Down With Pants

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.

Gavin Lucas is a writer and editor with over ten years’ experience of publishing content across multiple platforms both on and offline. Formerly a senior writer at leading communication arts journal Creative Review, he has authored books that have been published in multiple language editions on guerrilla advertising, button badges and BMX bikes. Lucas is a co-founder of illustration agency Outline Artists and is currently working on a host of self-initiated and freelance projects across a range of different media, for a gamut of different clients and publications.

Gavin wrote the book Button Badge Pin (Laurence King) that also featured Stereohype, and also kindly penned the introduction of our self-published book Stereohype 2004–2014. He commissioned us to create badges for his own badge label, Button Badge Pin, (resulting in a set of System Error badges), and his latest book – out in April 2016 – The Story of Emoji (Prestel) was designed by Stereohype founders, FL@33 (see also book-related badges: Emoji Series).

External link: gavinlucas.co.uk

Created by: Gavin Lucas

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 15 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 15 includes artworks by CHK Design, Daniel Freytag, FL@33, Fred Deakin, Gavin Lucas, Jan Buchczik, Juste Halavin, Lynn Chen, Nemanja Jehlicka, Nick Bell, Nottene, Pierre-Paul Pariseau, Serial Cut and Studio Chehade. Released: November 2015