How to design merch your customers will keep
June 26, 2025
In this interview between journalist Leigh Sales and Ben Crowe (Wimbledon winner Ash Barty’s Mindset coach), Ben hits you with more ah-ha moments than a Miss Marple dénouement.
Some gems that resonated:
👉 the difficulty of attaching your self-worth solely to achieving goals
👉 benefits of focusing on little things you can control
👉 extrinsic motivations that are sabotaging our perspective as humans
👉 a new acronym – FOPO (fear of other people’s opinions)
At 7 minutes, it’s well worth a viewing, especially over breakfast.
We have 3 rules when designing merch / swag / promotional gifts: 1. Sustainable
2. Usable
3. Quality
Whatever the brief is, it’s exactly the same. Every project. Every time. Every design. It‘s just one word.
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