button badge design competition 2006
1st prize (category: complete series) >>> £1.50 (set of 3 >>> £4)
(also one of the random 'FREE surprise badges' with purchased FL@33 T-shirts)

The ten winners of our third button badge design competition have been produced and are now available at stereohype.com. Winning badge designs were selected from 593 entries submitted by 232 individuals/studios/collectives. The international judging panel were: Andy Steward @ Datacubes, C'est Moi Ce Soir, Emilie Baltz, Holly Wales @ Eat Japanese Food, Jonathan Morris @ Sweet, Kate Forrester, Lars Kruse @ Grafische Netze, Mauro Caramella @ Designaside, What What, Agathe Jacquillat @ FL@33, Andrew Townsend @ Un.titled, Carole Guevin @ Netdiver, Chris Ng @ IdN, Daniel Koh @ Unit Studio, Darren Firth @ WIWP, Elisabeth Lecourt, Gavin Lucas @ CR, Helen Walters, Hellohikimori, Inksurge, inksurge.com, Kerry Roper, Luke Best @ Peepshow, Nathan Gale, @ CR, Patrick Duffy @ No Days Off, Peskimo, Richard Kirk @ onepom, Rieme Gleijm, Roderick Mills, Supermundane, Tomi Vollauschek @ FL@33.

designed by Wanda Kamarga

'Slowly Spreading' is a sequence, with button number one only having half the ornaments, and the ornaments in button two are slowly spreading the medium. Then, the ornaments in button number three are all over the medium. The artworks I sent to Stereohype are all made by hand. I first drew them on paper with a small point pen, and scanned it to computer. I then readjust them a little with photoshop so it will look more proper. After that, I arranged the layout based on Stereohype's file specifications so it will look good as a button.

Hello, my name is Wanda Kamarga. I was born in Bandung, Indonesia in 1984. I was raised in Jakarta and had been living there since. My mom used to design for garments when I was a kid, therefore patterns and colors have influenced me since. The patterns I draw are heavily influenced by Asian patterns, mostly the one that came from my country, which is Batik. Other things that I love and keep inspiring me are things from the past mainly the 60s and 70s, music, flowers and ornaments, eastern studies (mainly Indonesian), and delicious food. Right now I am on my final year majoring visual communication design in Universitas Pelita Harapan - Karawaci, Indonesia. I love designing and thinking about strategies of how to communicate visually to the mass. In my spare time, when I'm not hooked up with all those wonderful social network sites, I draw things that I love – which are mostly pattern and colors, and develop my new portfolio site.

description:
one inch (25mm) button badge


SEE ALL COMPETITION WINNERS FROM 2004, 2005 AND 2006

see the competition shortlist 2006 (only the 10 winners have been produced)