Drink Pattern

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.

Kevin Valente is an illustrator and designer based in Brooklyn, NY. He obtained his BFA from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) in 2012, followed by his MFA in Illustration Practice in 2014. His work has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators New York. As a child, Kevin grew up abroad, his time spent traveling throughout Asia and Europe where he developed a taste for adventure. Kevin's work – referential of a childhood rooted in the 90's – is characterised by bright colour fields, intricate pattern work, and a quirky sense of humour. When he is not spending endless hours in the studio, he enjoys exploring new places with his friends, making collaborative zines, and lobbying for moustaches.

External links: kevinvalente.com / kevinvalente.tumblr.com

Created by: Kevin Valente

This one inch (25mm) button badge series is a collaboration between the MFA in Illustration Practice program (MFA ILP) at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD, USA, and Stereohype. Artworks were created as part of a Made & Sold book-inspired workshop by FL@33 and Stereohype co-founder Tomi Vollauschek that took place at the college in March 2013. The black and white MICA Button Badge Series includes artworks by Alexandra Citrin, Diyou Wu, Eduardo Corral, Joshua Heinsz, Kevin Valente, Lisk Feng, Lynn Chen, Maily Degnan, Sarah Jacoby, Seo Kim, Stacey Montebello and Valeria Molinari. Stereohype sells MICA Series badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with each order. Released: July 2013. 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