Ash + Chess

Indie Makers & Small Studios

A Brooklyn and Columbus gift and home-accessories brand that works with independent designers to produce charming, slightly odd objects. Its balancing blocks and puzzle objects are fixtures in museum shops.

Gag Gifts & Prank Mail

A gift shop built around profanity-forward mugs, candles, cards and pins. The pitch is simple: unique gifts that will make the recipient laugh out loud.

Indie Makers & Small Studios

Makes USA-produced button pins, stickers, magnets and cards using artwork licensed from illustrators including Gemma Correll and Lisa Congdon. It functions as a gift line and a wholesale platform for independent artists.

Gag Gifts & Prank Mail

Designing and manufacturing what it calls life-improving, joy-bringing products since 1988, Blue Q is best known for socks and zip bags carrying blunt one-liners. Designs are made with independent artists from around the world.

Indie Makers & Small Studios

An independent designer selling pop-culture and current-events greeting cards, pins and prints under her own name. Designs tend to be timely, blunt and one-liner driven.

Gag Gifts & Prank Mail

Turns a child's drawing or any photo into a custom stuffed animal, pillow or pair of socks. The appeal is that the finished plush keeps every strange proportion of the original sketch.