There's something in my eye

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 also available as Button Badge Motif Print.

1st Prize (Category: Single Badge)

This artwork is by one of twelve winners of our 17th annual Button Badge Design Competition – selected from 777 accepted entries submitted by 216 individuals, studios and collectives.

Winners: DTM_INC, Daria Podgornaya, Ali Kaigh, Anastasiia Konopleva, John Fairley, Bojana Rakic, Maxim Levkov, Zlata Subbotina, Vyacheslav Vepshin, Stefan Alexander, Darya Kramsakova and Beth Freeman

Judging Panel: Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33 and Stereohype, Aleksandra Szwajda, Anis Tabaraee, Anke Weckmann, Aranza Serafin, Bori Vajda, Camille Whitcher, Emily Gosling, Gavin Lucas, Holly T Burrows, Irina Nurenberg, Jenny Haytch, John Dowling, Jonny Leigh, Jono Sandilands, Linzie Hunter, Monika Mitkute, Nick Spence, Paul McNeill, Roger Fawcett-Tang, Savely Beloshapskiy, Steve Sadler, Team Grafikmagazin, Team Slanted and Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33 and Stereohype.
Released: November 2021

DTM_INC is a graphic designer from the Netherlands. DTM_INC stands for Dan Tha Man Incorporated. Dan Tha Man is a nickname that was given to him while in high school. He just added “Incorporated” when he started doing illustration jobs for money. Besides being a graphic designer and freelance illustrator, he was co-owner of the T‑shirt design company Frogbite.nl until 2013. Nowadays, he spends most of his time in front of the classroom teaching graphic design.

External link: behance.net/dtm_inc

Created by: DTM_INC

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 £5+ order using this add-on checkout voucher code: FreeBadgeOfChoice