Department Store | Top 10 Pin Badges

posted by Amber Weaver June 20, 2018

Our curated marketplace is known for his fabulous range of printed matter ranging from independent magazines to risograph prints, screenprints, monoprints and more. This year however, we’ve been extensively adding to our alternative product collections such as accessories, homewares and clothing. This week we’re proud to feature our top 10 pin badges that our audiences are going nuts for.

Kay Barker Illustration — Take Me Away Noodle Box Pin Badge

Kay Barker is a designer whose love of pin badges takes over her work altogether. Her collection features a curated selection of gorgeous pin badges perfect for any jacket or bag, beautifully designed and carefully crafted. Shop her collection here!

The Blackwinnebago Club — Winnie Pinny & Ice Cream Bundle — Enamel Pin Badge

These guys are fresh on the scene and we’re loving what they’re doing. For those of you who don’t know, the Black Winnebago Club is an online artist collaboration store, selling t-shirts hand-printed in their studio – Blackwater Studios. Combining the format of collectable and original design, their aim is to take an illustrator’s work, onto the road and clothe the world in some fabulous garments and accessories. Shop their collection here!

Two Girls. co

Two Girls Co is a wife and wife design team based in Bristol, UK. Vicki is a furniture designer and Lucy is an art director, which gives them a cross-discipline combination of knowledge and skills. Last year, they decided to combine their skills to launch their first product, the ‘Designers Rule’ pin. Since then, it has been featured on a variety of internationally-renowned blogs, which led to the pins finding their way to all corners of the globe, including USA, Lebanon, Brazil, Japan, China and Australia.

Animal Press — 2017 Pin Badge

Known for their poppy colours, abstract compositions and illustrations, Animal Press have a stunning range of screenprints, risograph prints and pin badges. All plastered with their quirky characters and doodles.

Anthony Burrill Ampersand Pin Badge

This pin features the work of Anthony Burrill who is a graphic artist, printmaker and designer who is known for his persuasive, up-beat style of communication. His work is held in the permanent collections of the V&A Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and has been exhibited in galleries around the world including the Barbican Art Gallery, the Walker Art Center and the Design Museum.

This high-quality pin is made using enamel and metal. The white enamel ampersand is set within a circular black raised metal area, smoothed then polished. It is 25mm in diameter and featured a butterfly clasp on the reverse to secure it onto any garment or fabric item.

Christopher (I See Sea) — Semicolon Enamel Pin

Christopher is one of our newest vendors and presents his social-issue orientated product collection. A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life. Shop his full collection here!

Holly St. Clair — Pup Mart Pin

We’re in love with this adorable Pup Mart pin. Perfect for thoser pup lovers out there!

Hattie Clark — Duck! Sombrero Hat Enamel Pin

Hattie Clark is a freelance illustrator based in West Yorkshire. She loves to have fun with the work she creates; seeking out the nonsense in life through simple, bold and colourful character-driven pieces. We love her cute Duck in a Sombrero pin badge, shop her full collection here!

People of Print Print Isn’t Dead Pin Badge

Our Print Isn’t Dead pin badge is just the beginning of this line of merchandise. Proving to be incredibly popular, this pin badge signifies the idea of keeping print alive in our ever-more digital orientated community.

Studiocult.co — Illustrator Pin

Now, this was a very special find. Studiocult.co create push the boundaries of ordinary products and we’re very proud to host them on Department Store. Their Illustrator pin features everyone’s favourite vector drawing program now in the form of a pin! Its oversize dimensions make it the perfect statement piece for a back pack, tote or jacket.