Gift Box: 3 button badges (Fire)

This elegant matchbox-style gift box contains three designs from Stereohype's growing button badge collection – now available for the first time in this superb packaging solution. A rose-gold foil-blocked Stereohype mascot squirrel was hand-printed in the UK at the top of the gift box (outside dimensions: 75 x 72 x 16mm). Inside the beautiful matt black cardboard gift box is a black flock pad and badges are directly pinned into it. All Stereohype button badges available at stereohype.com are classic high quality one inch (25mm) metal back badges with so-called D-pin (although it looks more like an 'e'). Tiny stickers at the back of each button badge mention the artist, release date, series number, etc. Badges are manufactured with love and care in the United Kingdom.

1st Prize (Category: Set of 3)

These artworks are by one of ten winners of our seventh annual button badge design competition – selected from 267 accepted entries submitted by 123 individuals, collectives and studios.

Winners: Mayuko Fujino, Gianluca Sturmann, Pushingnormal, Eleftheria Alexandri, Erica Leong, Jacqueline Mertz, Aliz Borsa, Louise Byng, Jennie Talbot and Julien Decaudin.

The international judging panel 2011: Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33, Alexander Egger, Alex Tobin / Gestalten, Andy Prince, Andy Smith, Benji Holroyd / SB Studio, Carole Guevin, Chris Ng / IdN, Darren Firth / Occupy, Fay Newman, Gavin Lucas / Creative Review, Gergö Gilicze, Germana Giorno, Greig Anderson / Effektive, Gudrun Makelberge, Jacqueline Bos, Jeffrey Bowman, Jim Whittamore, Johann Chan / Digital Arts, John L. Walters / Eye magazine, Nathan Gale / Intercity, Nick Street, Pamela Cocconi, Pleaseletmedesign (PLMD), Team Design Week (Laura Snoad and Angus Montgomery), Thom Lambert, Tom Gauld, Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33, Totwo, Tünde Varga, United States Of The Arts (USOTA) and Vladimir Koncar. Released: September 2011

Gianluca Sturmann is a freelance illustrator based in Genoa, Italy, where he was born in 1988. He graduated from the graphic design course at Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova. His work has been on display in exhibitions some of which he also helped organising.

External link: gianlucasturmann.com

Created by: Gianluca Sturmann