Product Development & Collaboration
What should we make together?
Stationery Universe works with artists, brands, makers, and other businesses to develop original products and collections, from stickers, washi tape, stamps, and stationery accessories to dimensional objects, specialty pieces, and ideas that extend well beyond paper.
Bring us a concept, existing artwork, or simply the beginnings of an idea. We'll help you determine what it can become and how to make it happen.
From idea to object
Product development involves more than finding someone who can manufacture something. The material, dimensions, construction, finish, functionality, artwork, and production method all shape the final result.
We help work through those decisions, translating a creative concept into a product that can actually be made. Depending on the project, that can include concept development, specifications, artwork and design coordination, vendor sourcing, prototyping, production, and finishing.
The right partners for the project
Different ideas require different expertise.
Stationery Universe works with an established network of artists, designers, makers, printers, and manufacturers, and can bring together the right combination of creative and production partners for each project.
We manage the details across those relationships, providing a central point of contact and keeping the creative vision connected to the practical realities of production.
Built around your creative starting point
Every project begins somewhere different.
You may have finished artwork and know exactly what you want to make. You may have an established brand or collection and want to explore what else it could become. Or you may simply have an idea and need help figuring out the product, materials, design, and production path.
We can meet the project wherever it begins and provide the level of creative and production support it needs.
Your brand, ours, or something we create together
Products can be developed for your own brand through white-label production or created as a named collaboration with Stationery Universe.
For collaborative projects, we can work together on the concept, creative direction, product development, and presentation to create something that reflects both partners while feeling cohesive from beginning to end.
Beyond the product
We can also coordinate packaging, assembly, and shipping, whether you're developing a single product or an entire collection. Creative and content consulting can be incorporated when a project would benefit from additional support around naming, positioning, messaging, or launch.
Have an idea that you're not quite sure how to make? That's a very good place to start.