Multitude

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.

These four button badge designs are a reference to the work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt, in particular their books Empire and Multitude.

Marcus Leis Allion is a type and graphic designer and lecturer. From 2001–2009 Marcus was a key member of the internationally renowned Barnbrook studios. Whilst there he researched and designed a number of corporate identities, numerous book designs, and several bespoke typefaces. Much of Marcus’ research is concerned to understand the relations that direct how graphic design is understood and practiced. As well as running his own design studio he is a partner at LOCA Records (1999), a label that spearheaded the use of copyleft licensing. He has designed several publications for The Libre Society and more recently instigated a critical reading group called Becoming There. Marcus is a lecturer in Graphic Design at Kingston University and works on the MA Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. UNDT is his graphic design practice.

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Created by: Marcus Leis Allion / UNDT

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 13 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 13 includes artworks by Autobahn, Bond & Coyne, Brett Ryder, FL@33, Lunartik, Marcus Leis Allion, Mark Adams, Nick Foot, Sneaky Raccoon, Timothy Hunt, Whitney Sherman and Will Scobie. Released: November 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