Our Favorite Enamel Pins of the Week #11

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A photo posted by @strikegentlyco on Apr 11, 2016 at 9:07pm PDT

As the founder of Strike Gently Co, I deal in pins and patches daily. The Creators Project asked me to pull together a weekly roundup of the best newly-released pins. Most of these will probably sell out. If you like them, smash that “add to cart” button. Every Wednesday, you can head to the bottom of this article for an exclusive discount code so you can keep your pin game sharp.

This week, I spent a fair amount of time talking shop with other small pin and patch company owners. We’re trying to plan strategies for the inevitable changes Instagram is rolling out, and we’re figuring out how to adapt. Call it "Applied Business School 101"—except most of us either didn’t go to college or studied art. But this tiny online community is great—everyone learns from everyone. I walk the streets of NY and see intense competition, falsehood, posturing, and ridiculousness, but those usually aren’t the people getting things done. The "realests" are inside, behind the scenes, learning to adapt. Here’s to you, pin game! That’s amore.

The first strike ofvthese dank enamel pins are about half gone! aget yours quick: shop.riotstyle.com #Pingame #patchgame #pin #pins #pincollector #pincollection #pincollecting #pincommunity #Pepe #pepememes #pepethefrog #RarePepe #dankmemes #Memes #lapelpin #lapelpins #enamelpin #enamelpins

A photo posted by Riot Style™ (@riotstyle) on Apr 12, 2016 at 3:03pm PDT

Riot Style is a record label and clothing shop by trade, but like many others they’ve figured out that they can help support the other parts of their business by doing things like making memes into pins. I love meme pins. I made one of Runescape's Dwarf Child last year. Think about it—you can pay rent for your brick-and-mortar shop selling tangible fashion-object versions of images that previously only existed online. Welcome to 2016.

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New Soft Enamel Pin Inspired by "Bicycle Wheel" by Marcel Duchamp. 1.6" x 0.7" Available now at pinmuseum.org (Link in Bio)

A photo posted by Pin Museum (@pinmuseum) on Apr 3, 2016 at 1:00pm PDT

Pinmuseum makes pins inspired by the less-obscure events in art history, like the Duchamps, Damien Hirsts, and Picassos. But instead of following the art world credo of jacking the price of something up 10,000%, Pinmuseum offers these little goodies for the same prices as regular pins. That's an art world I can get behind.

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After those donuts, it's time to hit the weights. Here's to the powerlifters, oly lifters, and the WODers. Introducing the Barbell pin, part of the PR pin pack. Available now. Lightweight babyyyy!! #olylifting #powerlifting #weights #gainz #crossfit #wod #barbell #deadlifts #squats #lapelpins #pins #pingame #pincommunity #PinsofIG #pinhead #pinstagram #hatpins #patches #patchgame #pinblast #chicago #art #design #doughnutsanddeadlifts #pinstiller

A photo posted by REPPIN (@reppinpins) on Apr 4, 2016 at 7:40am PDT

Yo dawg, I heard you like showing people you lift weights, so we made you a barbell enamel pin so you can rep repping while you rep. Pins aren’t the most masculine things in the world, but that’s great because they even-out the playing field—anyone can lift weights. Combine this one with the Duchamp pin above passersby won’t know whether to kiss you or fight you. Now, that's a dialectic.

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Little Whip Taste of Steelpin available now at www.littlewhip.com | Webstore link in profile #littlewhip #dommevibez #enamelpin #pingame

A photo posted by LITTLE WHIP (@littlewhip) on Apr 11, 2016 at 6:00am PDT

Most people who wear pins and patches don’t seem like violent types, but then again, neither do most violent types. Perhaps for the same some reason, people who like pins and patches love 'em at their most gruesome. S&M, black metal, and motorcycles are all hip again, so don't feel like an outsider—unless it's the S. E. Hinton kind—with this sweet pin set from Little Whip. Some of their other offerings include a bit lip, booty whip, and leather heels.

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BONUS PATCH!

"Tommie, Donnie, & Joe Blak" (Black Edition Set)These are some of my older designs flipped with the black on black colorway. Now available as a set or can be purchased individually. Link in profile or at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Baggergoods

A photo posted by Bagger (@bags43) on Apr 4, 2016 at 9:10am PDT

I don’t know where Bags43 came, from but these are definitely my favorite patches ever. Black-on-black; cryptic; looks badass on just about everything. And apparently these came out of left field, since the rest of their work doesn’t look like this. Keep it up, Bagger Vance. You’ve got a new fan.

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