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All Stereohype button badges available at stereohype.com are classic, high-quality, one-inch (25 mm) metal-back badges with a so-called D-pin fastening. Small stickers on the reverse provide details such as the artist’s name, release date and series number. This growing collection of mobile mini canvases includes more than 1,700 individual designs by over 650 graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and artists from around the world. It brings together all contributions to the FL@33 / Tomi Vollauschek-curated B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) series, winners of Stereohype’s international open-call button badge design competition, and additional collections including the special collaborations, AFOMFS Series, MICA Series, 10×10 Series and Emoji Series. All badges are manufactured in Europe.

HGO was founded 2004 by Heiko Hoos for his personal Projects. Heiko studied Visual Communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Pforzheim, Germany, where he graduated in 2003. He published several typefaces for Union Fonts and T26. His most famous typeface designs are Charifa Sans and Charifa Serif. His work was featured in major design publications such as Indie Fonts 2 (P-Type Publications), Freewave (Booth-Clibborn Editions), spatium – Magazine for Typography, some DGV publications and the Grafuck 3 book. Heiko took part at the Outside/In Exhibtion in USA from 2004–2006 and contributed to the Use Again Asia Exhibition 2005/2006. He also collaborated with Canadian Artist Philip Pocock on various art projects for ZKM/Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe. His work was exhibited at the ZKMAX (Munich), ZKM (Karlsruhe) and at Nucleus Gallery (Los Angeles). He is currently working as a freelance designer in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Created by: Heiko Hoos

Selected international designers, illustrators and artists were invited to submit designs for this one-inch (25mm) button badge series, curated by FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek. Stereohype sells B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 8 badges separately and as part of themed / artist gift boxes. We also give button badges away as free extra treats with each order. B.I.O. Series 8 includes artworks by Allan Deas, Andy J. Miller / Koma Design, Allistair Burt / Alburt, Anja Gerscher, Bálint Egyed / Voov, Fiona Hamilton / Soma Gallery, FL@33, Greig Anderson, Heiko Hoos, Jan von Holleben, Karin Kloubert / April Mediengruppe, Madeleine Duba, Peter Crnokrak / The Luxury of Protest, Supersentido, Mike and Katie / TADO, Tom Würzburg, Yuko Michishita. Released: September 2009. Please feel free to add a complimentary button badge of your choice to your next £/€ 5+ order using this add-on checkout voucher code: FreeBadgeOfChoice