EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2018 (London), with a total of three postcard contributions each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 24th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 30 November –
3 December 2018.
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RCA SECRET 2018 | TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (3 OF 6)
Shown here are three postcard contributions by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek featuring three of his so-called #loadingmuseum visuals. These compositions are non-modified screenshots of people featured in news broadcasts that happened to have a video loading icon positioned directly on their face while videos are being buffered for streaming.
___ If screenshots can be made successfully in the exact right moment they result in amusing – often satirical – associations with beards and moustaches, smoke rings, monacles and nose rings. #loadingmuseum is a an ongoing series of provoked happy accidents captured to celebrate the beauty of errors and glitches and technical shortcomings of everyday mediums.
___ Theresa (#0062), Boris (#0018) and Donald (#0769). For more of these screenshots please follow Tomi on Instagram or follow his hashtag #loadingmuseum.
___ Another three FL@33 2018 contributions created by Agathe Jacquillat were posted on a separate project page. You can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of six postcards for RCA Secret 2018 – the 24th postcard exhibition and fundraising sale.
___ All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £60 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually approximately 1,400 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2018 a total of 1,650 with a maximum of two by contributor, while in 2017 there were only 1449 cards on display with a maximum of two by contributor) – and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2018 (London), with a total of three postcard contributions each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 24th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 30 November –
3 December 2018.
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RCA SECRET 2018 | AGATHE JACQUILLAT'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (3 OF 6)
Shown here are three postcard contributions by FL@33's Agathe Jacquillat featuring three digital photographs of her Road Works series.
___ Coke Can (#0096), Leaves (#0508) and Yellow Splash (#0610). For more photographs please follow Agathe on Instagram.
___ Another three FL@33 2018 contributions created by Tomi Vollauschek were posted on a separate project page. You can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of six postcards for RCA Secret 2018 – the 24th postcard exhibition and fundraising sale.
___ All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £60 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually approximately 1,400 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2018 a total of 1,650 with a maximum of two by contributor, while in 2017 there were only 1449 cards on display with a maximum of two by contributor) – and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2017 (London), with a total of two postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 23rd annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 9–15 September 2017.
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RCA SECRET 2017 | TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (2 OF 4)
Shown here are two postcard contributions by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek featuring two of his glitch photographs taken during a strong storm when the TV signal was shaky, which resulted in pixelated TV broadcasts including a BBC weatherman (#19) who warned the nation about the ongoing storm and what looks like a digital glitch jellyfish (#937). Happy accidents captured to celebrate the beauty of errors and glitches and technical shortcomings of everyday mediums.
___ Another two FL@33 2017 contributions created by Agathe Jacquillat were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of four postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2017 – the 23rd postcard exhibition and fundraising sale.
___ All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually approximately 2,000 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2016 a total of 3,120 with a maximum of three by contributor, while in 2017 there were only 1449 cards on display with a maximum of two by contributor) – and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2017 (London), with a total of two postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 23rd annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 9–15 September 2017.
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RCA SECRET 2017 | AGATHE JACQUILLAT'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (2 OF 4)
Shown here are two screen-printed postcard contributions by FL@33's Agathe Jacquillat experimenting with details of screen-printed artwork Big Splash / Black Swan Agathe worked on earlier that year (card with swan's head: #94, abstract detail: #126).
___ Another two FL@33 2017 contributions created by Tomi Vollauschek were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of four postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2017 – the 23rd postcard exhibition and fundraising sale.
___ All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually approximately 2,000 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2016 a total of 3,120 with a maximum of three by contributor, while in 2017 there were only 1449 cards on display with a maximum of two by contributor) – and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2016 (London and Dubai), with a total of three postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 22nd annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 8–15 April 2016 and for the second time in Dubai, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16–19 March 2016.
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RCA SECRET 2016 | TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (3 OF 6)
Shown here are three mixed-media postcard contributions by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek experimenting with soap bubble ink prints, laser print toner and colour pencils to interpret the theme of growth.
___ Another three FL@33 2016 contributions created by Agathe Jacquillat were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of six postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2016 – the 22nd postcard exhibition and fundraising sale. Fig. 01 (#1694/UK) and Fig. 02 (#535/UK) were on display at London's Royal College of Art (8–15 April 2016), while Fig. 03 (#84/Dubai) was part of the RCA Secret Dubai exhibition (16–19 March 2016). All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2016 a total of 3,120 with a maximum of three by contributor) and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2016 (London and Dubai), with a total of three postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 22nd annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 8–15 April 2016 and for the second time in Dubai, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16–19 March 2016.
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RCA SECRET 2016 | AGATHE JACQUILLAT'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (3 OF 6)
Shown here are three postcard contributions by FL@33's Agathe Jacquillat experimenting with an asthetic somewhere between photographic abstraction and illustration using digital techniques to treat pictures taken of clusters of leaves that swim in turbulent water as if they were flying through the wind.
___ Another three FL@33 2016 contributions created by Tomi Vollauschek were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of six postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2016 – the 22nd postcard exhibition and fundraising sale. The two cards at the top (#582/UK and #634/UK) were on display at London's Royal College of Art (8–15 April 2016), while the card shown at the bottom here (#9/Dubai) was part of the RCA Secret Dubai exhibition (16–19 March 2016). All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ We would love to know who bought our cards. Please do let us know if you have any of our RCA Secret contributions. If you can and don't mind please send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display (in 2016 a total of 3,120 with a maximum of three by contributor) and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or ...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2015 (London and Dubai), with a total of four postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for this annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 12–20 March 2015 and for the first time in Dubai, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 18–21 March 2015.
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RCA SECRET 2015 | TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (4 OF 8)
Shown here are four mixed-media postcard contributions by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek interpreting the theme of 'secrets' that he also tackled typographically with his experimantal 2009 postcard contributions.
___ Another four FL@33 2015 contributions created by Agathe Jacquillat were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of eight postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2015 – the 21st postcard exhibition and fundraising sale. The first three postcards shown here (#87, #254, #670) were on display at London's Royal College of Art (12–20 March 2015, Sale: 21 March), the last one (#666) was part of this year's RCA Secret Dubai exhibition (18–21 March 2015). All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ The postcard with the blue back travelled all the way to Dubai for the exhibition and who knows were their new homes are. We would certainly love to know. Bought one or more? Please do let us know and send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display (indeed 3,000 in 2015 by 1,100 contributors) and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2015 (London and Dubai), with a total of four postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for this annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 12–20 March 2015 and for the first time in Dubai, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 18–21 March 2015.
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RCA SECRET 2015 | AGATHE JACQUILLAT'S POSTCARD CONTRIBUTIONS (4 OF 8)
Shown here are four postcard contributions by FL@33's Agathe Jacquillat that form part of her ongoing experimental exploration of deflated and exploded balloons.
___ Another four FL@33 2015 contributions created by Tomi Vollauschek were posted on a separate project page – you can see them here.
___ Agathe and Tomi contributed a total of eight postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2015 – the 21st postcard exhibition and fundraising sale. The first three postcards shown here (#1858, #2082, #2198) were on display at London's Royal College of Art (12–20 March 2015, Sale: 21 March), the last one (#897) was part of this year's RCA Secret Dubai exhibition (18–21 March 2015). All proceeds support students at the Royal College of Art.
___ The postcard with the blue back travelled all the way to Dubai for the exhibition and who knows were their new homes are. We would certainly love to know. Bought one or more? Please do let us know and send us a picture or two of the framed postcards for this very website.

THE SECRET
Prices for these original works of art increased over the years but are still available for a reasonable £55 (considering that some sell for thousands of pounds at auctions sometimes). You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display (indeed 3,000 in 2015 by 1,100 contributors) and as we wrote in FL@33's book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

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

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2014, with three postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for this postcard exhibition and fundraising sale – now in its 21st year, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 13–22 March 201
4.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £50. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2014
The six contributions included three pictures from Agathe Jacquillat's ongoing photo series Colour Swirls and another three postcards showing details from Tomi Vollauschek's ongoing Flying Forest project. The black rectangles on the fourth forest picture indicate the three details selected to be shown on the three postcards.

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2013, with three postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for this postcard exhibition and fundraising sale – now in its 20th year, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 14–23 March 2013
.
___

THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £45. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2013
The six contributions included three pictures from Agathe Jacquillat's ongoing photo series Rotton Food and another three artworks from Tomi Vollauschek's Un Chien Andalou-inspired Glitch Eye series.

FL@33 POSTCARD #7 |  THE 3D TYPE BOOK PROMO CARD
Promo cards produced at the occasion of the annual one-day type conference CPH:typo*12 where FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek gave a lecture entitled ABCDimensional: an in-depth look at selected projects from The 3D Type Book at Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole / Danish School of Media and Journalism in Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 April 2012. Printed on uncoated, 100% FSC recycled stock in an edition of 1.000.
___ Assorted postcards are also being added to all orders at FL@33's online boutique Stereohype.

PATTERNS | MINI EDITION COVER
London-based Laurence King republished the best-selling, FL@33-designed book Patterns – New Surface Design by Drusilla Cole as an English mini edition (80% of original size).
___ FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek redesigned the cover to fit the new format and – as so often with book covers – went through a series of colourways and possible finishes before deciding on an elegant and fresh turquoise / gold-foil variant. We were aiming to achieve a similar impact with the new cover compared to its original (even more expensive) yellow / cyan cover that also had flaps and featured a spot UV finish and black flock combination.
___ Seen here is a picture of a final copy and untrimmed test proofs showing some of the shortlisted colourways.

SELECTED STOCKISTS
English mini edition, Laurence King (Patterns, 2012)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
Original English edition, Laurence King (Patterns, 2007)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
Spanish edition, Art Blume (Estampados, 2008)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
German edition, Haupt Verlag (Designmuster, 2008)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS | ENGLISH EDITIONS
Original English edition / English mini edition
Paperback with flaps / Paperback
400 Colour illustrations
240 pages

240 x 170mm / 192 x 136mm
ISBN: 978-1-85669-505-3 / 978-1-85669-885-6
£15.99 / £9.95

Published May 2007 / March 2012

Laurence King Publishing


EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2011, with three postcards each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 18th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 18–25 November 2011.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £45. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2011
The six contributions included three pictures from ongoing FL@33's ongoing #Sky And Other Lines photo series and another three selected FL@33 photographs taken in France in the summer of the same year.

THE 3D TYPE BOOK | MICROSITE


The 3D Type Book is the third book conceived, compiled, written and designed by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at London-based design studio FL@33.
___ Similar to FL@33's previous books Postcard (2008) and Made & Sold (2009) we also created a dedicated website for The 3D Type Book (2011).
___ The iPhone-friendly microsite 3d-type.com features details and additional info on this book including the complete list of contributors, publishers' contact details etc. The HD preview video created for the website has now also been posted here at flat33.com.

THE 3D TYPE BOOK | OFFICIAL BLURB
The 3D Type Book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios including Sagmeister Inc, Vaughan Oliver, Milton Glaser, Alvin Lustig, Louis Danziger, Roger Excoffon, Paul Elliman, Marian Bantjes, Geoff Kaplan, Clotilde Olyff, Italo Lupi, Marion Bataille, Antoine+Manuel, Frost*Design, Mervyn Kurlansky, Non-Format, Oded Ezer, Rowland Scherman, Post Typography, Rinzen, Underware’s Type Workshop, J. Kyle Daevel, Ji Lee, Pleaseletmedesign and Strange Attractors Design.

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 As well as pioneering milestones from as far back as the 1940s, this book focuses on recent and brand new typographic projects. 3D type specialist Andrew Byrom explains the context and motivation behind these innovative works in an insightful foreword.

PRESS ARCHIVE

The 3D Type Book, 1300 Pictures of 300 projects by 160 contributors, 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: pp.88–89, p.240, London, UK, April 2011 (English)
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THE 3D TYPE BOOK | FL@33 BOOK


The 3D Type Book is the third book 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.



___ Official blurb: The 3D Type Book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios including Sagmeister Inc, Vaughan Oliver, Milton Glaser, Alvin Lustig, Louis Danziger, Roger Excoffon, Paul Elliman, Marian Bantjes, Geoff Kaplan, Clotilde Olyff, Italo Lupi, Marion Bataille, Antoine+Manuel, Frost*Design, Mervyn Kurlansky, Non-Format, Oded Ezer, Rowland Scherman, Post Typography, Rinzen, Underware’s Type Workshop, J. Kyle Daevel, Ji Lee, Pleaseletmedesign and Strange Attractors Design.

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 As well as pioneering milestones from as far back as the 1940s, this book focuses on recent and brand new typographic projects. 3D type specialist Andrew Byrom explains the context and motivation behind these innovative works in an insightful foreword.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) The 3D Type Book (...) is nothing short of stellar (...) a trove of typographic treasures. (...) Maria Popova, Brainpickings / The Atlantic, April 2011

'Eine faszinierende, umfangreiche Sammlung von 3D-Schriften… (…) Eine schöne Inspirationsquelle!' Novum magazine, June 2011

THE 3D TYPE BOOK | DEDICATED WEBSITE AND HD PREVIEW VIDEO

We also launched 3d-type.com – a dedicated, iPhone-friendly microsite – featuring details and additional info on this book including the complete list of contributors, publishers' contact details etc. The HD preview video seen here was created for the website and has now also been posted here at flat33.com.

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
stereohype.com (signed copies,
worldwide shipping)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS

Paperback

1300 illustrations

240 pages

280 x 197mm

ISBN: 978-185669-713-2

£19.95

Published April 2011

Laurence King Publishing


CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: SAMPLE SPREADS AND COVER LETTERING

FL@33 POSTCARD #6 | BUTTERFLY PENCIL SCULPTURE
This is the sixth postcard in FL@33's little series of cards featuring memorable studio projects and visuals. Butterfly Pencil Sculpture illustration (aka Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils) forms part of FL@33's series Pencil Sculpture Illustrations.
___ The artwork was created for the launch exhibition of the book with the same name GB: Graphic Britain (Laurence King, 2002). The exhibition took place in the former gallery space of Magma in London, Clerkenwell.

POSTCARDS AND PRINTS
The postcard was printed in December 2010 on uncoated 100% post consumer waste and in a limited edition of only 1,000. Assorted postcards are being added to all orders of FL@33-designed products over at stereohype.com.
___ A1-sized (594 x 841mm) prints of Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils are also available at online boutique Stereohype. The pencils on these prints are life-sized.

PENCIL SCULPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS
Also shown here are the two other illustrations from the series – Eye Pencil Sculpture (Eye Sculpture Contains 470 Pencils) and Butterfly Pencil Sculpture (Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils) and the Creative Review cover. Please also visit these individual projects for larger pictures and additional info.

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2010, with three postcards by FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek for the 17th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 14–20 November 2010.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £45. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2010
These three especially designed contributions were handmade paper compositions created using a selection of the international envelope patterns from FL@33's substantial collection.

RUBBER BAND BALL ALPHABET
The British postal service hands out vast numbers of rubber bands every day. We almost always receive our mail wrapped in at least one rubber band, and used to throw most of them away until we discovered rubber band balls.
___ Made – you guessed it – from 100 per cent rubber bands, they grow as you add on new rubber bands. We have five or six rubber-band balls here in the studio, ranging from one 9cm (3 1⁄2in) in diameter to little one-week-old ones just 1.5cm (1⁄2in) in diameter. Using the largest one we had, we took on the challenge of creating an alphabet, restricting ourselves to using a maximum of three green rubber bands to be added to the red ball.
___ Pictures of the rubber band ball alphabet are featured in FL@33's third book The 3D Type Book (Laurence King Publishing, 2011).

FL@33 LOGO CAKE
This FL@33 logo cake was created using 3 eggs, 150 g (5oz) flour (the same weight as 3 eggs without shells), 150 g (5oz) sugar, 150 g (5oz) butter. Mixed and then baked in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC (350ºF) for 33 minutes.
___ Pictures of the cake are featured in FL@33's third book The 3D Type Book (published by Laurence King Publishing in 2011 – the year FL@33 celebrated its 10th Anniversary).

3D TYPE VISUALS | ABC DIMENSIONAL
This visuals were created for the open call for entries we launched in 2009 in addition to personal invitations sent to potential contributors to FL@33's third book – then still provisionally called ABCDimensional.
___ A survey was conducted with all 250+ firms and individuals who submitted work at the time together with the required Q&A. The questionnaire also asked for potential book title alternatives.
___ In the end the book was called The 3D Type Book published worldwide by Laurence King Publishing in 2011 – almost two years after starting the book.

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2009, with three postcards by FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek for the 16th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 13–20 November 2009.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £40. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2009
These typographic paper compositions were part of Profile Typeface – a self-initiated experiment to explore legibility of three-dimensional letters seen only from the side, top or bottom respectively. Helvetica Neue Bold was used. By overlapping the three final die-cut postcards the secret word can be more easily deciphered. Two postcards show the letters seen from the left or the right respectively – while the third postcard shows the letters from the top and bottom. Fascinatingly – the word is almost legible when both – the left and the right – sides of the letters are shown next to each other.
___ The project was inspired by Ji Lee's brilliant Univers Revolved project that later also featured in FL@33's The 3D Type Book (Laurence King Publishing, 2011).

CULT STREETWEAR | BOOK DESIGN
Cult Streetwear by Josh Sims is the sixth book FL@33 designed for London-based publisher Laurence King.
___ First published in March 2010 we started designing Cult Streetwear back in 2008 and it was finished in 2009. The book features pioneering streetwear brands since the late 1980s and from around the world and tells their individual stories.
___ A particularly challenging task for us was to create consistent and harmonic combinations of the extraordinarily wide range of different visuals that are featured throughout the book – including black and white photographs such as historical pictures of old factories that now all sit comfortably and side by side to colourful contemporary ads, product photographs and illustrations.
___ Appropriately the final layout follows a more neutral, minimal visual approach – allowing the brands' history to present itself and let the variety of visuals and the individual journeys through time do the talking across the allocated spreads.
___ The book features a cover by long-time-collaborators 123Klan.
___ A mini-edition (80% of original size) with alternative cover was released in August 2011.

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CULT STREETWEAR | OFFICIAL BLURB
Streetwear is a global phenomenon. The leading streetwear brands, which have their origins in American workwear, west coast subcultures and extreme sports, are influential beyond the sphere of fashion alone. Incorporating the best graphic design, they have forged connections with the worlds of art, music and advertising that make them as powerful as designer brands many times their size.
___ Showcasing 32 cult streetwear brands, this book focuses not on me-too labels but the exciting pioneers that have shaped the market since the 1980s. Cult Streetwear tells the stories of the people behind the brands – from LA to NYC, London to Tokyo, these are the entrepreneurs, graffiti writers, DJs, surf dudes and sneaker freaks who have changed the face of street fashion.
___ Featured brands: Addict, Adidas, A Bathing Ape, Ben Davis, Billionaire Boys Club, Burton, Carhartt, Converse, Dickies, Evisu, Fred Perry, Fuct, Goodenough, Lacoste, Maharishi, Mambo, Mecca, Mooks, Neighborhood, Nike, Obey, One True Saxon, Puma, Red Wing, Spiewak, Stussy, The Hundreds, Timberland, Triple 5 Soul, Vans, X-Large and Zoo York.

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 (2010)
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SELECTED STOCKISTS
English mini edition, Laurence King (2011)
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SPECS
Paperback
900 illustrations
208 pages
Original edition — March 2010
292 x 220mm
ISBN 9781856696517
£19.95
Mini-edition — August 2011
205 x 154mm
ISBN 9781856698177
£9.95

Laurence King Publishing


MADE & SOLD | WEBSITE
Dedicated website for the book Made & Sold: Toys, T-shirts, Prints and Other Stuff (Laurence King Publishing, 2009) – the second major publication conceived, compiled, written and designed by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at FL@33.
___ Similar to FL@33's other books Postcard (2008) and The 3D Type Book (2011) we also created a dedicated website for Made & Sold.
___ The website madeandsold.com is featuring details and additional info on Made & Sold such as the complete list of contributors, more previews and a list of selected international stockists of the original English language edition.

MADE & SOLD | OFFICIAL BLURB
Made & Sold showcases an exciting selection of products created by a new generation of multi-disciplinary practitioners who split their time between self-initiated and commission or client-based projects. These passionate, young and independent design studios, freelancers and commercial artists are in many respects their own clients and design, produce, manufacture and directly sell – often online – to a potentially global customer base.
___ Features over 1000 pictures of over 500 products by over 90 practitioners from around the world, with emerging talents sitting alongside established artists.
___ Separate sections are devoted to 'Books, Magazines and Zines', 'Toys', 'Posters, Prints and Canvases', 'Fonts and Typographic 3D Products', 'Clothing', 'Accessories', 'Miscellaneous' and 'Contributor Profiles'.

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

Made & Sold: Toys, T-shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff, on sideline products by graphic designers, illustrators and artists, 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: pp.60–61, pp.114–117, pp.158–161 and pp.166–167, p.240, London, UK, October 2009 (English)
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MADE & SOLD | FL@33 BOOK
The book Made & Sold: Toys, T-shirts, Prints and Other Stuff is the second major publication conceived, compiled, written and designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek under the FL@33 tag / Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at design studio FL@33.



___ Official blurb: Made & Sold showcases an exciting selection of products created by a new generation of multi-disciplinary practitioners who split their time between self-initiated and commission or client-based projects. These passionate, young and independent design studios, freelancers and commercial artists are in many respects their own clients and design, produce, manufacture and directly sell – often online – to a potentially global customer base.
___ Features over 1000 pictures of over 500 products by over 90 practitioners from around the world, with emerging talents sitting alongside established artists.
___ Separate sections are devoted to 'Books, Magazines and Zines', 'Toys', 'Posters, Prints and Canvases', 'Fonts and Typographic 3D Products', 'Clothing', 'Accessories', 'Miscellaneous' and 'Contributor Profiles'.

PRESS CLIPPINGS
(...) So, from all that, here are my ten books of 2009: Made & Sold (Laurence King Publishing)
___ Put together by design activists FL@33, this book looks at how artists, designers and illustrators have started making and selling their own products; mugs, tees, toys and prints. The trend has certainly made my job as a retailer more interesting. (...) Marc Valli, Creative Review, 2009 – a year in books

(...) The true beauty of self-initiated artwork and its different applications is captured here quite brilliantly by the creative team behind FL@33, and its various online guises. (...) The result is a spellbinding showcase of applied artwork, which captures the quirky and collectable nature of the products on display. Computer Arts Project, 130, November 2009

MADE & SOLD | DEDICATED WEBSITE
We also launched madeandsold.com – a dedicated website featuring details and additional info on the book such as the complete list of contributors, publishers' contact details etc.

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING | FL@33 COLLABORATION

Other 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
stereohype.com (signed copies,
worldwide shipping)
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS

Paperback

1000 illustrations

240 pages
245 x 190mm
ISBN: 978-1-85669-628-9

£19.95

Published October 2009

Laurence King Publishing


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

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2008, with three postcards by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat for the 15th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 14–21 November 2008.
___

THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £40. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2008
The Jellyfish photographs were taken by FL@33 at London's Aquarium.

ARCHITECTURE SERIES | BOOK COVERS
Wood Architecture by Ruth Slavid and Stone Architecture by David Dernie were the first two in a series of books that were re-released in 2009 as new paperback editions.
___ We were commissioned by one of FL@33's long-time clients – London-based Laurence King Publishing – to design a minimal cover layout that communicates the two materials in question but also allows to be applied to numerous other materials covered by future publications.
___ The words Wood and Stone are embossed and spot UV was used for the special finishing.

SELECTED STOCKISTS
Stone Architecture (paperback edition)
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SELECTED STOCKISTS
Wood Architecture (paperback edition)
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amazon.co.jp

POSTCARD BOOK | QUADRILINGUAL WEBSITE
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.



___ 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.

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.

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.

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)
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amazon.com
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SELECTED STOCKISTS
French edition (Pyramyd)
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amazon.com
amazon.ca
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SELECTED STOCKISTS
Spanish edition (Gustavo Gili)
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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

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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
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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

PATTERNS | BOOK DESIGN, COVER ILLUSTRATION AND TYPE TREATMENT
Following the international success of the FL@33-designed books 200% Cotton (2004) and its sequel 300% Cotton (2006) we were recommissioned by Laurence King Publishing to design the book Patterns – New Surface Design.
___ Designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek the original English edition was released in May 2007, a German (Designmuster, Haupt Verlag) and a Spanish edition (Estampados, Art Blume) the following year and also an English mini edition in 2012 (Laurence King Publishing).
___ Shown here are cover variants, sample spreads, chapter openers and the BLAD (Book Layout And Design) – produced prior to starting the complete book design in order for the publisher to be able to present the project at book fairs. At the time of the BLAD being produced the working title was still Contemporary Patterns.

PATTERNS | BOOK DESIGN
Patterns features 400 colour illustrations on 240 pages. All selected images were organised and sorted by colour by the book's author Drusilla Cole. To avoid some of the patterns potentially clashing with each other we had the freedom to edit the whole chain of 400 patterns throughout the book by featuring the most representable ones bigger and vice versa.
___ A particularly versatile grid was developed for this challenging project. And thanks to this grid – and a lot of work – everything came together just fine at the end.

PATTERNS | COVER DESIGN (FIRST EDITION)
FL@33 also designed the book cover. The original English edition had flaps and a combination of special finishing using spot UV highlights and sexy black flock.
___ The Spanish Estampados cover and its type treatment were also created by FL@33 while the front cover lettering (Musterseiten) of German-language edition was unfortunately modified by Laurence King's partner publisher Haupt – hence the lack of a gradient in that case.

PATTERNS | MINI EDITION COVER
In spring 2012 Laurence King Publishing republished the best-selling book as an English mini edition (80% of original size).
___ FL@33 redesigned the cover to fit the new format and – as so often with book covers – went through a series of colourways and possible finishes before deciding on an elegant and fresh turquoise / gold-foil variant – hoping to achieve a similar impact with the new cover compared with its original (even more expensive) predecessor.

PATTERNS | POSTER
Also shown here is a promotional poster for Garrick St. Waterstones in London. It was designed by Laurence King's in-house designer Andy Prince using FL@33-designed book cover elements.

SELECTED STOCKISTS
English mini edition, Laurence King (Patterns, 2012)
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SELECTED STOCKISTS
Original English edition, Laurence King (Patterns, 2007)
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Spanish edition, Art Blume (Estampados, 2008)
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German edition, Haupt Verlag (Designmuster, 2008)
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SPECS | ENGLISH EDITIONS
Original English edition / English mini edition
Paperback with flaps / Paperback
400 Colour illustrations
240 pages

240 x 170mm / 192 x 136mm
ISBN: 978-1-85669-505-3 / 978-1-85669-885-6
£15.99 / £9.95

Published May 2007 / March 2012

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).

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | CREDITS: FRONT COVER POSTCARDS

TYPOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT | DISPLAYS
A self-initiated FL@33 project that was first presented in a book called New Typographic Design (Laurence King, 2007) where a total of seven FL@33 projects were featured in across categories including Type as Image and Type in Motion.
___ One of the featured projects was the until then previously unreleased typographic experiment Displays. It was created in 2004 and fine-tuned in late 2006 especially for the book.
___ The typeface is based on a mechanical, grid-based alphabet found on signage and information city displays – including Paris where we first noticed them.
___ We designed animated sequences to show how it could be used as an installation in different environments. Some of the stills and a little animation test are shown here.
___ In this context it might be worth pointing out the FL@33 projects AAT – Animated, Acoustic Typefaces (2001) and The 3D Type Book (2011).

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2006, with three postcards by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat for the 13th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 17–26 November 2006.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £35. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2006
These artworks were created especially for the RCA Secret at a time when early experiments took place in our studio for the cover and divider spreads of the FL@33-designed book 300% Cotton using different fluffy materials including white felt.

300% COTTON | PROMO T-SHIRTS
Following the international success of the best-selling FL@33-designed book 200% Cotton – New T-shirt Graphics by Helen Walters (2004) and the 200% promo T-shirts we produced in collaboration with Laurence King Publishing, FL@33 was recommissioned to design the sequel – 300% Cotton – More T-shirt Graphics.
___ Book design and front cover illustration / type treatment are by FL@33. The book also features various FL@33-designed Stereohype T-shirts besides many international T-shirt gems.

300% PROMO T-SHIRT
The 300% promo T-shirt was produced especially for the book launch – a collaboration between Laurence King Publishing, FL@33 and the studio's T-shirt label Stereohype.
___ A few remaining screenprinted 300% T-shirts are still available at stereohype.com. To customise the T-shirts they came with a set of three badges until 2008 featuring the fluffy words Cotton and two of the five chapter titles of the book itself: Make and Love.

PRESS ARCHIVE

300% Cotton – More T-shirt Graphics, Laurence King Publishing, by Helen Walters, cover and book design: FL@33, also featuring Stereohype T-shirts, p.130, London, UK, October 2006 (English)
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300% COTTON |  BOOK DESIGN, COVER AND TYPE TREATMENT
Following the international success of the best-selling FL@33-designed book 200% Cotton – New T-shirt Graphics by Helen Walters (2004) and its 200% promo T-shirts FL@33 produced in collaboration with Laurence King Publishing, we were recommissioned to design the book's sequel – 300% Cotton – More T-shirt Graphics (2006) by the same author.
___ Book design and front cover illustration / type treatment are by FL@33. The book also features various FL@33-designed Stereohype T-shirts besides many international T-shirt gems.
___ The black and white cover was enhanced with gold foil-block for the illustrated thread.

300% COTTON |LAYOUT, GRID AND VISUAL IDENTITY
200% Cotton and its sequel are image-based books containing over 1,000 illustrations each. The grid FL@33 developed had to be flexible, provide consistency, and make the design process relatively systematic.
___ The brief for 300% Cotton was to refresh the layout while maintaining the visual identity of the previous title in the series. We chose to exploit the versatility of the grid by introducing diagonals to the layout. The result is a lively reinterpretation of the previously used system.
___ Shown here are sample spreads, cover details, chapter openers and the BLAD (Book Layout And Design) – produced prior to starting the complete book design in order for the publisher to be able to present the project at book fairs.

300% COTTON | 300% PROMO T-SHIRT
The 300% promo T-shirt was produced especially for the book launch – a collaboration between Laurence King Publishing, FL@33 and the studio's T-shirt label Stereohype.
___ A few remaining 300% T-shirts are still available at stereohype.com. To customise the T-shirts they came with a set of three badges until 2008 featuring the fluffy words Cotton and two of the five chapter titles of the book itself: Make and Love.

300% COTTON | TEXT EXCERPTS
'Founded by the designers of this very book, Tomi Vollauschek and Agathe Jacquillat, stereohype.com is an online boutique offering limited-edition products designed by the pair and other emerging and established artists. Their own designs show their love of whimsical, charming imagery, and their most recent collection includes a range for babies and children, as well as more tailored clothing to go along with their perennially popular printed T-shirts.' Helen Walters, from 300% Cotton's chapter DO, p.130

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING | FL@33 COLLABORATION

Other 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, 2006)
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SPECS

Paperback

1,000 illustrations

144 pages

250 x 250mm

ISBN: 978-1-85669-491-9

£19.95

Published October 2006

Laurence King Publishing


EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2005, with three postcards by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 12th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 18–26 November 2005.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £35. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2005
The characters were hand-stitched and featured common DIY picture hooks that would usually be invisible behind displayed artworks.

EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
 
RCA Secret 2004, with one postcard each by FL@33’s Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek for the 11th annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 19–27 November 2004.
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THE SECRET
Original works of art for only £35. You guess who it's by. The postcards are signed only on the reverse. The author of each work remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and the signature on the back is revealed.
___ There are usually 2,500 – 3,000 postcards on display and as we wrote in our book Postcard (Laurence King, 2008):
Viewers (...) must pretend not to be disappointed if they mistake a FL@33 card (such as those featured here) for a Damien Hirst or David Bowie...

RCA SECRET POSTCARDS 2004
Agathe's contribution was a mixed-media version (toner and pencil) of the squirrel motif originally created for FL@33's sister-company Stereohype that was launched at the time.
___ The second postcard is covered with self-adhesive fruit labels collected between the time of receiving the blank postcards from the RCA and sending back the final cards.

200% COTTON | PROMO T-SHIRTS
200% Cotton – New T-shirt Graphics was the very first book design commissioned by what was to become a loyal client and FL@33's very own publisher – namely London-based Laurence King.
___ 200% Cotton turned out to be an internationally successful best-seller and more FL@33-designed books followed – starting with 300% Cotton – More T-shirt Graphics – the book's sequel in 2006.
___ Book design and front cover illustration / type treatment are by FL@33. The book also features some of the first FL@33-designed T-shirts besides many international T-shirt gems.
___ Working on 200% Cotton was one of the encouragements we had at the time to launch our very own T-shirt and button badge label and online boutique Stereohype.

200% COTTON | 200% PROMO T-SHIRT
The 200% promo T-shirt featuring the FL@33-design cover artwork was produced especially for the book launch – a collaboration between Laurence King Publishing, FL@33 and the studio's newly launched T-shirt label Stereohype.
___ The Japanese cover of this FL@33-designed book by Helen Walters was published in a pink cover version.
___ A few remaining screenprinted 200% Cotton Dogs T-shirts are still available at stereohype.com.

PRESS ARCHIVE

200% Cotton – New T-shirt Graphics, Laurence King Publishing / Harpers, by Helen Walters, book and cover design by FL@33, also featuring FL@33’s T-shirt range for stereohype.com and commissioned artwork for 200% chapter, p.85 and p.134, London, UK, August 2004 (English)
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200% COTTON |  BOOK DESIGN, COVER ILLUSTRATION AND COMMISSIONED 200% ARTWORK
200% Cotton – New T-shirt Graphics was the very first book design commissioned by what was to become a very loyal client and FL@33's very own publisher – namely London-based Laurence King Publishing. We worked very closely with the book's author Helen Walters who gave us a lot of freedom to help editing the compiled footage.
___ 200% Cotton turned out to be an internationally successful best-seller and more FL@33-designed books followed – starting with 300% Cotton – More T-shirt Graphics – the book's sequel in 2006.
___ Book design and front cover illustration / type treatment are by FL@33. The book also features some of the first FL@33-designed T-shirts besides many international T-shirt gems.
___ Working on 200% Cotton was one of the encouragements we had at the time to launch our very own T-shirt and button badge label and online boutique Stereohype.
___ Helen Walters also commissioned us to contribute a 200%-themed artwork to the book.

200% COTTON |LAYOUT AND GRID AND VISUAL IDENTITY
200% Cotton and its sequel 300% Cotton are image-based books containing over 1,000 illustrations each. The grid FL@33 developed had to be flexible, provide consistency, and make the design process relatively systematic.
___ Thread-like, dotted lines were applied to picture and text frames to create a subtle impression of fabric and fashion. The layout allowed us to create a strong, versatile and playful visual identity.
___ Shown here are sample spreads, cover details, chapter openers and the BLAD (Book Layout And Design) – produced prior to starting the complete book design in order for the publisher to be able to present the project at book fairs.

200% COTTON | 200% PROMO T-SHIRT
The 200% promo T-shirt featuring the FL@33-design cover artwork was produced especially for the book launch – a collaboration between Laurence King Publishing, FL@33 and the studio's newly launched T-shirt label Stereohype.
___ The Japanese cover of this FL@33-designed book by Helen Walters was published in a pink cover version.
___ A few remaining 200% T-shirts are still available at stereohype.com.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO | 200% COTTON | TEXT EXCERPTS

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING | FL@33 COLLABORATION

Other FL@33-designed books for Laurence King Publishing besides the internationally successful 200% Cotton – New T-Shirt Design (2004) included 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, 2004)
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amazon.com
amazon.ca
amazon.de
amazon.fr
amazon.co.jp

SPECS

Paperback

1,000 illustrations

144 pages

250 x 250mm

ISBN: 978-1-85669-491-9

£19.95

Published September 2004

Laurence King Publishing


PRESS ARCHIVE

Creative Review, cover artwork by designed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek, inside: FL@33 profile / interview as part of the Made in Britain feature, by Mark Sinclair, featuring Butterfly Pencil Sculpture, Royal Festival Hall’s Orchestral Music Series, Cityscape Metamorphosis postcard, p.61, London, UK, November 2002 (English)
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CREATIVE REVIEW | COVER DESIGN
This cover artwork was the third illustration in Tomi's series Pencil Sculpture Illustrations.
___ Creative Review's art director at the time Nathan Gale commissioned FL@33 to create the front and back cover for the magazine's 40 Years of D&AD issue from November 2002. The printed pencils are life-sized.
___ This Creative Review issue also includes a FL@33 feature with interview as part of an article on the book GB: Graphic Britain (Laurence King, 2002). Please read below.

PENCIL SCULPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS
Also shown here are the previous two illustrations from the series – Eye Pencil Sculpture (Eye Sculpture Contains 470 Pencils) and Butterfly Pencil Sculpture (Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils). Please also visit these individual projects for larger pictures and additional info.

CREATIVE REVIEW | MADE IN BRITAIN – FL@33 PROFILE / INTERVIEW EXCERPTS
"At the Royal College of Art, we heard about the theory and philosophy of the 'power of three'," explains Agathe Jacquillat, one half of design company FL@33. "It says that work should be created using an equal balance of brains, hands and heart. We always try to keep that in mind." Along with design partner Tomi Vollauschek, the pair's multi-disciplinary design company has gone from strength to strength since they met on the RCA's Communication Art and Design course in 1999 and, a year later, began to collaborate on small projects. "We believe," says Jacquillat, "we're quite a 'dream-team' as we inspire and sometimes complement each other."
___ As a Franco-Austrian partnership (Jacquillat is from Paris, Vollauschek originally from Frankfurt) the pair have made much of their multilingualism within their design projects. "This definitely helps us find interesting contacts outside of the UK," explains Vollauschek, "and as we travel frequently to our native countries we feel inspired by the cultural differences, land and cityscapes." Indeed, Trans-form, their most lauded project to date, was an investigation into the ideas and aesthetics of the cityscape. "Trans-form is a good example how we work and think," says Vollauschek. "The starting point for the project was our studio view of a construction site in London. After realising that from our specific point of view the tower cranes seemed...

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BUTTERFLY PENCIL SCULPTURE
The artwork Butterfly Pencil Sculpture (also known as Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils) forms part of FL@33's series Pencil Sculpture Illustrations.
___ The artwork was created for the launch exhibition of the book GB: Graphic Britain (Laurence King, 2002). The event took place in the former gallery space of Magma bookshop in London, Clerkenwell.

AVAILABLE PRINTS
A1-sized prints are available at stereohype.com.
A1—594mm × 841mm (23.4” × 33.1”)
The pencils on these prints are life-sized.
Fine Art Giclée Prints, German Etching,
Hahnemühle 310gsm
Signed on the back of the print.

FL@33 POSTCARD #6
A postcard was also printed in December 2010.

PENCIL SCULPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS
Also shown here are the two other illustrations from the series – Eye Pencil Sculpture (Eye Sculpture Contains 470 Pencils) and the Creative Review cover. Please also visit these individual projects for larger pictures and additional info.

PRESS ARCHIVE

(0fr) Magazine, Summer issue, #15, 0fr System', new art and fashion editions, featuring Eye Pencil Sculpture, pp.54–55, Paris, France, July 2002 (French and English)
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EYE PENCIL SCULPTURE
FL@33 was invited by Yorgo Tloupas to guest art direct a double-page spread and create an artwork for French 0fr Magazine (as in 'zero Francs' – later it became known as the simplified Magazine).
___ Eye Pencil Sculpture (Eye Sculpture Contains 470 Pencils) was the first in FL@33's series Pencil Sculpture Illustrations.
___ An A2-sized print of this artwork was first exhibited together with the A1-sized Butterfly Pencil Sculpture (Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils) at the launch exhibition of the book with the same name GB: Graphic Britain (Laurence King, 2002). The exhibition took place in the former gallery space of Magma in London, Clerkenwell.

AVAILABLE PRINTS
A2-sized prints are available at stereohype.com.
A2—594mm x 420mm (23.4" x 16.5")
The pencils on these prints (and the mag's double-page spread) are life-sized.
Fine Art Giclée Prints, German Etching,
Hahnemühle 310gsm
Signed on the back of the print.


PENCIL SCULPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS
Also shown here are the two other illustrations from the series – Butterfly Pencil Sculpture (Butterfly Sculpture Contains 818 Pencils) and the Creative Review cover. Please also visit these individual projects for larger pictures and additional info.

FL@33 POSTCARD #1 | TOWER CRANE TYPEFACE
This is the first postcard in what was to become FL@33's little series of cards featuring memorable studio projects and visuals. Tower Crane Typeface was designed prior to completion of FL@33's award -winning Trans-form magazine that was published in July 2001. This visual experiment later lead to Trans-form's Cityscape Insects.

POSTCARD / BUSINESS CARD COMBINATION
The postcard was printed in May 2001 on coated stock in a limited edition of 1,000. The card was first made available during the final year show 2001 of the Royal College of Art's post-graduate Master course – then still called Communication, Art and Design (instead of Visual Communications) – where both FL@33 founders studied.
___ This was also the first FL@33-designed card that was a postcard-business card combination with tiny stars printed on the back being helpful crop marks.
___ Assorted postcards are being added to all orders at FL@33's online boutique Stereohype.