8th annual Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2012)
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THE COMPETITION 2012 IS NOW CLOSED!
Thank you very much for your submissions!

See winners and runners-up 2012

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The Judging Panel 2012:

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 4' and single entries), 3 points for their absolute favourite. The designs with the highest score will win.

Former competition winners:
Aliz Borsa (winner 2011) typolka.tumblr.com
Eleftheria Alexandri (winner 2011) ilikeyellow.com
Gergo Gilicze (winner 2010), gilicze.tumblr.com
Jacqueline Mertz (winner 2011) jacquelinemertz.ch
Jeff Conway (winner 2011) pushingnormal.com
Jennie Talbot (winner 2011) jennietalbot.blogspot.co.uk
Julien Decaudin (winner 2011), juliendecaudin.com
Mauro Caramella (winner 2005), designaside.com
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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 (BIO1–11), bzzzpeek.com, flat33.com, 3d-type.com
Angharad Lewis, writer and editor
Angus Montgomery, Design Week, designweek.co.uk
Andy Smith (BIO5), asmithillustration.com
Carole Guevin, Featured by .cg (BIO6), caroleguevin.com
Catherine Dixon (BIO10)
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
John O’Reilly, Varoom!, varoom-mag.com
Liz Farrelly, Étapes International, en.etapes.com
Nathan Gale (BIO2), intercitystudio.com, artandsoleblog.com
Richard Kirk (BIO2 and 5)
Robert Urquhart, roberturquhart.blogspot.com
Tomi Vollauschek, FL@33 (BIO1–11), bzzzpeek.com, flat33.com, 3d-type.com
unfolded (team) (BIO10), unfolded.ch
Yee Ting Kuit, (BIO11), yeellustration.co.uk




8th annual Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2012)

The deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is Friday, 29 June 2012 EXTENDED DEADLINE: Friday, 13 July 2012.

(Teaser pictures: pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5, pic6, pic7)

NO ENTRY FEE!

Following the huge success of our first seven design competitions we are now pleased to announce the 8th 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. There will be an auto-reply however that is only being sent when your submission actually arrives in our submission inbox. You will be notified during and after judging period (shortly after the deadline). Thank you!

Please download:
StereohypeArtworkGuide12.pdf
Photoshop templates for both colour or black and white artworks:
colour (cmyk, 300dpi): YourFullName_number_300dpi.psd
black and white (900dpi): YourFullName_number_900dpi.psd
(Please note: in Chrome browsers you might have to right-mouse-click/ctrl+click and 'save link as')

Please ensure that your submission(s) include ALL necessary hi-res PSD file(s)
AND your short biography. Please do refer to the 'StereohypeArtworkGuide12.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 678 existing designs that are already included in our collection and avoid nipple designs, button buttons 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) four different badge designs per participant to submit@stereohype.com. Although we love ‘sets of four ’ – 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. StereohypeArtworkGuide12.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 four'):
 
1st prize (applies to both categories: 'single badge' and 'set of four')
*** 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 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of twenty for 'sets of four' (for example: five 'sets of four' or twenty individual designs) with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** three T-shirts of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one Rainbow in your hand flipbook
*** one Badge/Button/Pin book by Gavin Lucas
*** one design&designer book of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one signed FL@33 design&designer book
*** one Postcard book by FL@33
*** one Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2012!

2nd prize (applies to both categories: 'single badge' and 'set of four')
*** 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 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of twenty for 'sets of four' (for example: five 'sets of four' or twenty individual designs) with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one T-shirt of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one Rainbow in your hand flipbook
*** one signed FL@33 design&designer book
*** one Postcard book by FL@33
*** one Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2012!

3rd prize (applies to both categories: 'single badge' and 'set of four')
*** 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 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of twenty for 'sets of four' (for example: five 'sets of four' or twenty individual designs) with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one T-shirt of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2012!

4th prize / 5th prize (applies to both categories: 'single badge' and 'set of four')
*** 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 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of twenty for 'sets of four' (for example: five 'sets of four' or twenty individual designs) with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one T-shirt of your choice (subject to availability)
*** one Un Sedicesimo: Daniel Eatock
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2012!

Special Stereohype Prize
(applies to both categories: 'single badge' and 'set of four')
*** 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 1" badges per person for single entries OR a total of twenty for 'sets of four' (for example: five 'sets of four' or twenty individual designs) with either your own design(s) or your selection of badges by other designers
*** one Stereohype 'Orange Squirrel' T-shirt OR Stereohype '300%' T-shirt
*** one T-shirt of your choice (subject to availability)
*** 20% off all orders over £20 placed before 31 December 2012!