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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.

Simone Lia began painting and drawing in her Dad’s tool shed at the age of 13. After studying at the University of Brighton she went on to write and illustrate books for children. She became friends with Tom Gauld at the RCA and they began self-publishing comics as Cabanon Press. Since then Simone has set up an art studio in an old pub, written a couple of graphic novels including Fluffy (a story of a bunny in denial) and has had her artwork hanging on the walls of The Tate Britain. As well as working to brief for commercial clients, Simone regularly creates stories with a regular cast of characters. The characters include a willful sausage, a carrot, a chip who doesn’t speak, a bean and bunnies of various shapes and sizes. These characters have had their own strips in The Independent, The Guardian and The DFC. Her graphic novel Please God, Find Me A Husband! was published by Jonathan Cape in April 2012.

External link: simonelia.com

Created by: Simone Lia

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 12 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 12 includes artworks by Agathe Jacquillat, Daniel Cantrell / The Horror, Dominic Le-Hair, Evelin Kasikov, Jack Curry, Jarrik Muller, Karin von Ompteda, Lee Basford, Marion Deuchars, Nathan Gale / Intercity, Simone Lia, Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33 and Von Dauer. Und Huck. Released: October 2012. 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