Darth Vader vs Tony Benn

All Stereohype button badges available at stereohype.com are classic high quality one inch (25mm) metal back badges with so-called D-pin. Tiny stickers at the back mention the artist, release date, series number, etc. The growing collection of these mobile mini canvases – featuring over 1,700 individual designs by over 600 international graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists – consists of all B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) contributions, winners of Stereohype's annual button badge design competition and additional series such as the special collaborations: AFOMFS Series, MICA Series, 10x10 Series and Emoji Series. Badges are manufactured in the United Kingdom.

Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He draws a weekly cartoon for The Guardian newspaper. He grew up in Scotland and now lives and works in London. He has written and illustrated the comics Guardians of the Kingdom and Three very small Comics as well as producing comic stories and illustrations for various publications also including TThe Independent and The New Yorker. He runs Cabanon Press with Simone Lia, together they created the comics First and Second which were republished as Both by Bloomsbury. He also released Goliath, (Drawn and Quarterly, 2012) and You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack (2013), among others.

External links: tomgauld.com / cabanonpress.com

Created by: Tom Gauld

Selected international designers, illustrators and artists were invited to submit designs for this one inch (25mm) button badge series. Stereohype sells B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 1 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 1 includes artworks by Alice Brun-Ney, Ange Hayward / Danger UK, Daniel Koh / Amateur Provokateur, Elisabeth Lecourt, FL@33, Fred Frei, Happypets, Jody Barton, Marie O'Connor / Peepshow, Megumu Kasuga / YiELD, Michael C. Place / Build, Tom Gauld, Patrick Duffy and Yorgo Tloupas / Intersection magazine. Released: November 2004