We’re a big fan of badges – they’re a handy thing to produce for many of our client projects. People love them, and they’re a handy way of creating identity and building community. It’s fun spotting them as they go out into the world after an event or a launch.
Ours range from classic badges to enamel pins, and we’ve just discovered these acrylic pins from StickerMule, which we used for a recent project. Much like enamel pins, they’re full colour, and you can have them cut into any shape you like. Em’s now busy thinking of all the other projects she can make badges for.
Our most recent arrivals were these button badges for new Wirral magazine Left Bank, which each have different slogans about the area. My denim jacket already has a few pinned on. I don’t ‘collect’ badges – but I can’t resist a badge, when I go away, or there’s a project or place that I’m really into. This jacket started with a couple of patches, but is in danger of being overtaken by the pins, now. The only problem with it is the amount of time it takes to take them off, and then put them back on again, when it needs a wash.
Nevertheless, there’s always room for one more. We just need to decide on what’s next.
My ten favourite pins:
Citizen of Nowhere
Supermundane’s ‘poking my tongue out at the world’
Angel of the North, because of the shape
Vintage LFC pin
Kitty’s Laundrette – which is a local community laundrette I sit on the board for – and has this glorious, vibrant pin showing the outside of the shop
Light Night badges, because it’s always such a brilliant night in Liverpool
Woman in a turban, by Liverpool-based artist Sumuyya Khader
The long thin badge, which is from Turning the Place Over, a public artwork we used to have in Liverpool. Gone, but not forgotten
My ‘what’s your Ethos?’ pin, which usually sits on my bag
Lovely, textured Dead Pigeon Gallery pin