Collab Programme

Your identity, resolved in product.

A partner colourway is a production programme, not a mood board. Every stage is defined, from palette and tooling to sampling, allocation and delivery.

Partner pack — programme stages, terms, MOQs, trade tiers, materials and retail kit

Ten weeks, five stages.

  1. 01Week 1

    Palette lock

    You send colour references — Pantone, hex or a kit photo. We return a two- or three-colour palette matched to our pigment library, with a physical colour chip set posted within five working days.

  2. 02Week 2

    Panel design

    Our studio lays your palette onto the panel architecture: channel lines, panel blocks, wordmark placement and any approved graphic. You get flat artwork plus a 3D render from three angles.

  3. 03Weeks 3–5

    Sample round

    Two physical samples per colourway, made on the production tooling — not a mockup. One round of revisions is included; further rounds run at £180 per sample set.

  4. 04Weeks 6–9

    Numbered run

    Sign-off locks the run size. Every ball is laser-marked with its edition number and a serial that resolves on our public verification page.

  5. 05Week 10

    Delivery & merchandising

    Palletised delivery to your DC or stores, with the retail kit — packaging, POS, cutouts and vertical video — handed over two weeks before ship date.

The terms, up front.

Commercial detail is published before the first conversation.

Minimum run
500 units per colourway (250 on numbered limited editions)
Lead time
8–10 weeks from palette lock to delivery, 6 weeks on repeat runs
Colours
Up to three custom colours plus one metallic or glow accent
Marking
Laser edition number, serial code and partner mark on panel four
Sampling
Two physical samples included; £180 per additional set
Sizes
Full size grid available on football, basketball and volleyball
Territory
Exclusive colourway rights for 12 months in agreed territory
Artwork
Partner supplies vector marks; SWERVE supplies panel architecture

Propose a colourway.

Submit the palette, run size, territory and timing in one brief. We will return with a costed programme and proposed sample date.

Submitted directly to the SWERVE trade desk and assigned its own reference.

Next drop closes

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Panel Block Volley · run of 300 · Trade allocation opens 1 Oct

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From colour reference to production run.

Send your colours and intended run size. We will return with a costed programme and a sample date.