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A photo posted by @strikegentlyco on Jun 15, 2016 at 8:22am 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.  

Another bullish week for the pin market, folks. Performance is up, and so is morale. Yours truly booked a gallery show in August; I’m going to be showing 10 to 15 of my favorite New York-based pin artists, fancy schmancy Saatchi-style, at a place in Chinatown—except everything only costs $8-10 and there won’t be any white wine, dammit. More info to come.

As per usual, there was an abundance of solid releases this week. Thanks to Pinlord and Patchgame for helping me find these: the sheer volume of new companies emerging from the woodwork makes sorting through them difficult. If, for some reason, you’re super economical about social media and only follow two people, make 'em Pinlord and Patchgame. Oh, and the end of this article is a special discount code for 20% off at my site, Strike Gently Co. Ta ta for now.

A photo posted by Bracelegs (@bracelegscollective) on Jun 12, 2016 at 1:12pm PDT

Brace Legs has stepped their game up. Their pins all end up somehow putting me in a good mood—no small feat—from nostalgic Blink-182 references, to sugary snacks, to the animal kingdom. They even did a matchbox pin and sent me one for free since my company is called Strike Gently. Good vibes all around. Nice work, ya’ll. Sniff sniff.

$10 here.

A photo posted by @zinehug on Jun 12, 2016 at 8:50am PDT

According to Wikipedia, the oni is a kind of demon or demonic figure in Japanese folklore. Now, I know how well this would go with Inner Decay’s Daruma pin, hint hint. Zine Hug makes high quality stuff at a pretty reasonable price point. Most pins are $10-12, but theirs are only $6. It's practically devilish.

$6 here.

New Soft Enamel Pin Inspired by "Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow" by Piet Mondrian. 1" x 1" Available now at pinmuseum.org (Link in Bio)

A photo posted by Pin Museum (@pinmuseum) on Jun 10, 2016 at 8:14am PDT

I'm admittedly not a huge fan of the art world—it’s why I make pins instead. Pin Museum helps keep my stress at a minimum by creating pins of famous artworks, allowing one to hark back to their high falutin pasts, without having to talk to anyone about Adorno. Thanks, Pin Museum—my hair follicles appreciate it.

$10 here.

A photo posted by Mikko Heino (@mikko_heino) on Jun 9, 2016 at 10:49am PDT

Ah, Clippy. The subject of much satire in the post-internet era. He’s a figure of every millennial’s childhood struggle to write 1,000 words on early word-processing software, and then losing it to the blue screen abyss. In this pin, he’s either stoned or up super late trying to help you hit the page count on your thesis. Who’s to say? That’s the beauty of Clippy—his ambiguous, looming presence triggers as many applications as there are (or, were) Microsoft Word users. Really makes you think.

$7 here.

A photo posted by OFFICIAL PIZZABOYZZZ (@pizzaboyzzz) on Jun 12, 2016 at 3:55pm PDT

I’ve never been a part of a graffiti scene

Since I’m a forest-dwelling Connecticutian troll, instead of doing graffiti, I longboarded in middle school. But every other hobbit I knew eventually moved to a city and became infatuated with the imagery of the urban landscape—graffiti, rap, fresh kicks, you get the gist of it. I got arrested once for putting a sticker on a condo window, so I still don’t do graffiti, but I definitely appreciate its brazenness. Keep bombing, toy kings. I’ll be in socks and sandals.

$9 here.

Ok, that’s it. If you want more dad jokes, I’ve written 19 more of these—just scroll back through the archives.

If you feel like spending some money, go to Strike Gently Co and use the code COOL for 20% off your order. Thanks for reading.

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