About us
A studio for makers, brands and movements.
Talent Badges has been designing, engineering and pressing custom button badges since 1999. We're a UK company with a dedicated factory in China — so you get British account management and at-scale Chinese manufacturing, shipped to your door by sea or air to over 130 countries.
“A badge is the smallest piece of brand collateral you can own — and the most loved.”
— Crysta Chi, Studio Director
Designed in-house
Our studio team handles everything from artwork prep to final proof, so you get one consistent point of contact from first email to final delivery.
Pressed on our floor
We own our presses — both manual and pneumatic. That means no third-party hand-offs, tight quality control, and faster turnaround on rush jobs.
Shipped by sea or air
From our China factory we ship by sea freight (best value, 4–6 weeks) or air freight (fastest, 5–10 days) to over 130 countries.
A short history.
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1999
Talent Badges is founded
We start out with a single hand-press, making badges for early export customers across Asia and Europe.
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2007
Factory formally registered
After eight years of growth we move into our purpose-built factory in China and ramp up production for global brand clients.
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2013
First pneumatic press
Demand from brand clients pushes us toward production-grade pneumatic presses. We start producing at scale.
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2019
35 sizes & shapes
We expand our tooling library to cover 35 different button sizes and shapes — from 25mm pins to 158mm coin boxes.
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Today
130+ countries
Talent Badges ships to over 130 countries, with a studio team of designers, press operators and packers.
Studio values.
We've made tens of millions of badges across two decades. These four principles are how we've kept the work consistent.
Small things, made well
We refuse to ship anything we wouldn't pin on our own jacket.
Transparent quotes
Fixed prices, no surprise minimums, no rush fees on standard lead times.
Free proofs
Every order gets a digital proof before we press a single badge.
Long relationships
Our oldest customer has been ordering from us since 2002. We aim to earn the next twenty.