Badges are badges

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Pete Ashton

I got some badges made for SXSW, just on a whim. Figured it’d be nice to have some schwag to hand out. They came in the post today.

badges

I popped one on my jacket and was struck, struck I tell you, by how it suddenly became a statement. Literally a badge, which is not too surprising since it is a badge. But still. I think of “Created in Birmingham” as a blog, obviously. It’s a thing, not an attitude. Badges in their correct context really are quite powerful things when you think about it.

So I reckon there’s a little market for this. Here’s some other ideas:

I Create in Birmingham (handy for me as, conception wise, I was created in Walton on Thames)

Made in Birmingham

I Create Birmingham (from Jez)

Creative in Birmingham (from nunovo)

Birmingham Creative (from Smithylad and tweaked a bit)

Created by Birmingham (from Hg)

Brum Creatatum (from Focalplane)

I’m sure there are others. Suggestions in the comments please!

Badges were made and delivered in good time by Badges for Bands who come recommended by both myself and Jonny BiNS

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15 Responses to Badges are badges

  1. focalplane says:
    February 13, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    “I’m Brummagemware” (though not exactly what you’re looking for as the word used to have a rather negative context)

  2. nunovo says:
    February 13, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    You missed
    ‘creatIve in Birmingham’
    and monstrous variants like
    B creatI’ved irmingham

    How could you?

  3. smithylad says:
    February 13, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    Birmingham creates

  4. Rol says:
    February 13, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    I write the songs that make the whole of Birmingham sing.

    Big badge.

  5. Pete Ashton says:
    February 13, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Mike Whitby is my Co-pilot

    Local City, Global Heart

    (don’t worry, you have to live here to get those)

  6. Vigs says:
    February 13, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Grammar Behind Incite

    An anagram of Created in Birmingham – because the blog is just that: the grammar behind the incitement to big up and blab about the Birmingham creatives!

  7. Dave Harte says:
    February 13, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Those badges are excellent. Particularly for those of us literally ‘Created in Birmingham’ (circa late 1967 in my case).

    Some’Created in Birmingham’ t-shirts would be cool to hand out at SXSW as well I reckon??

    Dave

  8. Hg says:
    February 14, 2008 at 12:30 am

    How about a subtle remix of the original: Created by Birmingham?

    For those who take a more spiritual view: Creator in Birmingham.

    For those who love their German grammar: In Birmingham Created.

  9. The Baron says:
    February 14, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Although more Black Country than Birmingham (but we’re all one big happy family right?) how about
    “I create in Birmingham…therefore I yam”

  10. Muvver says:
    February 14, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    “City Region Serf”?

  11. non says:
    February 15, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Created in Birmingham
    Made in London

  12. focalplane says:
    February 15, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    Dog Latin: Brum Creatatum

  13. Tim says:
    February 16, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Crated in Birmingham

    (Re)Created in Birmingham

    Created in Birmingham:Exported Worldwide

  14. Fred says:
    February 17, 2008 at 1:26 am

    Birmed in Creatingham

    I’ve been drinking.

  15. Joe says:
    February 17, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    In memory of my recently departed grandad -

    Cremated in Birmingham