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Design Wed Aug 05 2009
Bling Bling on a Button
The button was first patented in 1896 in a small town in New Jersey and since then has been used to promote, market, or simply express people's agendas. Chicago-based button company Busy Beaver Buttons has been, well, busy expanding upon this 100+ year medium. Since 1995 the company has been providing bands, companies, really anyone they can with colorful buttons for an extremely fair price in a very creative manner. From their Button-o-matic series, which can be found in their button machines all around the country, to their unique connection to Chicago the company itself has grown quickly as a major competitor in the button world. In celebration of their ever-growing business Busy Beaver is hosting a grand opening party for their brand new location on 3279 W. Armitage Avenue. From 1 to 5pm on Saturday, August 8th you can tour the company's new headquarters, enjoy some free drinks, and of course make some buttons.
Busy Beaver is also releasing a set of gold plated and nickel plated buttons curated by Dustin Hostetler, from Threadless and Faesthetic, as a part of their Button-o-matic series. The release party for this new set of designs happens right after the open house from 5 to 8pm, with some "golden beer" and music provided by Devin Davis.