B.I.O. (BY INVITATION ONLY) BUTTON BADGE SERIES | 2004 – ONGOING
FL@33 contributions for our ongoing design initiative B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 1–22 for FL@33's sister-company stereohype.com – London-based graphic art label, online boutique and experimental platform for talents from around the world.
___ Selected international graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists are regularly invited by FL@33 to submit one single design or a set of four, seven or twelve for this one inch (25mm) button badge series. FL@33 contributes to all B.I.O. Series between one and 14 designs each.
___ Having started in 2004 with B.I.O. Series 1 – it took us eight years to catch up with the years. Between B.I.O. Series 12 releases and B.I.O. Series 22 and until 2023 they were launched annually.
___ Previous releases B.I.O. Series 1–14 formed part of the extensive 10th Stereohype anniversary celebrations that included the exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 and a book of the same name.

___ Stereohype.com sells B.I.O. series badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with purchased Stereohype T-shirts and other items.
___ The growing button badge collection – currently already featuring 1,777 individual designs – consists of all B.I.O. contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition, Stereohype Mascot Squirrels and additional series such as collaborative AFOMFS series, MICA series, 10x10 series and Emoji series.
___ We also call them mobile mini canvases.

GIFT BOX VARIANTS | PAST AND PRESENT
Sets of three, four, seven or now also twelve button badges come in a special packaging and are exlusively available at stereohype.com and selected stockists around the world. This special packaging for used to be a clear resealable plastic bag with attached swing tag for sets up to four but the presentation has been replaced in 2019 with a sophisticated machtbox-style gift box. An elegant and more sustainable cardboard packaging that is used for all badge orders using various box sizes.
___ Special Stereohype gift boxes of seven were also developed by FL@33 including a limited edition gift box special with custom shoelace for selected AFOMFS (A Few Of My Favourite Sneakers) button badges.

BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINTS | FINE ART STEREOHYPE EDITION
Hand-picked designs from the FL@33-curated collection are now also available as Button Badge Motif Prints.
___ The super-vibrant Fine Art Giclée Prints feature selected designs from Stereohype's ever-growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection – including B.I.O. Series designs by FL@33 and others. High resolution files of the circular artworks are enlarged to seven inch (178mm) and printed with love and vivid archival inks on a beautifully textured 310gsm Hahnemühle paper (portrait, 8x10" / 203x254mm).
___ The print edition already includes 524 artworks with more being added every year.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | COMPLETE LIST OF B.I.O. CONTRIBUTORS SO FAR

RELEASE DATES

B.I.O. Series 01 — November 2004,

B.I.O. Series 02 — March 2005,

B.I.O. Series 03 — December 2005,
B.I.O. Series 04 — June 2006,

B.I.O. Series 05 — November 2006,

B.I.O. Series 06 — May 2007,
B.I.O. Series 07 — November 2008,

B.I.O. Series 08 — September 2009,
B.I.O. Series 09 — November 2010,

B.I.O. Series 10 — September 2011,

B.I.O. Series 11 — May 2012,

B.I.O. Series 12 — October 2012,
B.I.O. Series 13 — November 2013,
B.I.O. Series 14 — September 2014,
B.I.O. Series 15 — November 2015,
B.I.O. Series 16 — November 2016,
B.I.O. Series 17 — November 2017,
B.I.O. Series 18 — November 2018,
B.I.O. Series 19 — November 2019,
B.I.O. Series 20 — November 2020,
B.I.O. Series 21 — November 2021,
B.I.O. Series 22 — November 2022,
B.I.O. Series 23 — tbc ...

STEREOHYPE | 15TH ANNIVERSARY PACKAGING DESIGN | ONGOING
Packaging solution designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek. When the studio's sister-company – graphic art label and online boutique Stereohype – celebrated its 15th anniversary we thought of a great birthday present. To mark this milestone we decided to treat our customers and ourselves by introducing a superb new way to package our beautiful and growing 1" (25mm) button badge collection.
___ The elegant new packaging features a foil-blocked hand-printed Stereohype mascot squirrel in fancy rose-gold. The gift boxes look and feel sophisticated, are sustainable and made of matt black cardboard. These new Stereohype gift boxes are now used in three different sizes for online badge orders.
___ We also redesigned Stereohype's address label stickers to go with the brand-new Pizza-style cardboard boxes that do now protect the new gift boxes with style when they are shipped to Stereohype's customers and contributors around the world.

STEREOHYPE | MATCHBOX-STYLE GIFT BOXES: 3–25 BUTTON BADGES
Exlusively available at stereohype.com and selected stockists around the world the black matchbox-style gift boxes come in three sizes.
___ Pick 'n' mix orders of individual badge designs will automatically be pinned into one of the gift boxes. The smallest is for 1–5 button badges. The medium size is used for button badge quantities from 6–12 while the largest gift box can hold up to 25 badges.
___ Until now separetely ordered Stereohype button badges were stuck to postcards but customers will from now on receive their badge orders in one of the three available super-elegant matchbox-style gift boxes that FL@33 designed for this occasion.

STEREOHYPE | ARTIST GIFT BOXES: 3–4 BUTTON BADGES
The smallest of the three available matchbox-style gift boxes is also used for sets of three and four (and in one single case so far even a set of five).
___ For now Stereohype 'only' transformed the approximately 300 existing sets into this new gift box format – including the ones shown here on white background that contain FL@33-designed button badge sets of three and four.
___ They are now called Artist Gift Boxes: 3–5 button badges. In the future we will also introduce Themed Gift Boxes: 3–5 button badges – very much as we did for the Stereohype / Habitat sets – featuring more than one artist in one gift box. Four different dogs or cats for example created by various artists... These will be curated and compiled by FL@33 like the larger Artist / Themed Gift Boxes: 7 button badges.
___ The popular 1″ (25mm) button badges are selected from Stereohype's growing collection of already over 1,700 individual FL@33-curated designs, created by over 650 international graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists.

OTHER FL@33-DESIGNED PACKAGING SOLUTIONS | PAST AND PRESENT
FL@33 developed various other packaging solutions for the graphic art label. Stereohype's sophisticated 15th anniversary matchbox-style (Artist / Themed) Gift Boxes: 3–4 button badges for example replaced the sets of three or four swing tag packs used during the first 15 years of Stereohype for online orders.
___ Notably there were also vast amounts of themed sets of four that Habitat commissioned and that came in a custom packaging we developed for them.
___ Sets of seven were initially introduced in long gift boxes with top lid. These Artist / Themed Gift Boxes: 7 button badges are now gradually replaced with the new matchbox-style version.
___ Additional FL@33-designed packaging solutions for Stereohype include A Few Of My favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) limited edition gift boxes and  AFOMFS series shoelace packaging.

STEREOHYPE COLLECTION
Stereohype's popular button badge collection consists of B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 1–22 contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition, Stereohype Mascot Squirrels and additional series such as collaborative AFOMFS series, MICA series, 10x10 series and Emoji series. Available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.

CREDITS
Only some of the badges shown here were designed by FL@33 like the ones shown in gift boxes on white background. Badges shown in the first picture are by Sarah Boris, Lunartik Jones, Josie Kennedy, Antonia Henschel, FL@33, Linzie Hunter and Daniel Freytag. For individual button badge design credits of the various other artists and designers please visit stereohype.com.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

STEREOHYPE | (STBBMP) EDITION GIFT BOXES | BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINT SETS
This is the latest FL@33-designed addition to the deluxe gift box range for the studio's sister-company Stereohype – the graphic art label and online boutique. Customers who purchase a set of Stereohype's Button Badge Motif Prints will get a free gift box with their order – while stock lasts. Individual print boxes will also be available to purchase separately.
___ The super-elegant new gift boxes feature a foil-blocked hand-printed Stereohype mascot squirrel in fancy rose-gold. The stereohype.com gift boxes look and feel sophisticated, are sustainable and made of matt black cardboard. They complete the gift box range that already includes three matchbox-style gift boxes in three different sizes for online badge orders.
___ Our trusted UK-based gift box supplier carefully customises our boxes – one by one – using the suitably red hot foil press they kindly took pictures of for us in action, so we can show it to you here.

BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINTS | ARTWORKS
The Button Badge Motif Print edition already includes over 500 designs and will steadily grow to be as eclectic as Stereohype's widely-acclaimed button badge collection that features over 1,700 artworks by over 600 established and emerging illustrators, graphic designers, typographers, photographers and artists from around the world.
___ The super-vibrant Fine Art Giclée Prints feature selected designs from Stereohype's ever-growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. High resolution files of the circular artworks are enlarged to seven inch (178mm) and printed with love and vivid archival inks on a beautifully textured 310gsm Hahnemühle paper (portrait, 8x10" / 203x254mm).
____ The selection of motifs by Stereohype's international collaborators also includes many designs by FL@33-founders Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek such as Parasol Mushroom, Jolly Good Expressions, Agathe's Leaves (shown here), Sweets and Car Wash prints and Tomi's Optimist Series, System Error – rebooted, Bipyramids, Glitch, Broken Beauty, Resist and 45rpm Adaptors artworks from B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 20 (also shown here). A few selected FL@33-designed Stereohype Mascot Squirrels have also been released as Fine Art Prints.
___ Designs are now all available at stereohype.com as prints, single badges and some even in elegant Themed / Artist Gift Boxes: 7 button badges and our smaller luxuriously packaged sets – matchbox-style Gift Box: 3–4 button badges.
___ Shown here are Agathe's Leaves.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

STEREOHYPE | THEMED ADVENT CALENDARS | ONGOING
Concept and product development created by FL@33 for the studio's sister-company – graphic art label and online boutique Stereohype.
___ Tapping into the great pool of our Stereohype button badge collection we developed an elegant and strikingly simple advent calendar idea.
___ The matchbox-style gift boxes we designed for Stereohype as part of its 15th anniversary last year have been developed further to create a brand-new product range. The largest matchbox-style gift box can house up to 25 1" (25mm) button badges and so we used this existing packaging solution to develop a beautiful concept for a themed advent calender.
___ These new advent calendars feature 24 (+1) themed and covered button badges carefully selected by FL@33 from the popular and now already 1,777-strong button badge collection with designs by over 650 hand-picked contributing talents from around the world.
___ Peel off the stickers to reveal the daily button badge design. The badges are pinned directly into the black flock pad inside. The first round of themes are Cats, Dogs, Abstract, Fun, Monsters and Yummy.
___ Outside the elegant packaging features a foil-blocked hand-printed Stereohype mascot squirrel in fancy rose-gold. The gift boxes look and feel sophisticated, are sustainable and made of matt black cardboard.

OTHER FL@33-DESIGNED PACKAGING SOLUTIONS | PAST AND PRESENT
Since 2004 FL@33 developed various other packaging solutions for the graphic art label. More recently Stereohype's sophisticated new matchbox-style (Artist / Themed) Gift Boxes: 3–5 button badges for example, replaced the sets of three or four swing tag packs used during the first 15 years of Stereohype for online orders.
___ Pick 'n' mix orders of individual badge designs will automatically be pinned into one of these matchbox-style gift boxes these days. Before that separetely ordered Stereohype button badges were stuck to postcards.
___ The smallest matchbox-style gift box is for 1–5 button badges. The medium size is used for button badge quantities from 6–12 while the largest gift box is used for larger orders and can hold up to 25 badges – as is the case with advent calendars for example.
___ Notably there were also vast amounts of themed sets of four that Habitat commissioned. These came in a custom packaging FL@33 developed for them.
___ We also curate and compile the larger and differently packaged Artist / Themed Gift Boxes: 7 button badges. These are gradually being updated to the new matchbox-style deluxe gift boxes. Additional FL@33-designed packaging designs for Stereohype include A Few Of My favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) limited edition gift boxes and  AFOMFS series shoelace packaging.

STEREOHYPE COLLECTION
Stereohype's popular button badge collection consists of the FL@33-curated B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 1–22 contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition, Stereohype Mascot Squirrels and additional series such as collaborative AFOMFS series, MICA series, 10x10 series and Emoji series. Available via stereohype.com and selected international stockists.

CREDITS
Only some of the badges shown here were designed by FL@33. For individual button badge design credits of the various other artists and designers please visit stereohype.com.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINTS | CONCEPT GENERATION, ARTWORKS, IDENTITY |
2016 – ONGOING
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek developed this print edition idea for graphic art label and online boutique Stereohype – the studio's sister-company. The new series Tomi curates is called Button Badge Motif Prints. 
___ The super-vibrant Fine Art Giclée Prints feature selected designs from Stereohype's ever-growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. High resolution files of the circular artworks are enlarged to seven inch (178mm) and printed with love and vivid archival inks on a beautifully textured 310gsm Hahnemühle paper (portrait, 8x10" / 203x254mm).
___ The print series already includes over 500 designs and will steadily grow to be as eclectic as Stereohype's widely-acclaimed button badge collection that features over 1,700 artworks by over 650 established and emerging illustrators, graphic designers, typographers, photographers and artists from around the world.
___ Some of Stereohype's button badge motifs are clearly better suited to be enlarged and featured on a print than others, but many hundreds of designs will make amazing print motifs. More prints will regularly be added to this new Stereohype range. Each print comes with the according button badge.
___ We are continuing to curate this ongoing series and will be selecting approximately 100 more motifs per year. One by one we will contact more selected artists in our network of collaborators. If you are a collaborator please do already start to search for the hi-res files and/or recreate the artwork accordingly. As always please feel free to get in touch for more info...

BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINTS | IDENTITY | EMBOSSED CERTIFICATION SEAL
As part of developing the concept for Button Badge Motif Prints, FL@33 also created a logo for the series that is used to enhance each print with an embossed Stereohype certification seal. This logo is also the first step in establishing an identity for this likely to become very comprehensive collection of prints.
___ The certification seal shows the life-sized back of a classic one inch (25mm) button badge – a so-called D-pin button badge to be precise. This is the kind of highest quality button badge Stereohype uses for its collection.
___ A more detailed project description with insights about the process of developing the seal logo can be found on the dedicated project page.

BUTTON BADGE MOTIF PRINTS | ARTWORKS
Button Badge Motif Prints were officially launched in December 2016 and the edition has since been growing to feature over 500 designs. The selection of motifs by Stereohype's international collaborators also includes many designs by FL@33-founders Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek such as Parasol Mushroom, Jolly Good Expressions, Agathe's Leaves, Sweets and Car Wash prints and Tomi's Optimist Series, System Error – rebooted, Bipyramids, Glitch, Broken Beauty, Resist and 45rpm Adaptors artworks from B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 20. A few selected FL@33-designed Stereohype Mascot Squirrels have also been released as Fine Art Prints.
___ Designs are now all available at stereohype.com as prints, single badges and some even in elegant Themed / Artist Gift Boxes: 7 button badges and our smaller luxuriously packaged sets – matchbox-style Gift Box: 3–5 button badges.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: internationalcc

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

STEREOHYPE |FIRST GIFT BOX: 7 BUTTON BADGES | PACKAGING SOLUTION
Packaging solution designed by FL@33. These gift boxes contain seven of Stereohype's popular 1″ (25mm) button badges. Badges were selected from a growing collection of over 1,700 individual FL@33-curated designs, created by over 600 international graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists.

FIRST GIFT BOX: 7 BUTTON BADGES | 2009–2021
After almost twelve years of serving us well, these long luxury gift boxes will slowly be retired. Stereohype still has quite a lot of them in stock but they will all gradually be replaced with the new FL@33-designed matchbox-style gift boxes. For sets of seven 1" button badges the medium-sized gift box is used since November 2021. It can contain 6–12 button badges and the first Artist Gift Boxes: 12 button badges have now also been introduced to make full use of the new generation of deluxe gift boxes.
___ Beside developing Stereohype's various packaging solutions, FL@33 also regularly compiles the sets for these elegant matt black Themed Gift Boxes: 7 button badges. The FL@33-curated sets feature seven button badges by various other creators. The badges are directly pinned into a black flock pad.
___ Shown here are so-called Artist Gift Boxes: 7 button badges with badges that were in this case designed by FL@33's Agathe Jacquillat and/or Tomi Vollauschek – namely Air Lines, Car Wash, Resist, Broken Beauty, Leaves, Glitch, Bipyramids, System Error rebooted and Seven Sweets.
___ Other sets shown here in small are by various artists and designers. For individual button badge design credits please visit stereohype.com.

OTHER PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Various other packaging solutions that FL@33 developed for the graphic art label include Stereohype's sophisticated 15th anniversary matchbox-style gift boxes. These come in three different sizes and are for 3–25 button badges. The smallest of them – (Artist / Themed) Gift Boxes: 3–5 button badges – replaced the sets of three or four swing tag packs used during the first 15 years of Stereohype. Additional FL@33-designed packaging designs for Stereohype include A Few Of My favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) limited edition gift boxes, AFOMFS series shoelace packaging and last but not least the themed sets of four for Habitat.

STEREOHYPE COLLECTION
Stereohype's popular button badge collection consists of B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Button Badge Series 1–22 contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition, Stereohype Mascot Squirrels and additional series such as collaborative AFOMFS series, MICA series, 10x10 series and Emoji series. Available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: internationalcc

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

CUSTOM EMOJI | MIND BLOWN
Asked by long-time collaborator Gavin Lucas, 'If you could create a new emoji, what would it be?', FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek developed a custom emoji that was included in Gavin's book The Story of Emoji that FL@33 also designed (Prestel, March 2016).
___ The emoji – now known as Exploding Head – was eventually approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 under the name “Shocked Face with Exploding Head” and added to Emoji 5.0 in 2017. We all have it on our smart phones these days.
___ A total of 33 custom emoji by 23 designers and illustrators are featured in the book's chapter 'Designer Characters'.
___ We posted some variation studies, sketches and roughs here, too, for your viewing pleasure, and also some preview sample spreads on the book's project page.

THE STORY OF EMOJI | PAGE 167
‘There are a couple of missing emoji that I would use a lot. A “no brainer” and also the “mind blown” emoji that I chose to create on this occasion. This emoji would replace my regular use of emoticons O_O and O_o and the alternative “OMG” and “un-be-lievable” to express utter astonishment.’
Tomi Vollauschek, FL@33

EMOJI SERIES | BUTTON BADGES AND PRINTS
FL@33's graphic art label Stereohype collaborated with Gavin Lucas and 21 talents featured in The Story of Emoji to launch the Emoji Series – 31 button badges featuring bespoke emoji designs as seen in the book. The button badge series launched as part of the book launch exhibition at KK Outlet, London, and its private view in April 2016.
___ The 'Mind Blown' motif was also released with an alternative blue background in June 2017 when Tomi's custom emoji was included in Stereohype's Button Badge Motif Print series where it is now also available with white and blue background.

EMOJI ANIMATION | SEASON'S GREETINGS
Happy holidays and a healthy, creative new year!
___ London-based design studio FL@33 created a custom Mind Blown emoji but also the book and cover design of The Story of Emoji by Gavin Lucas that was published worldwide in 2016 by Prestel.
___ Inspired by the world of emoji this animation is the continuation of a series of experimental ASCII animations by FL@33.

PRESS ARCHIVE

The Story of Emoji, by Gavin Lucas, designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek and also including a commissioned custom-designed FL@33 emoji, p.167, Prestel Publishing, UK, March 2016 (English)
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THE STORY OF EMOJI | COVER AND BOOK DESIGN
Munich-based Prestel Verlag commissioned FL@33 to design the book and cover of The Story of Emoji written and compiled by long-time FL@33-collaborator Gavin Lucas.
___ The book is the first collaboration between FL@33 and Prestel Verlag who also have offices in London and New York and who are part of Verlagsgruppe Random House. And what a great fun project to start with... 8)
___ The cover features our illustration of the 'Smiling Face With Open Mouth' emoji and was created using a variety of different Apple iOS emojis. As these pictures of our advance copy show, the cover was printed using relief varnish to enhance each individual emoji.
___ Designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek we posted a few of the book's sample spreads and also show Tomi's FL@33 custom emoji Mind Blown that we were invited to create by Gavin as part of a series of designer emojis he showcases in his book The Story of Emoji.
___ No – not the FL@33 duo are shown here but the charming team that is the book's author Gavin Lucas and Prestel Publishing's Ali Gitlow – at FL@33 London / Clerkenwell HQ to check scatter proofs with us.

THE STORY OF EMOJI | FL@33'S CUSTOM EMOJI
We posted our specially created emoji Mind Blown on a separate project page, together with variation studies, sketches and roughs. Page 167 captions:  ‘There are a couple of missing emoji that I would use a lot. A “no brainer” and also the “mind blown” emoji that I chose to create on this occasion. This emoji would replace my regular use of emoticons O_O and O_o and the alternative “OMG” and “un-be-lievable” to express utter astonishment.’
Tomi Vollauschek, FL@33

[A Mind-Blown emoji was later added to the unicode family of course.]

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | OFFICIAL BLURB

STOCKISTS
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS
Hardcover
English
Colour illustrations
192 pages

195 x 195mm
ISBN-10: 3791381504
ISBN-13: 978-3791381503
£14.99

Published March 2016
Prestel

EMOJI SERIES | BUTTON BADGES
FL@33's graphic art label Stereohype collaborated with Gavin Lucas and 21 talents featured in The Story of Emoji to launch the Emoji Series – 31 button badges featuring bespoke emoji designs as seen in the book. The button badge series launched as part of the book launch exhibition at KK Outlet, London, and its private view on 6 April 2016.

PICTURE CREDITS
The four pictures of Prestel's London Book Fair stand 2016 are shown here with kind permission of Prestel Publishing.

STEREOHYPE  2004–2014 | ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT: VIDEO LOOP
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

No sound.
00:00–00:19 — 3D squirrel, white
00:19–08:39 — 1,000 button badges (2/sec)
08:39–08:58 — 3D squirrel, wire frame
08:58–10:21 — 1,000 button badges (12/sec)

There are quite a few interesting ways to display Stereohype's whole 1,000-strong collection of tiny one inch (25mm) button badges in a big gallery space and by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek developed the most appropriate ones for Stereohype's 10th anniversary exhibition – including showing them all next to each other in a giant 30m-long line along the entire gallery walls.
___ To complement this – every single one of the 1,000 button badges were also displayed in a super-compressed, bespoke FL@33-designed perspex frame (one square metre) showcasing the collection at one glance.
___ The video loop of over 10 minutes shown here was displayed during the exhibition. It was created for the gallery environment and with an exhibition audience in mind. It features a few sequences of Stereohype's current squirrel incarnation – a low-polygon 3D design shown here – rendered with surface and as wire-frame. In addition this video also shows two sequences of Stereohype's first 1,000 button badges – one slower and one very fast one.
___ The FL@33-curated and designed  exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 also involved developing various other exhibits including commissioning the 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series, designing the anniversary book Stereohype 2004–2014, compiling B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 14 and designing and building a huge squirrel sculpture.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over
the years.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

SQUIRREL CREDITS
Squirrel design and building the sculpture: FL@33
3D modelling and Net layout: Pete Ellis

STEREOHYPE 2004–2014 | ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT: BUTTON BADGE ARTWORK
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

There are quite a few interesting ways to display Stereohype's whole 1,000-strong collection of tiny one inch (25mm) button badges in a big gallery space and FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek developed the most appropriate ones for Stereohype's 10th anniversary exhibition – including showing them all next to each other in a giant 30m-long line along the entire gallery walls.
___ To complement this – every single one of the 1,000 button badges were also displayed in a super-compressed, bespoke FL@33-designed perspex frame (one square metre) showcasing the collection at one glance.
___ The FL@33-curated and designed  exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 also involved developing various other exhibits including commissioning the 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series, designing the anniversary book Stereohype 2004–2014, compiling B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 14 and designing and building a huge squirrel sculpture.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.

CUSTOM PERSPEX FRAME SPECS
Size: 100cm × 100cm (39.7” × 39.7”)
Featuring the first 1,000 button badges from Stereohype's growing collection – arranged in random order. Each circular composition is unique and will never be replicated.
Edition: 10
Available exclusively at stereohype.com

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over
the years.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

STEREOHYPE 2004–2014 | ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT: PARTY SQUIRREL SCULPTURE
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

The exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 curated and designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek also involved developing various different exhibits including commissioning the 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series, designing the anniversary book Stereohype 2004–2014, compiling B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 14 and creating a custom perspex frame showcasing Stereohype's whole 1,000-strong button badge collection.
___ Looking back at the first ten years of FL@33's sister-company Stereohype we naturally also reflected, set new targets and made plans for the future. This involved taking the FL@33-designed, ever-evolving visual identity and start developing it further at this occasion.
___ Part of Stereohype's flexible identity system has always been a mascot squirrel. The fourth and latest incarnation of the squirrel is a low-polygon squirrel we designed with a sculpture for the show in mind. Based on front and side view wire drawings we made as 2D vector graphics we commissioned a 3D designer who developed the 3D model with us and generated a net layout in order for us to be able to build the squirrel sculpture ourselves. Resulting 3D renders were also used for animations and visuals for the exhibition campaign.
___ The challenge to build a huge real-life squirrel sculpture – 1.5m tall plus plinth – led us to experiment with styrene and plastic weld before abandoning failed attempts to successfully build the final sculpture using E-flute cardboard and mirror material.
___ Ten helium balloons were the finishing touch for Stereohype's party squirrel that was placed in the middle of the gallery space for it to be still visible from outside the exhibition space to draw visitors into the corridor leading to the gallery. The sculpture was added to the show in time for the private view.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over
the years.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

SQUIRREL CREDITS
Squirrel design and building the sculpture: FL@33
3D modelling and Net layout: Pete Ellis

STEREOHYPE 2004–2014 | 10×10 POSTER / BADGE ANNIVERSARY SERIES
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

As part of the exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 designed and curated by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek, he also conceived and art directed an anniversary poster series and commissioned international designers, studios, artists and illustrators. They became part of the show's 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series – consisting of 10 posters inspired by the numbers 10 and/or 1,000 and/or 10×10. The posters come with its corresponding one inch / 25mm button badge that either mirror or compliment the according poster design.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.
___ Shown here is the balloon poster contribution by FL@33 co-founder Agathe Jacquillat – so are the other 10×10 contributions by Alan Kitching, Daniel Eatock, Deanne Cheuk, Geneviève Gauckler, Ian Wright, Michael C. Place / Build, Richard J. Kirk / Manikato, TwoPoints and Vaughan Oliver / v23.
___ Apart from Alan's original letterpress poster were all other 10×10 contributions released as Giclée prints – all in a limited edition of 10. The 10 according button badges helped to push the total count of Stereohype’s ever-growing collection to the magical number 1,000.
___ The posters are also prominently featured in the FL@33-designed anniversary book Stereohype 2004–2014 where they are shown together with artist profiles. Exhibition goodies and other Stereohype products are available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.

10×10 POSTER SPECS
Size: A1—59.4cm × 84.1cm (23.4” × 33.1”)
Stock—Giclée prints: Hahnemühle
German Etching Textured 310gsm
Exceptions: Alan's print—original letterpress print, signed (different stock). Agathe's print—signed, numbered and certified with Agathe Jacquillat's embossed AJ monogram.
Edition: 10 each
Available exclusively at stereohype.com

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over  the years.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

PICTURE CREDITS
Alan Kitching in front of his Stereohype letterpress contribution, Stereohype 2004–2014 private view, LCC, London, 18 September 2014. Shown here with kind permission of Johann Chan who took the picture.

PRESS ARCHIVE

Stereohype 2004–2014, over 1,000 illustrations, introduction by Gavin Lucas, published by FL@33 and Stereohype, book conceived, compiled, written and designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek under the FL@33 tag / Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek – also includes all 73 FL@33 badge contributions, London, UK, September 2014 (English)
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STEREOHYPE 2004–2014 | ANNIVERSARY BOOK
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

The anniversary book Stereohype 2004–2014 with the specially developed incarnation of Stereohype’s squirrel mascot on its cover, features an introduction by Gavin Lucas (author of Button Badge Pin), the complete 1,000-strong button badge collection curated by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek – and the specially commissioned contributions to 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series with artist profiles.
___ The catalogue also showcases various collaborations and special packaging solutions developed and designed by Tomi – including themed sets of four for Habitat, AFOMFS (A Few Of My Favourite Sneakers) Series and special Stereohype gift box sets of seven.
___ It’s a book designed by button badge lovers for everybody who appreciates these mobile mini canvases – featuring everything from photography to illustration, graphic design to typography, art to visual communication.
___ The book comes with a gate-fold cover. All the first 300+ button badge contributors are listed on the inside of the flaps – for easy reference while browsing this enormous collection of witty, humorous and/or beautiful button badge gems.
___ Exhibition goodies and other Stereohype products are available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.

STOCKIST
stereohype.com

SPECS
Paperback with flaps
introduction by Gavin Lucas
over 1,000 illustrations
72 pages
210mm x 162mm
Published in September 2014
by FL@33 and Stereohype
Printed in an edition of 1,000
on uncoated and glossy stock
with support of ArtQuarters Press

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over the years.
___ The Stereohype 2004–2014 show opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC). The exhibition was initially running for seven weeks and was then extended for an eighth week due to poplular demand – closing in November.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) The new A Few of my Favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) badge series may make you gaze fondly at the foot-ware you’re currently sporting or rustle up some nostalgia. (...) This special shoelace caught my attention because it (pun alert) tied the entire project together. (...) Melissa Mazzoleni, How

(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: internationalcc

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

PICTURE CREDITS
The last few pictures showing the catalogue being produced were kindly taken and sent to us by the publication's supporters ArtQuarters Press.

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
Stereohype 2004–2014, anniversary exhibition celebrating 10 years and the collection reaching 1,000 button badges. Part of LCC’s 160 exhibition and part of London Design Festival 2014. Sat 13 Sep – Sat 8 Nov (Extra week added – exhibition extended due to popular demand, was Fri 31 Oct). Private View: Thu 18 Sep. Lower Street Gallery, LCC, Elephant and Castle, London, UK.
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STEREOHYPE 2004–2014 | ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION | CURATION AND DESIGN
10 years, 1,000 button badges, over 300 contributors, 1 exhibition, 10 specially commissioned posters (together with badge),
1 party squirrel, 1 exhibition catalogue – available at stereohype.com.

Professor Lawrence Zeegen, then Dean of London College of Communication's School of Design kindly invited us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of FL@33's sister-company Stereohype with a massive exhibition in LCC's Lower Street Gallery.
___ After a summer of hectic and thorough preparations the FL@33-designed and curated exhibition Stereohype 2004–2014 opened its gates in September 2014 during London Design Festival and as part of '160' – a series of exhibitions all hosted by the LCC.
____ FL@33 developed numerous appropriate ways to display the whole 1,000-strong collection of Stereohype's fascinating tiny one inch (25mm) button badges in a large gallery space. A giant 30m-long line showing all the button badges next to each other along the entire gallery walls. To complement this – every single one of the 1,000 button badges were also displayed in a super-compressed, bespoke FL@33-designed perspex frame (one square metre) showcasing the collection at one glance.
___ A beautiful anniversary book simply entitled Stereohype 2004–2014 was also published at this occasion. Additionally animations were created showing the 1,000 badges flickering over the gallery's screen.
___ Apart from curating B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 14 in time for the show we also specially commissioned 10 contributions for 10×10 Poster / Badge Anniversary Series and took on the challenge to create another exhibit: a huge low-polygon squirrel sculpture (a new incarnation of Stereohype's mascot) presented in the centre of the gallery space – 1.5m high plus plinth – designed as part of Stereohype's ever-evolving visual identity.
___ Exhibition goodies and other Stereohype products are available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.

THE ANNIVERSARY | OFFICIAL TEXT
Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek of multi-disciplinary design studio 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.
___ 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 (now in its 10th year) plus badges created specially for Stereohype’s By Invitation Only (B.I.O.) initiative. Various other badge design projects are also added to the range occasionally.
___ As well as celebrating Stereohype’s 10th anniversary (a landmark year which sees the number of the label's specially commissioned badges reach the magical figure of 1,000), this exhibition also serves as a huge thank you to the hundreds of collaborators, contributors and stockists that have supported Stereohype over the years.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | LCC 160 – SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS: 100 + 50 + 10 | VISITOR INFO

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: internationalcc

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

STEREOHYPE | LIMITED EDITION AFOMFS BUTTON BADGE GIFT BOXES
Two elegant limited edition gift boxes designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek featuring a custom shoelace were released by Stereohype. They contain 7 button badges each selected from the 48 AFOMFS (A Few of My Favourite Sneakers) badge series 1 – a collaboration between sneaker blog Art & Sole, Stereohype and FL@33.
___ Previous packaging solutions FL@33 developed for T-shirt and button badge label Stereohype include AFOMFS series shoelace packaging, themed sets of four for Habitat, Stereohype's gift box sets of seven and sets of 3 or 4 swing tag packs (later replaced with deluxe matchbox-style gift box packaging).
___ Stereohype's growing collection of button badges created by over 650 international graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists is currently featuring over 1,700 individual designs. They consist of B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series 1–22 contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition and additional series such as collaborative AFOMFS series and MICA series. Now sold out – the badges themselves are still available via stereohype.com and selected stockists.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) The new A Few of my Favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) badge series may make you gaze fondly at the foot-ware you’re currently sporting or rustle up some nostalgia. (...) This special shoelace caught my attention because it (pun alert) tied the entire project together. (...) Melissa Mazzoleni, How

(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | BUTTON BADGE CREDITS

STEREOHYPE | AFOMFS PACKAGING SHOELACE
FL@33's sister-company Stereohype – London-based online boutique, T-shirt and button badge label – teamed up with long-time collaborator Nathan Gale of Intercity and his brilliant Art & Sole blog.
___ Nathan has been curating a beautiful print series called AFOMFS (A Few Of My Favourite Sneakers) inviting talents from around the world to submit their sneaker artworks. A selection of 48 of these trainer artworks created by 18 sneaker-loving illustrators and artists have now been produced and released by Stereohype as classic 1" (25mm) button badges.
___ FL@33 developed numerous button badge packaging solutions since launching Stereohype in 2004 including themed badge sets, swing tag solutions and luxury gift boxes – but attaching button badges to a custom shoelace is a first for us. While stock lasts all AFOMFS orders come with the custom shoelace. Badges are available separately, as sets of 3 or 4 and also as complete AFOMFS series. The limited edition shoelace features a repeat pattern of the Stereohype and Art & Sole logos and AFOMFS.
___ Stereohype's popular and ever-growing button badge collection includes over 1,700 'mobile mini canvases' created by over 650 emerging and established talents from around the world.
___ Art & Sole is both – a blog and a book FL@33 also appears in.
___ An additional FL@33-designed AFOMFS packaging was added to Stereohype's range a few months later. Have a closer look at the AFOMFS limited edition gift boxes.

PRESS CLIPPINGS AND FEEDBACK
(...) The new A Few of my Favourite Sneakers (AFOMFS) badge series may make you gaze fondly at the foot-ware you’re currently sporting or rustle up some nostalgia. (...) This special shoelace caught my attention because it (pun alert) tied the entire project together. (...) Melissa Mazzoleni, How

(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

(...) I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it! (...) Dan Fern

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: BUTTON BADGE DESIGNERS

STEREOHYPE / HABITAT SETS (ROUND 2)
FL@33 and it's sister company Stereohype, graphic art label / online boutique, partnered up with Habitat to develop and manufacture a series of themed button badge sets of four to be sold in Habitat stores across France, Germany, Spain and also the three London flagship stores of Habitat UK – later part of parent company Sainsbury’s Argos.

PACKAGING
A packaging was developed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek in close collaboration with Habitat and after all required lab-tests and procedures were finalised – the first five badge sets were produced at the time as a test-run. FL@33 improved the packaging further the following year for another – even larger order for the 'round 2' sets.
___ Sets were compiled by the FL@33 / Stereohype team and selected from our growing collection of button badges created for Stereohype by emerging and established artists and designers from around the world. Since 2004 the entire collection has already grown to over 1,700 individual button badge designs.
___ Shown here are pictures of the final badge sets but also a few packaging details and samples.

PRODUCTION AND ROYALTIES
The selected Habitat badge sets (round 2) were produced in China – the second time in Stereohype's history – as quantities were simply too high for our usual manufacturing processes in the United Kingdom.
___ Once again we were in a position to offer royalties to the selected designers – a real pleasure as this was something we always had in mind but knew it would only become possible when truly large quantities of one particular design would be sold.
___ The high-quality badge sets 2011/12 hit national and international Habitat stores in September / October 2011.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: BUTTON BADGE DESIGNERS

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

STEREOHYPE / HABITAT SETS (ROUND ONE)
FL@33 and it's sister company Stereohype, graphic art label / online boutique, partnered up with Habitat to develop and manufacture a series of themed button badge sets of four to be sold in Habitat stores across France, Germany, Spain and also the three London flagship stores of Habitat UK – later part of parent company Sainsbury’s Argos.

PACKAGING
A packaging was developed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek in close collaboration with Habitat and after all required lab-tests and procedures were finalised – the first five badge sets were produced at the time as a test-run. FL@33 improved the packaging further the following year for another – even larger order.
___ Sets were compiled by the FL@33 / Stereohype team and selected from our growing collection of button badges created for Stereohype by emerging and established artists and designers from around the world. Since 2004 the entire collection has already grown to over 1,700 individual button badge designs.
___ Shown here are pictures of the final badge sets but also a few snapshots of sketches, packaging details and first samples from China.

PRODUCTION AND ROYALTIES
The selected Habitat badge sets were produced in China – the first time in Stereohype's history – as quantities were simply too high for our usual manufacturing processes in the United Kingdom.
___ For the very first time we were in a position to offer royalties to the selected designers – a real pleasure as this was something we always had in mind but knew it would only become possible when truly large quantities of one particular design would be sold.
___ The first five high-quality badge sets hit all Habitat stores in September 2010.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: BUTTON BADGE DESIGNERS

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

BADGE BUTTON PIN SET | BBP4
We were kindly invited by the team behind the highly recommended book Badge Button Pin (BBP) – namely designer Nathan Gale at Intercity and the book's author Gavin Lucas – to create the fourth pack for their independent badge label of the same name. BBP packs are handmade with love and are made available in limited edition via stockists like Magma books in London.
___ For each BBP pack they invite a designer or artist they want to collaborate with. The one inch button badge set of four FL@33 came up with is entitled BBP 004: System Error and features a few samples from our massive collection of glitches and computer crash screenshots we created and filed since the early 1990s. BBP4 was designed in early 2009 and released in winter 2009/2010.
___ FL@33 were once before invited by the team back in 2007 to contribute one of the specially designed badges that were included in a special edition of their book published by Laurence King that year.
___ Update November 2013: System Error rebooted is an extended re-release of these ultra-rare BBP4 badges that are now available again as part of FL@33's contribution of seven button badges to B.I.O. (by invitation only) series 13. Available at Stereohype – separately, as set or in an elegant gift box packaging – also developed by FL@33.

PRESS ARCHIVE

Postcard, exciting postcards from around the world, Laurence King Publishing, book conceived, compiled, written and designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek under the FL@33 tag / Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek – also featured: p.31, pp.56–57, pp.112–115, p.184, p.224, London, UK, September 2008


Foreign Language editions of Postcard:

Cartes Postales, Pyramyd Editions, Paris, France, September 2008

Postales – Diseño Por Correo, Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, Spain, September 2008

Postcard – Postkarten-Design heute, Dumont Buchverlag, September 2008
(English, German, French and Spanish)
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POSTCARD | FL@33 BOOK


Postcard is the very first major publication conceived, compiled, written and designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek under the FL@33 tag / Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at London-based design studio FL@33.
___ The original English edition of Postcard was released in September 2008 by Laurence King Publishing. Several foreign language editions were also released by their international partner publishers including a French edition by Pyramyd Editions entitled Cartes Postales, a Spanish edition by Gustavo Gili entitled Postales – Diseño por correo and a German edition who kept the original English title Postcard (but added the German subtitle Postkarten-Design heute) by DuMont – Literatur und Kunstverlag.

POSTCARD | OFFICIAL BLURB



Postcard is the only book to document recent postcard design, this will appeal to anyone interested in art, design and graphics and taps into the trend for postcards – popular in art, advertising and as limited editions for collectors.
___ The book features on 224 pages over 800 hand-picked postcards and postcard-related projects by over 130 artists, illustrators, photographers, designers, studios and collectives from all around the world, with emerging talents sitting alongside established artists. Features handmade artworks, limited edition sets and books, commercial promo cards, high-tech postcards and interactive online projects that successfully link the virtual with the physical world.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) Yay for this gem of a book and the *fantastic* cover! Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swissmiss blog

(...) '... Postcard, a beautifully crafted tome (compiled and edited by FL@33) aimed at the coffee tables and carefully curated shelves of designers and image makers – and of course those that appreciate such things …' (...) Gavin Lucas, Get Involved Blog

POSTCARD | PACKAGING
The book comes in an exciting packaging FL@33 developed back in February 2007. Its die-cut cover reveals details from the 20 commissioned postcards contained in pockets behind the cover.
___ There are over 380 different versions of the front cover alone – due to the different possible combinations of the 20 enclosed cards that are inserted in random order.
___ FL@33 commissioned postcards to be enclosed by Daniel Eatock, Juju's Delivery, Jeremyville, 123Klan, Geneviève Gauckler, Catalina Estrada, Marion Deuchars, Hellovon, eBoy, Gregory Gilbert-Lodge, Supermundane, Anthony Burrill, Tabas, Rinzen, Andrzej Klimowski, Yorgo Tloupas, Mark Adams, Elisabeth Lecourt, Vaughan Oliver at v23 and FL@33 also created one for the series.

POSTCARD | DEDICATED WEBSITE
We also launched a dedicated FL@33-designed and built website – postcard-book.info – featuring details such as the complete list of contributors, previews of the original English and all foreign language editions.

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING | FL@33 COLLABORATION

Previous FL@33-designed books for Laurence King Publishing included the internationally successful 200% Cotton – New T-Shirt Design (2004), its sequel 300% Cotton – More T-Shirt Design (2006), the best-selling Patterns – New Surface Design (2007/2012) and Cult Streetwear (2010/2011).

___ In addition to designing books FL@33 also conceived, compiled, wrote and designed books in collaboration with Laurence King Publishing. The first book was Postcard (2008, Available editions: English: Laurence King Publishing, German: DuMont, French: Pyramyd and Spanish: Gustavo Gili), followed by Made & Sold (2009) and more recently The 3D Type Book (2011).

SELECTED STOCKISTS
original English edition (Laurence King)
stereohype.com (signed copies,
worldwide shipping)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
German edition (DuMont)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
French edition (Pyramyd)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr

SELECTED STOCKISTS
Spanish edition (Gustavo Gili)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS

Paperback
 with pockets
holding 20 postcards
800 illustrations

224 pages
218 x 164mm
ISBN: 978-1-85669-569-5 (English)

£19.95

Published September 2008

Laurence King Publishing

Deutsch:
ISBN: 978-3-8321-9092-7
DuMont Buchverlag
Français:
ISBN : 978-2-35017-128-9
Pyramyd
Español:
ISBN: 978-84-252-2264-1
Gustavo Gili

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: SAMPLE SPREADS AND FRONT COVER POSTCARDS

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
Badge Button Pin book launch exhibition, curated by the author of the book Gavin Lucas and the book designer Nathan Gale at Intercity. The exhibition featured all Stereohype badges ever commissioned until then and other beautiful badges and badge-related artworks at Exposure Gallery, Little Portland Street, London W1, UK, 17–30 May 2007
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STEREOHYPE BUTTON BADGE POSTER
The A1-sized poster FL@33 designed especially for the Badge Button Pin book launch exhibition credits all individual contributors ever commissioned for Stereohype's growing design collection. All 356 button badges created for FL@33's sister company between October 2004 and May 2007 were literally pinned onto foam board.
___ The book launch exhibition was held in London and featured badges from around the world and other badge-related projects.
___ Badge Button Pin includes a dedicated Stereohype section featuring our growing collection until B.I.O. (by invitation only) series 4 and the 2005 edition of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition. We were pleased to be able to exhibit even more Stereohype badges during the book launch.

BADGE BUTTON PIN | FL@33 BADGE FOR LIMITED EDITION BOOK
The limited edition version of the book is packaged with a set of 10 real button badges especially designed for the book – by Alexander Gelman, Michael C. Place (Build), FL@33, Antoni & Alison, Trevor Jackson, Mark Pawson, Fred Deakin, Kim Jones and Femke Hiemstra (Femtasia).

BADGE BUTTON PIN | OFFICIAL BLURB
Badges, buttons and pins have been around for over a century. Today they're everywhere: on lapels and bags all over the world and in the sketchbooks and on the screens of some of the hottest graphic designers, artists and illustrators.
___ A badge can be a cheap and easy way to display political or cultural affiliations or it can simply be a fashion accessory. Cheap to produce and easy to make at home, the humble badge is the new T-shirt.
___ A guide to the best and most beautiful badges being produced right now – be they graphic, textual or plain illustrative – this book explores the rich variety of uses of the badge since the year 2000 – whether it be promotion, revenue-raising or simply decorative. It will appeal to graphic designers, illustrators, fashion designers, artists, music lovers and badge enthusiasts of all ages.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges. (...) Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



(...) The humble button badge is an unforgiving canvas. Small and designed to be viewed from a distance, great badge designs need to be clear and to the point. To celebrate the best of what's possible on a 25mm round surface, 15 years ago Agathe and Tomi from design studio FL@33 and graphic art label Stereohype created a button design competition, asking artists and designers to submit sets of up to four badges. (...) Neil Bennett, Digital Arts

(...) Stereohype's ... badge design competition ... has become an annual, rather joyous stalwart of the emerging designer community in the UK. (...) Emily Gosling, AIGA Eye on Design

(...) Über die B.I.O.-Initiative (by invitation only) und diverse Button-Wettbewerbe ist so in den vergangenen (...) Jahren eine beachtliche Anzahl an kleinformativen Kunstwerken zusammengekommen. Verblüffend ist dabei immer wieder die kreative Vielfalt, die sich selbst auf so beschränktem Raum (25mm) zu entfalten vermag. (...) Christine Moosmann, Novum

(...) espaces d’expression restreints à 25 mm de diamètre, les objets supportent un art de la présentation qui ne souffre pas l’étalage. Les séries B.I.O. (by invitation only) accessoirisent l’identité personnelle : à exhiber, à afficher, à affirmer. /
(...) The objects – a rather tiny 25mm-wide space for expression – lend themselves to an art of display that can’t be overdone. The B.I.O. (by invitation only) series accessorise personal identity – exhibiting, displaying, asserting it. (...) Caroline Bouige, Étapes: / Étapes: international

SELECTED STOCKISTS
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
stereohype.com

SPECS
Paperback
500 illustrations
128 pages
200 x 200mm
ISBN 978-1-85669-409-4
£12.95
Published July 2007

Laurence King Publishing


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PRESS ARCHIVE

Badge Button Pin, Laurence King Publishing, by Gavin Lucas, design: Nathan Gale, Stereohype badges and feature, p.6, p.8, p.17, p.34, p.38, pp.98–101, The limited edition of the book was released with 10 specially designed button badges – one of them designed by FL@33, London, UK, July 2007 (English)
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BADGE FOR LIMITED EDITION BOOK
The limited edition version of the book is packaged with a set of 10 real button badges especially designed for the book – by Alexander Gelman, Michael C. Place (Build), FL@33, Antoni & Alison, Trevor Jackson, Mark Pawson, Fred Deakin, Kim Jones and Femke Hiemstra (Femtasia).
___ FL@33's limited edition badge is called Marble. Quoting ourselves from the Badge Button Pin book – we wrote at the time: 'Badges are very much like the glass marbles we used to play with as children. They are usually part of a collection where some are added, others are lost or exchanged while each is an individual object of beauty.'

BADGE BUTTON PIN | OFFICIAL BLURB
Badges, buttons and pins have been around for over a century. Today they're everywhere: on lapels and bags all over the world and in the sketchbooks and on the screens of some of the hottest graphic designers, artists and illustrators.
___ A badge can be a cheap and easy way to display political or cultural affiliations or it can simply be a fashion accessory. Cheap to produce and easy to make at home, the humble badge is the new T-shirt.
___ A guide to the best and most beautiful badges being produced right now – be they graphic, textual or plain illustrative – this book explores the rich variety of uses of the badge since the year 2000 – whether it be promotion, revenue-raising or simply decorative. It will appeal to graphic designers, illustrators, fashion designers, artists, music lovers and badge enthusiasts of all ages.

PRESS CLIPPING
'B.I.O. undoubtedly makes Stereohype one of the coolest online shopping destinations for button badges.' Gavin Lucas, excerpt from his book Badge/Button/Pin



SELECTED STOCKISTS
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr

SPECS
Paperback
500 illustrations
128 pages
200 x 200mm
ISBN 978-1-85669-409-4
£12.95
Published July 2007

Laurence King Publishing

POSTCARD | BOOK PACKAGING DESIGN
Postcard is the very first major publication conceived, compiled, written and designed by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at London-based design studio FL@33.
___ The original English edition of Postcard was released in September 2008 by Laurence King Publishing. Several foreign language editions were also released by their international partner publishers including a French edition by Pyramyd Editions entitled Cartes Postales, a Spanish edition by Gustavo Gili entitled Postales – Diseño por correo and a German edition who kept the original English title Postcard (but added the German subtitle Postkarten-Design heute) by DuMont – Literatur und Kunstverlag.

POSTCARD | PACKAGING
The book comes in an exciting packaging FL@33 developed back in February 2007. Its die-cut cover reveals details from the 20 commissioned postcards contained in pockets behind the cover.
___ There are over 380 different versions of the front cover alone – due to the different possible combinations of the 20 enclosed cards that are inserted in random order.
___ FL@33 commissioned postcards to be enclosed by Daniel Eatock, Juju's Delivery, Jeremyville, 123Klan, Geneviève Gauckler, Catalina Estrada, Marion Deuchars, Hellovon, eBoy, Gregory Gilbert-Lodge, Supermundane, Anthony Burrill, Tabas, Rinzen, Andrzej Klimowski, Yorgo Tloupas, Mark Adams, Elisabeth Lecourt, Vaughan Oliver at v23 and FL@33 also created one for the series.

POSTCARD | OFFICIAL BLURB
It's the only book to document recent postcard design, this will appeal to anyone interested in art, design and graphics and taps into the trend for postcards – popular in art, advertising and as limited editions for collectors.
___ The book features on 224 pages over 800 hand-picked postcards and postcard-related projects by over 130 artists, illustrators, photographers, designers, studios and collectives from all around the world, with emerging talents sitting alongside established artists. Features handmade artworks, limited edition sets and books, commercial promo cards, high-tech postcards and interactive online projects that successfully link the virtual with the physical world. See sample spreads and a list of stockists here.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) Yay for this gem of a book and the *fantastic* cover! Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swissmiss blog

(...) '... Postcard, a beautifully crafted tome (compiled and edited by FL@33) aimed at the coffee tables and carefully curated shelves of designers and image makers – and of course those that appreciate such things …' (...) Gavin Lucas, Get Involved Blog

POSTCARD | DEDICATED WEBSITE
We also launched a dedicated FL@33-designed and built website – postcard-book.info – featuring details such as the complete list of contributors, previews of the original English and all foreign language editions.

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING | FL@33 COLLABORATION

Previous FL@33-designed books for Laurence King Publishing included the internationally successful 200% Cotton – New T-Shirt Design (2004), its sequel 300% Cotton – More T-Shirt Design (2006), the best-selling Patterns – New Surface Design (2007/2012) and Cult Streetwear (2010/2011).

___ In addition to designing books FL@33 also conceived, compiled, wrote and designed books in collaboration with Laurence King Publishing. The first book was Postcard (2008, Available editions: English: Laurence King Publishing, German: DuMont, French: Pyramyd and Spanish: Gustavo Gili), followed by Made & Sold (2009) and more recently The 3D Type Book (2011).

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