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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.

Associates since 1993, graphic designers Antoine and Manuel work mainly in the spheres of culture and fashion. Their graphic interventions cover a broad spectrum – visual identities, editorial design, furniture design, exhibitions and installations. When creating the visual identity for the Lambert Collection in Avignon, they wanted it to be warmer and more intimate than those of other institutions. They also illustrate the collections of Christian Lacroix (catalogues, invitations…) as well as producing season posters for the Centre Chorégraphique Nationalde Tours and the Comédie de Clermont theatre; their work for the latter institution is typified by gouache illustrations and typography. For the CCNT they have elected to use a supple and structured style based on ramificationsand arborescences as the recurring motif for each season. They graphic-design exhibition catalogues for the Galerie Yvon Lambert (those for artists Koo Jeong-A and Bertrand Lavier, for instance), and have also carried out editorial projects for the Festival de Cahors, the Pompidou Centre and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Antoine and Manuel have developed a refined, luxurious graphic language whose delicate geometry decorates the murals produced in the Galeries Lafayette Maison homewares store in Paris. Their work in the field of furniture design embraces this graphic vocabulary, adding a fresh dimension to their world.

Their first monograph design&designer 032 – Antoine+Manuel was in 2005 as the book series by French Pyramyd Editions.

External link: antoineetmanuel.com

Created by: Antoine+Manuel

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 4 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 4 includes artworks by Anthony Burrill, Antoine+Manuel, FL@33, Geneviève Gauckler, Hellohikimori, Jon Burgerman, Kerry Roper, Lunartik, Mark Adams, Peskimo, Supermundane and Tabas. Released: June 2006