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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.

Also availaible as Button Badge Motif Print.

1st Prize (Category: Set of 3)

“I love beautiful hand-drawn typography, curious old photographs and drawing with black fine-liners. I wish there was more time in the day to get my stuff down on paper. Some drunk bloke called me hoity toity in the pub. I liked the word so I took it.”

This artwork is by one of ten winners of our fourth annual button badge design competition – selected from 517 accepted entries submitted by 203 individuals, collectives and studios.

Winners: Johnny Winslade, Anna Jones / Goldlion, Pietari Posti, Sophie Raynaud, Daniele De Batté / Artiva, Sharon Kwong, Marta López, Supersentido, Jim Stewart and Denis Speh / Ecstatic Sunrise.

The international judging panel 2007–08: Andy Steward / Datacubes, Benji Holroyd, Geoff Moore / Studio Gpop, Guillaume Neim / Lomatoufaire, Holly Wales / Eat Japanese Food, Jonathan Morris, Kate Forrester, Lars Kruse / Grafische Netze, Matthew Kenyon, What What, Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33, Angharad Lewis / Grafik, Carole Guevin / Netdiver, Chris Ng / IdN, Darren Firth / Sane, Elisabeth Lecourt, Étienne Hervy / étapes, Garrick Webster / Computer Arts, Gavin Lucas / Creative Review, Helen Walters, Johann Chan / Digital Arts, Mathies Møller Højmose, Matt Jones / Lunartik, Nathan Gale / Intercity, Richard J. Kirk and Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33. Released: March 2008

Anna Jones (now Anna R Massey) is an illustrator and designer and part of Goldlion Studio based in Cardiff, Wales.

External link: goldlionstudio.com

Created by: Goldlion Studio / Anna Jones

Many winning designs from our annual button badge design competitions are some of our all-time favourites and we hope you like them, too. The competition is great for customers and artists alike. Keep your eyes peeled for the call for entries if you would like to become part of Stereohype's growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. These are posted across all Stereohype channels and by supporters around the world.

The core of the brief simply states '(...) create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases (...)'. Eligible are entries by designers, artists, photographers, illustrators and by students in any of these areas – including runners-up from previous competitions. Not eligible however are contributors to our B.I.O. (By Invitation Only), MICA, AFOMFS, 10x10 and Emoji Series former competition winners who are more than welcome to become part of the judging panel. Winning button badge designs are hand-picked by our esteemed annual jury members – usually 20–30 former competition winners, button badge-loving journalists, writers, illustrators, artists and graphic designers from around the world – many of them contributors to Stereohype's button badge collection themselves.