University Buttons
Buttons as Promotional Items

Buttons as Promotional Items

Check out the cool swag Ologie had available this year at the American Marketing Association Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education: Associate Production Director, R. Gust Smith, said of the buttons, “They were among several HOT items we gave away at the conference. In fact, they were so HOT, they had to be re-ordered...
Football Buttons: Michigan vs. Ohio State

Football Buttons: Michigan vs. Ohio State

This Saturday, the biggest rivals in sports meet up in Ann Arbor— it’s the Michigan vs. Ohio State game! Showcased above is Busy Beaver’s new football template. Based on this vintage button currently housed in the Busy Beaver Button Museum, the football template makes great use of our oval shaped buttons. We’re making a few...
Busy Beaver Top 5: College Football Season

Busy Beaver Top 5: College Football Season

Even if football isn’t your thing, there are plenty of reasons to love college football season. Check out Busy Beaver’s Top 5: 1. Mascots Yep, that’s a grown man dressed as a leprechaun. Need we say more? For more crazy mascots, check out the Huffington Post’s list of the 12 Coolest Mascots in College Football....
Super Queer-O Buttons Up

Super Queer-O Buttons Up

After K. Bradford, Coordinator of the LGBTQ Office of Culture & Community at Columbia College ordered these super 1-inch buttons, we had to get the scoop. Was there a new superhero in town? Bradford said of the buttons, designed by Jess Weida for the yearly Gender Fusions performance: “This year’s theme was “Super Queer-O Spectacle!”....

Oregon State University

What better way is there to start a Busy Beaver work week than with this photo in your inbox? Thank you to Amy Charron from Oregon State University for submitting this picture of Kegan Sims rocking 1.25-inch buttons featuring Powered By Orange, a network of alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and fans who make a...