Hissing Cat

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.

2nd Prize (Category: Set of 4)

This artwork is by one of twelve winners of our twelfth annual button badge design competition – selected from 949 accepted entries submitted by 279 individuals.

Winners: News Zhang, Lara Peralta, Ciaran Meister, Zuzanna Kwiecien, Blanca Rego, Prateek Vatash, Ray Mendoza, Gardenia, Anthony Wallen, Filipa Trindade, Dmitry Mamaev and Sherri Forsting.

Judging Panel:
Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33 and Stereohype, Aanastasia Frost, Angharad Lewis / Grafik, Gavin Lucas, Jeff Conway, Jeroen Funke, Jo Gulliver / Computer Arts, Jonny Leigh, Jono Sandilands, Laura Snoad, Liz Farrelly, Monika Mitkute, Neil Bennett / Digital Arts, Paul McNeill, Richard J. Kirk,, Robert Urquhart, Sara Cunha, Timothy Hunt, Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33 and Stereohype. and Wong Ting Fung. Released: November 2016

Zuzanna Kwiecien is an Aberdeen-based artist. She graduated from City of Glasgow College in 2014 and continued her studies in Communication Design at Gray's School of Art in 2015. She has a passion for illustration, coffee and beer. Though taking inspiration from a wide variety of sources, she mainly focuses on nature and folklore. Different combinations of media are commonly found in her work, such as digital, fine liners, ink and whatever she can find.

External link: behance.net/zuzannakwiecien

Created by: Zuzanna Kwiecien

Many winning designs from our annual button badge design competitions are some of our all-time favourites and we hope you like them, too. The competition is great for customers and artists alike. Keep your eyes peeled for the call for entries if you would like to become part of Stereohype's growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. These are posted across all Stereohype channels and by supporters around the world.

The core of the brief simply states '(...) create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases (...)'. Eligible are entries by designers, artists, photographers, illustrators and by students in any of these areas – including runners-up from previous competitions. Not eligible however are contributors to our B.I.O. (By Invitation Only), MICA, AFOMFS, 10x10 and Emoji Series former competition winners who are more than welcome to become part of the judging panel. Winning button badge designs are hand-picked by our esteemed annual jury members – usually 20–30 former competition winners, button badge-loving journalists, writers, illustrators, artists and graphic designers from around the world – many of them contributors to Stereohype's button badge collection themselves.

Please feel free to add a complimentary button badge of your choice to your next order using this add-on checkout voucher code: FreeBadgeOfChoice