i started selling enamel pins in 2021 when i got mad a multi million dollar company didn't make merchandise of my marketable fan favorite anime girl: a 6'2 man. it's all gone downhill from there.

KEN'S PIN HUSTLE is a one (sometimes two) man operation devoted to selling straightforward, high quality merchandise. KPH combines a background in animation and graphic design with culinary roughneck to make charming, but practical products. KPH often counters the pin counterculture, with vintage cartoons, antiqued metal, and timeless wearables harkening back to the 1970s and 80s roots of the industry.

while mostly self-funded, KPH has some backseat success in crowdfunding. ken is half of the equation on happy habitats, an enamel pin project about changing care standards shown in cute animal merch, along with regular collaborators and friends alstro arts. during pintopia 2024, ken's BIRD CRIMES campaign defied all expectations (especially his) by being fully funded in 17 minutes. 

KEN'S PIN HUSTLE has pivoted from fandom merchandise to create original, animal- and animation-centric merchandise. if it's from KEN'S, it'll look just as good on an ironed suit collar as it would an  itabag.