Gift Box: 3 button badges (Retro Portraits)

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.

2nd Prize (Category: Set of 3)

Button badge set title: Vintage Bohemian Girls

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

Eleftheria Alexandri aka I Like Yellow is a freelance illustrator, who divides her time between London and Athens. Her work includes editorial, publishing and advertising as well as bespoke pattern design. She grew up on the Greek Island of Spetses before studying Painting and attending the Graphic Design studio at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Eleftheria later received an IKY scholarship and did an MA in Graphic Design and New Media at UCA in Surrey, UK. With a clear interest in design she worked as a graphic designer while she was still a student.  Her interests have gradually merged and resulted in a vibrant illustrative language. Eleftheria's approach and thinking have won her varying clients internationally.

External link: ilikeyellow.com

Created by: Eleftheria Alexandri