FOR CAFÉS, BOOKSTORES & CREATIVE SPACES
Thoughtful pieces. Real collaborations. Low-risk ways to create something the people in your space will actually want to keep.
We work with cafés, bookstores, creative studios, artist-led spaces and independent brands to make pieces that feel intentional, not transactional. Whether you want a collection of your own or simply want to stock CAD in your space, we make it easy to start small and grow together.
WHO WE ARE
CAD is an independent, design-led brand making apparel and everyday pieces built around creativity, culture and thoughtful living. Our collaborations aren't about putting product on a shelf. They're about making something that feels true to the people who walk into your space. Done right, a collaboration becomes more than a piece of clothing. It becomes a conversation, a souvenir, and a small piece of your brand people carry out the door.
WHY CAD
Every independent space works differently, so we keep collaborations flexible on purpose.
Start with a few pieces instead of committing to a full inventory.
Custom pieces, consignment, or something built specifically for your space.
Everything is made to sit naturally with your brand and aesthetic, never generic.
You work directly with the two of us, from first idea to launch.
Not sure a collection will land? We start with small pilots before scaling.
TWO WAYS IN
For cafés, studios, bookstores and brands who want something that's unmistakably theirs.
How it works
Good for
Café anniversaries · community events · limited editions · house merch · artist collabs
The easiest way to bring CAD into your space.
How it works
Perfect if you want to test interest before committing to anything custom.
START SMALL
Most collaborations begin with something light:
The first collaboration should be easy. That's the whole point.
IN REAL SPACES
KREMA, HYDERABAD
Krema partnered with us on a collection built around the café itself, including a matcha piece made for the drink people come back for. A small exclusive run, on a rail by the books and the board games. It became part of the room, and gave regulars something to take home.
NUAGE, BANGALORE
At Nuage we started with the lightest version of this: a small curated rail set among the plants and the board games, where people come across it while they wait. No inventory bought up front, nothing to lose, and a corner of the room that now has something to look at.
MADE WITH OTHERS
Every collaboration starts the same way, with a conversation about something the other side actually cares about. Here's where that has gone.
LIMITED RUN
MUSICMade for the Underground x Pumproom Records
Made with a record label for the people who find the good nights the hard way. Printed once, never restocked.
SOLD OUT
MUSICHouse is a Feeling x Nick Lima
Built with the artist around one idea: house isn't a genre, it's a feeling. Gone in one run.
ONGOING
CAUSECAD x The Pawsome People Project
Our longest-running collaboration. A share of every piece funds meals and rescue for street dogs in Coimbatore.
SOLD OUT
COFFEEDon’t Give Me Hope, Give Me Coffee x Mokapotguy
Made with a coffee creator for people who answer in caffeine. Sold through and still asked about.
LIMITED RUN
COFFEEFrench Pressed For Time X AM Coffee
A roaster collaboration for slow mornings and tight schedules. A single limited run.
Most of these sold out.
THE THINKING
The best collaborations don't read as merch. People browse while they wait for a coffee, meet a friend, or catch an event, and the right pieces just extend that moment. For you, it's another reason to return, and a little extra revenue. For your community, it's something worth remembering.
THE PROCESS
Reach out and tell us about your space.
We get to know your community and find the right model together.
We come back with designs, quantities and pricing.
We launch the collaboration.
We look at what worked, and grow it if it's landing.
Simple. Collaborative. Flexible.
LET'S TALK
Whether it's a collection of your own or a small display to test the water, we'd love to hear what you have in mind.
Or write to us at support@ctrlaltdrip.com
GOOD TO KNOW
No. We'd rather start with a small pilot or a light display and grow from there.
Absolutely. We can make new artwork or adapt existing CAD designs into something that's yours alone.
That's exactly what the display and consignment model is for. It lowers the risk while you learn what your community responds to.
Not at all. Cafés, bookstores, creative studios, artist collectives, lifestyle stores, community spaces, design-led hospitality: if it has a point of view, we're interested.
We're actively growing partnerships across Goa, and in ongoing conversations with spaces in Bangalore, Hyderabad and other creative communities across India.
Depending on the format, most collaborations can be planned and launched within a few weeks.
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