7th annual Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2011)
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THE COMPETITION 2011 IS NOW CLOSED!
Thank you very much for your submissions!

See winners and runners-up 2011

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The Judging Panel 2011:

The straight-forward judging process: Judges will select their favourite three designs and give them points from 1 to 3 in each category ('sets of 3' and single entries) – 3 points for their absolute favourite. The designs with the highest score will win.

Former competition winners:
Benji Holroyd, SB Studio (winner 2006), sb-studio.co.uk
Fay Newman (winner 2010), faynewman.carbonmade.com
Gergo Gilicze (winner 2010), gilicze.tumblr.com
Germana Giorno, Giorno Design, (winner 2010), giornodesign.com
Gudrun Makelberge (winner 2010), gudrunmakelberge.be
Jacqueline Bos (winner 2010), jacquelinekari.com
Jim Whittamore (winner 2008/9), jimbobbin.com
Nick Street (winner 2010), nickstreet.com
Pamela Cocconi (winner 2010), pc83.tumblr.com
Thom Lambert (winner 2010), thomlambert.com
totwo (winner 2010), totwo.livejournal.com
Tünde Varga (winner 2010), behance.net/tuetyi
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A selection of button badge-loving journalists, writers, illustrators, artists and graphic designers from around the world—many of them are B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series contributors:
Agathe Jacquillat, FL@33 (BIO1–9), bzzzpeek.com, flat33.com, 3d-type.com
Alexander Egger (BIO7, BIO9), satellitesmistakenforstars.com
Alex Tobin, Gestalten, gestalten.com
Andy Prince (BIO6), aprince.org
Andy Smith (BIO5), asmithillustration.com
Carole Guevin, Featured by .cg (BIO6), caroleguevin.com
Chris Ng, IdN, idnworld.com
Darren Firth, Occupy (BIO5), weoccupy.co.uk, keepsmesane.co.uk
Gavin Lucas, Creative Review, creativereview.co.uk/crblog, getinvolvedclub.com, myspace.com/badgebuttonpin
Greig Anderson, Effektive (BIO8), effektivedesign.co.uk
Jeffrey Bowman (BIO7), jeffrey-bowman.co.uk
Johann Chan, Digital Arts, digitalartsonline.co.uk, johannchan.co.uk
John L. Walters, Eye magazine, eyemagazine.com, blog.eyemagazine.com
Nathan Gale (BIO2), intercitystudio.com, artandsoleblog.com
Pleaseletmedesign/PLMD (BIO9), pleaseletmedesign.com
Team Design Week, Laura Snoad and Angus Montgomery, designweek.co.uk
Tom Gauld (BIO1), tomgauld.com
Tomi Vollauschek, FL@33 (BIO1–9), bzzzpeek.com, flat33.com, 3d-type.com
United States Of The Arts/USOTA (BIO7), unitedstatesoftheart.com
Vladimir Koncar (BIO9), koncar.info



7th annual Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2011)
The deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is Thursday, 30 June 2011. EXTENDED DEADLINE: FRIDAY, 8 JULY 2011, 11.59/23:59, BST
(Teaser pictures: pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5)

NO ENTRY FEE!

Following the huge success of our first five design competitions we are now pleased to announce the 7th annual 1" (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please note that we will unfortunately not be able to send individual submission receipts. You will be notified during and after judging period (shortly after the deadline). Thank you!

Please download:
StereohypeArtworkGuide11.pdf
Photoshop templates for both colour or black and white artworks:
colour (cmyk, 300dpi): YourNameSurname_12or3_300dpi.psd
black and white (900dpi): YourNameSurname_12or3_900dpi.psd

Please ensure that your submission(s) include ALL necessary hi-res PSD file(s)
AND your short biography. Please do refer to the 'StereohypeArtworkGuide10.pdf' for details! Thanks!

Eligible are entries by designers, artists, photographers, illustrators and by students in any of these areas – including runner-ups from previous competitions. NOT ELIGIBLE however are contributors to our B.I.O. (by invitation only) series and former competition winners who are now more than welcome to become part of the judging panel.

Your artwork(s) will have to be created by yourself and should obviously not infringe any copyrights! Winners will give stereohype.com automatically a NON-exclusive licence to reproduce the winning artwork(s) on badges and Stereohype-badge-related promotional materials such as postcards, etc. By submitting your artwork(s) you agree on these terms and conditions. A shortlist will also be featured at stereohype.com crediting the artists and designers.

Please do have a look at the 566 existing designs that are already included in our collection and avoid nipple designs and back of badge artworks. Been there, done that, and already included those to our Stereohype collection... 8)

A shortlist of the most successful entries will also be featured at stereohype.com crediting the artists and designers. See last year's shortlist here.

We will give winning artworks away as a free surprise badge with purchased Stereohype
T-shirts or sell them separately via stereohype.com and our growing list of selected stockists. Your badge design(s) might also be reprinted for promotional purposes featuring photos of your badge. Designers, artists and illustrators will – wherever possible – be appropriately credited.

Please email one to (A MAXIMUM OF) three different badge designs per participant to submit@stereohype.com. Although we love ‘sets of three’ – please bear in mind, that we are aiming to give quite a lot of them away one at a time (although sets will be made available in a special packaging). Please refer to the instructions, file specifications and links to the .psd templates on page 4 of the artwork guide. StereohypeArtworkGuide11.pdf

We can't wait to see your design(s)! GOOD LUCK! 8)


Stereohype will offer winners the following prizes within each of the two categories ('single badge designs' and 'sets of three'):
 
1st prize (applies to both categories: ‘single badge’ and ‘set of three’)
*** your personal mini profile/bio (with URL to your website) on stereohype.com with short descriptive text about your artwork(s)
*** a total of ten free 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of fifteen for ‘sets of three’ (for example: five ‘sets of three’ or fifteen individual designs] with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** two free T-shirt of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one free Rainbow in your hand flipbook
*** one Badge/Button/Pin book by Gavin Lucas
*** one free signed FL@33 design&designer book
*** one free Postcard book by FL@33
*** one free Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2011!

2nd prize (applies to both categories: ‘single badge’ and ‘set of three’)
*** your personal mini profile/bio (with URL to your website) on stereohype.com with short descriptive text about your artwork(s)
*** a total of ten free 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of fifteen for ‘sets of three’ (for example: five ‘sets of three’ or fifteen individual designs] with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one free one free Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one free Rainbow in your hand flipbook
*** one free Postcard book by FL@33
*** one free Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2011!

3rd prize (applies to both categories: ‘single badge’ and ‘set of three’)
*** your personal mini profile/bio (with URL to your website) on stereohype.com with short descriptive text about your artwork(s)
*** a total of ten free 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of fifteen for ‘sets of three’ (for example: five ‘sets of three’ or fifteen individual designs] with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one free one free Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one free Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2011!

4th prize (applies to both categories: ‘single badge’ and ‘set of three’)
*** your personal mini profile/bio (with URL to your website) on stereohype.com with short descriptive text about your artwork(s)
*** a total of ten free 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of fifteen for ‘sets of three’ (for example: five ‘sets of three’ or fifteen individual designs] with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one free Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one free Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2011!

Special Stereohype Prize
(applies to both categories: ‘single badge’ and ‘set of three’)
*** your personal mini profile/bio (with URL to your website) on stereohype.com with short descriptive text about your artwork(s)
*** a total of ten free 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of fifteen for ‘sets of three’ (for example: five ‘sets of three’ or fifteen individual designs] with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one free Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2011!