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Generative design

You need four hundred of something, each one different, print-ready, by Friday.

This is the unusual one, and it is the thing nobody else in Lusaka is offering. Instead of designing one artwork and copy-pasting it four hundred times, we write a script that reads your spreadsheet and produces four hundred finished, print-ready files — each personalised, all identical in quality.

It has been used for real: 410 individually numbered race bibs and 20 flags for the Win with MX × Nando's 5KM, generated in a single run. The same approach produced five complete jewelry logo concepts from one source file, and typeset a full book interior with automated widow, orphan and folio checks.

The top tier hands you the pipeline itself — documented and runnable — so next year's event does not need me at all.

What it costs
  • One run

    from K1,500

    3–5 days

    A batch, once. You send a list, you get the files.

    • One design template, built to your brand
    • Generated from your spreadsheet or CSV
    • Up to 100 items included, then K2 per item
    • Print-ready PDF or PNG per item
    • Named and numbered so your printer can sort them
    Start with One run
  • Most chosen

    Personalised batch

    from K2,500

    1 week

    Up to 500 items, each carrying its own data.

    • Everything in One run
    • Up to 500 items
    • Multiple templates in one run — bibs and badges and certificates together
    • QR codes or barcodes per item
    • Proof sheet showing every item before print
    • One re-run free, for when the list changes
    Start with Personalised batch
  • The pipeline

    from K7,500

    2–3 weeks

    You keep the machine. Next year you run it yourself.

    • Everything in Personalised batch
    • The script itself, documented and yours
    • A written runbook — how to change the data, the template, the output
    • Runs on your machine, no subscription, no licence
    • A training session walking you through it
    • Unlimited items, forever
    Start with The pipeline

50% to start, 50% on delivery. Prices in ZMW and exclusive of domain, hosting and store fees — those are listed per service so there are no surprises.

Straight answers
What do I have to give you?
A spreadsheet. One row per item, one column per thing that changes — name, number, date, category. If your data is messy that is fine; cleaning it is part of the job.
Is this just mail merge?
Mail merge puts text into a document. This generates the whole artwork — layout, colour, images, codes — and validates every file before you pay a printer. It also handles cases mail merge cannot, like a name too long for the space, which it resizes rather than overflows.