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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.

1st Prize (Category: Set of 3)

This artwork is by one of ten winners of our sixth annual button badge design competition – selected from over 200 accepted entries submitted by about 100 individuals, collectives and studios.

Winners: Totwo, Tünde Varga, Germana Giorno, Gergö Gilicze, Gudrun Makelberge, Jacqueline Bos, Fay Newman, Nick Street, Thom Lambert and Pamela Cocconi.

The international judging panel 2010: Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33, Alexander Egger, Angharad Lewis / Grafik, Bálint Egyed / Voov, Carole Guevin / Netdiver, Cargo & Jum / USOTA, David Werbrouck / iloveyourtshirt, Darren Firth / Occupy, Elisabeth Lecourt, Gareth Bayliss, Gavin Lucas / Creative Review, Hello Nekko, Jim Whittamore, Johann Chan / Digital Arts, Judith Egger, Kat Stubbings / Vilderness, Kerry Roper, Lotie, María Eugenia Pérez de Arce, Mathieu Hubert, Matt JOnes / Lunartik, Nick Carson / Computer Arts Projects, Pablo Castro-Zamorano / Supersentido, Richard J. Kirk, Sarah Boris, Shen Plum and Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33. Released: November 2010

Tünde Varga is a graphic designer from Sopron, Hungary. She attended Master classes in the Institute of Applied Arts at the Western Hungarian University.

External links: behance.net/... / tuetyi.com

Created by: Tünde Varga

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.