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Digital Arts, digitalartsonline.co.uk, News, FL@33 right on the button to celebrate 10 years of Stereohype, by Michael Burns, London, UK,
25 August 2014 (English)
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Archive copy of: digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/...
DIGITAL ARTS | ONLINE 25 AUGUST 2014
FL@33 right on the button to celebrate 10 years of Stereohype – A colourful event by multi-disciplinary design studio FL@33 is set to mark the 10th anniversary and one thousandth specially commissioned badge from Stereohype.
___ Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of FL@33 founded Stereohype in October 2004 – not just as an experimental playground for the London-based creative duo, but as an international platform for both emerging and established talents alike.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary, a year which also sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges hit 1,000, a forthcoming exhibition aims to thank the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over the years.
___ Stereohype’s product range includes printed T-shirts and an ever-growing button badge collection that consists of winning designs entered to the label's annual badge design competition, plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative.
___ The FL@33-designed and curated exhibition, Stereohype 2004–2014 will open during London Design Festival 2014 and runs from Saturday 13 September – extended to Saturday 8 November (was Friday 31 October) at the London College of Communication (LCC). It also forms part of '160', a series of exhibitions hosted by LCC.
___ Stereohype’s forthcoming B.I.O. Button Badge Series 14 will be on display, with fresh new contributions by Caetano Calomino, Dina Silanteva, Emmi Salonen, FL@33, Henrik Birkvig, Julien Morey, Matthew Kenyon, Neringa Plange, Paul Jenkins, Russell Weekes, Sawdust, Studio Gpop, Tara Hanrahan and Tower Block Books aka Amandine Alessandra and Rute Nieto Ferreira.
___ Also on show will be 10 specially commissioned anniversary show contributions to Stereohype's 10×10 Poster/Badge Anniversary Series, which all come with one badge each. Apart from one original letterpress piece, are all others produced as Giclée prints in an edition of 10 each.
___ The 10×10 contributors include:Alan Kitching, Daniel Eatock, Deanne Cheuk, Geneviève Gauckler, Ian Wright, Michael C. Place / Build, Richard J. Kirk / Manikato, TwoPoints, Vaughan Oliver / v23 and Stereohype founders FL@33.
___ A FL@33-designed Stereohype catalogue, featuring every single button badge and more, will be available during the private view evening for a reduced special price of £5.
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Last picture | Hot off the press: the Stereohype 2004–2014 catalogue, supported by ArtQuarters Press
