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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.

Badge set title: A matter of size.

Astrid Stavro was born in Trieste, Italy and studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (BA Hons, First Class) and The Royal College of Art (MA) in London, graduating with Distinction. She is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

Prior to founding Atlas with Pablo Martín, Stavro directed the award winning Astrid Stavro Studio for ten years in Barcelona. She has an international reputation for idea-driven graphic design across every discipline, applied with exquisite typographic sensibility and rigorous attention to detail.

Stavro’s wide-ranging expertise encompasses the design of books, magazines, brand identities, printed matter, exhibition design, signage, way-finding systems and packaging. She lectures all over the world and has chaired and judged some of the most prestigious global design competitions. Her work has been recognized with more than 200 international design awards.

She occasionally writes for some of the top international design Journals. Between 2014 to 2017, Stavro was the Design Director of Elephant magazine, helping to raise the title to international acclaim. In 2018 she joined Pentagram as a Partner.

External links: designbyatlas.com / pentagram.com

Created by: Astrid Stavro

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 9 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 9 includes artworks by Alexander Egger, Astrid Stavro, FL@33, Impactolaser, Jacques Le Bailly, Jeff Knowles, Kapitza, Masashi Kawamura, Mervyn Kurlansky, Pleaseletmedesign (PLMD), Slanted and Vladimir Koncar. Released: November 2010