Mind Blown (blue)

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.

This artwork is from Stereohype's Emoji Series. The colour variant with blue background was added in June 2017.

‘There are a couple of missing emoji that I would use a lot. A “no brainer” and also the “mind blown” emoji that I chose to create on this occasion. This emoji would replace my regular use of emoticons O_O and O_o and the alternative “OMG” and “un-be-lievable” to express utter astonishment.’ — Tomi Vollauschek, FL@33

Excerpt from the book The Story of Emoji by Gavin Lucas (Designed by FL@33 and published by Prestel, 2016).

FL@33 is a multi-disciplinary design studio for visual communication, established in London in 2001 and led by co-founding Creative Director Tomi Vollauschek. The studio works with businesses, cultural and educational institutions, and individuals on visual identities, publications and communication across print and digital media.

Its award-winning, internationally published work spans typography, image-making and editorial design, from logos and identity systems to books, packaging, websites, moving image and exhibition graphics. FL@33 brings together collaborators according to each project’s needs, with commissioned work alongside self-initiated projects and publications.

Alongside leading FL@33 and Stereohype, Tomi teaches visual communication at BA and Master level, lectures internationally and runs workshops, including ‘Personal Project and the Power of Three’. His practice also encompasses writing, publishing, curation and developing graphic-art products.

A FL@33 monograph (Design & Designer 033 – FL@33) was published in 2005 by Pyramyd. FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek also authored and designed three books that were published under the FL@33 imprint worldwide by Laurence King and partner publishers: Postcard (2008), Made & Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff (2009) and The 3D Type Book (2011). In the same year FL@33’s popular online sound collection project bzzzpeek.com was exhibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). FL@33’s co-founders also self-published the widely acclaimed Trans-form magazine (2001) and the tenth anniversary book and exhibition catalogue Stereohype 2004–2014, which Tomi conceived, compiled and designed.

External link: flat33.com

Created by: FL@33 / Tomi Vollauschek

These custom emoji artworks originally featured in the book The Story of Emoji by Gavin Lucas and designed by FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek (Prestel Publishing). If you could create a new emoji, what would it be? Gavin Lucas asked a number of image-makers from around the world to design new emoji characters they wish really existed. Book contributions were submitted just before iOS 9 was released (which also included the 'Metal Fingers' / 'Devil's Horns' emoji addition). One day soon – hopefully – all these bespoke emoji suggestions will be included... This one inch (25mm) button badge series is a collaboration between Stereohype, Gavin Lucas and the selected emoji contributors Ali Graham, Crispin Finn, David Henckel, FL@33, Friso Blankevoort, Hey Studio, Jan Kallwejt, Julian Morey, Liza Nelson, Lucy Vigrass, Matt Chase, Matthew Bromley, Mr Bingo, Nick Shea, Noma Bar, Peskimo, Richard Hogg, Rob Flowers, Serge Seidlitz, Tane Williams and TwoPoints. Stereohype sells Emoji Series badges separately and we also give button badges away as free extra treats with each order. Released: April 2016 as part of the book launch exhibition. 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