Mobil Skin

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.

Mobil Skin is a small study for a larger project that is currently in progress.The one-inch badge is a background of Caucasian skin texture with the Mobil Oil Pegasus logo embossed into it. The project was inspired by perpetuated cultural concepts of perfection by relating human skin to the plasticky ideal of corporate logos. The skin texture, in place of where the corporate color scheme would normally be, also calls into question the human impact of the behavior of major oil companies like Mobil.

Born in Chicago in 1972, Matt Siber grew up next to Boston, Massachusetts. With a Bachelor’s degree in History and Geography from the University of Vermont (1994), he holds a Master’s of Fine Arts in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2003). He has worked as a commercial photographer but is now primarily a gallery artist working in Chicago. His artwork is part of the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the COFF Foundation in San Sebastian, Spain. Siber is represented by Galeria Antoni Pinyol in Reus, Spain, and Galeria La Fabrica in Madrid. His images have been published internationally in such publications as Art Forum, Flash Art, Aperture and EXIT Magazine. Siber has been the recipient of grants from the Aaron Siskind Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council. Matt also teaches beginning and advanced digital imaging at Columbia College Chicago.

External link: siberart.com

Created by: Matt Siber

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 6 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 6 includes artworks by Andy Prince, Julien Rivoire / Bastardgraphics, Carole Guevin / Netdiver, FL@33, Gianni Oprandi, Sebastian Onufszak / In Graphics We Trust, Jean-Claude Chianale, Jo Taylor, Martin Lorenz / TwoPoints, Matt Siber / Siberart, Nick Cannons, Pierre Vanni, Samuel Nyholm and Jonas Williamsson / Reala, Alex Haigh / Thinkdust, Jonathan Kenyon and John Glasgow / Vault49, Mathies Møller Højmose / Visual Flavour. Released: May 2007