Client story · Custom-shaped stress balls

O’Brien in Victoria

O’Brien wanted a giveaway that did not just carry the logo: it was the product. We tooled a bespoke mould in the shape of their boiler unit and printed it in full colour, including the contact details, for the team in Victoria.

Energy & heatingVictoriaCustom mouldFull-colour print
Custom boiler-shaped O'Brien stress ball
1:1 mould
shaped from their boiler design
Australian-owned since 2005Fast turnaround — 1 day to 2 weeksResponse under 1 hourTrusted by 2,900+ organisations
By the numbers

Project snapshot

A quick look at how the O’Brien order came together.

Product
Custom-shaped stress ball
Branding method
Custom mould · full-colour print
Industry
Energy & heating
Time taken for production
8 days Including tooling
Delivered
On time
Client satisfaction
5.0
Repeat order
Yes — reordered
The brief

Make the product the giveaway

Most stress balls are a sphere with a logo added. O’Brien wanted the opposite: a giveaway that looked like what they do. Their team pictured a miniature of one of their own boiler units that a tradie or facilities manager would keep on a desk and instantly associate with the brand.

“The stress balls turned out exactly how we hoped — we’ll absolutely be reaching out to Cubic Promote again for future projects.”
Candace Ho · O’Brien
The build

A bespoke mould, printed in full colour

Hannah Calvo and Mary Haycell Aguirre worked from O’Brien’s boiler design to tool a custom mould, then printed each unit in full colour, including the phone number and email. The team worked through the custom-tooling details and kept the run inside the agreed budget and timeline.

The result

A desk fixture that sells the product

The full run reached the Victoria team on time and on budget. The finished shape turned a giveaway into a talking point, and a branded object that mirrors the actual product earns far more shelf life than a standard printed sphere. Read more about O’Brien.

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Custom-shaped O'Brien stress ball
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