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🏅 You’ve earned a Merit-ish Badge (probably more than one)

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This collection of cheeky, vintage-inspired merit badges celebrates the unspoken truths of working in tech. From soft skills sorcery to Figma wizardry, each set honors the quirks, coping mechanisms, and quiet triumphs of building digital products.

Whether you survived another sprint planning session or tamed the wilds of auto layout, you’ve earned these.

Ever ship something before everything was ready? Same.

Today I’m rolling out a soft-ish launch of the not-yet-off-the-presses Merit-ish Badges—vintage-inspired sticker sets for designers, PMs, and tech folks who’ve survived feature bloat, awkward retros, and that one “quick tweak” that turned into a complete do-over.

If you’ve ever:

  • Shipped a feature that shouldn’t have shipped
  • Said “we’ll circle back” for the 50th time this week
  • Made it pretty because someone asked nicely

Then yes, you’ve earned a badge.


🤑 For a limited time only, you can grab a set at cost.

The only catch? I’d love your help getting some real-world product shots.

All I ask:

  1. Stick ’em on something fun
  2. Snap a photo
  3. Tag me and Beyond UX Design when you post

I could take pictures of my own laptop, but yours probably has cooler stickers already.


Choose from three sets

👇 Grab a set and help me bring this weird little project to life!

Cult of Figma Initiation

You’ve nested frames within frames. Battled autolayout demons. Stared into the abyss of Variant Logic and whispered, “More states, please.”


Pixel Pusher’s Survival Kit

For anyone who negotiated peace treaties via Slack, fixed a flaming handoff, and made something work that absolutely shouldn’t have.


Soft Skills, Sharp Tongue

Emotional jiu-jitsu, stakeholder whispering, and strategic pauses so well-timed they could end a meeting.

Vintage Look • Inside Jokes • Therapy Not Included

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Join 6,000+ designers improving their soft skills, weekly!

Beyond UX Design's mission is to give you the tools you need to be a truly effective UX designer by diving into the soft skills they won't be teaching you in school or a boot camp. These skills are critical to your success.