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The right artwork, already with the right customer

A Brikl locker holds a customer’s logos and artwork. One locker exists per customer, created with the customer record, with a folder for every catalog they have — so the approved file is already in place when someone designs, quotes or orders, and the decorator never receives the wrong one.

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Artwork usually lives in an inbox

For most distributors the approved logo is somewhere in an email thread, a shared drive, or a folder named after whoever set it up. It gets found again by searching for it, and the version that reaches the decorator is whichever one someone attached last.

That is where reprints come from. A locker removes the search: artwork is held against the customer it belongs to, so there is only one place it can be, and only one version it can be.

How a locker is put together

The structure follows the business rather than the filesystem — which is why nobody has to maintain it.

One locker per customer

A locker is created with its customer and carries that customer's name. There is no separate step to remember, and no chance of two lockers for the same account drifting apart.

A folder for every catalog

Each catalog that customer has gets its own folder inside their locker. Artwork stays grouped the way the range is grouped, rather than in one flat pile that grows with every season.

Assets scoped to who may use them

A locker lists the customers whose stores and quotes can draw on it. Because it follows the customer record, access is a consequence of the relationship rather than a permission someone has to set.

An organisation-wide locker

Artwork that isn't tied to one account — your own marks, shared assets — lives in an unassigned locker held at organisation level, available to everyone rather than duplicated per customer.

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What a locker tells you at a glance

Open one and the state of a customer’s artwork is a fact rather than an investigation.

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Logos

How many assets it holds — visible on the card before you open anything.

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Catalog folders

How many catalogs of that customer have artwork grouped under them.

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Customers

Exactly whose stores and quotes can use what is inside.

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Last modified

When the artwork last changed, with an activity record beside it.

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Where that artwork turns up

A locker is not a storage folder you visit. It is what the rest of the platform reads from.

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In the design studio

Products in a linked catalog surface that locker's assets while someone is designing, so the approved logo is already there to place rather than something to go and find.

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On quotes and stores

The customers attached to a locker can use its assets across their stores and quotes — the same file, wherever the customer is being served from.

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On the production file

Because the decorator is sent artwork from the locker rather than whatever was attached to an email, the file that reaches the run is the one that was approved.

Update a logo in the locker and every future order uses it. Nobody re-sends a file, nobody checks whether the decorator has the current one, and the version on the run is the version that was approved.

Frequently asked questions

What is a locker in Brikl?
A locker is where a customer's logos and artwork live. One locker exists per customer — it's created with the customer record and carries their name — and inside it a folder appears for every catalog that customer has. Products in a linked catalog surface those assets in the design studio.
Do I have to create a locker?
No. A locker is created with its customer, so there is no separate setup step. Adding the customer is what creates the locker, which is why there is never a customer without one.
Who can use the artwork in a locker?
The customers attached to that locker — their stores and their quotes. Because a locker follows the customer record, access is a consequence of the relationship rather than a permission somebody has to remember to grant.
Where does artwork go that isn't tied to a customer?
In an unassigned locker, held organisation-wide rather than against any one account. That is where shared marks and your own artwork belong, so they don't have to be copied into every customer's locker.
How is artwork organised inside a locker?
By catalog. A folder is created for every catalog that customer has, so artwork is grouped the same way the product range is — rather than accumulating in one flat list across seasons and programmes.
How does this stop the wrong logo reaching production?
The decorator is sent the file from the locker rather than whatever was attached to the last email in a thread. Update the logo in the locker and every future order uses the new one, without anyone re-sending anything.
Can I see what changed and when?
Yes. Each locker shows how many logos and catalog folders it holds and when it was last modified, and carries an activity record alongside its overview.
Do I need to prepare artwork before uploading it?
No. Instant digitization turns an ordinary logo file into production-ready artwork automatically, so what lands in the locker is already usable on a decoration run.

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