness grounding network behind FreeDaTime. Free forever, open source, attribution only.Union Made SystemsThe rails Union Made Services runs onUnion Made TradesThe register of union, allied and union-supporting businesses across every trade. Issues no label of its own.Union Printing TradesA public register of Union Made Trades shops. Every entry records who verified it and when.A Beat By KaiHeldDoodles & NoodlesDraw without a plan, play without a plan. A sketchbook from Studio X Ink.Foundry.InkCustom lettering, hand-inked art and typefaces cut to brief.LOVE-ART-ROBOTSLOVE is why. ART is what. ROBOTS are how. A creative promotional project from Studio X Ink.ShipWerxThe shipping railStudio X InkThe creative imprint of Studio X — art, design, graphics, robots. The way into the work.StudioX FontsA small type foundry. abeatbyKai, drawn in 2011, downloaded over 1.2 million times.Union DeliveryChartered local delivery