Colourful football jerseys to raise money for LGBT+ charities
Homophobia is still rife in football culture – so creatives from across the world have come together to design six, rainbow-inspired shirts for the World Cup, which will be sold
The history of World Cup designs: from French mascots to garish kits
As football fever continues to sweep the globe, we ask designers to tell us about their favourite ever World Cup designs, from branding and posters to kits and promotional videos.
Playr: a smart vest that tracks footballers’ performance on the pitch
Design studio Layer has designed a connected vest, pod and app which work together to track distance, acceleration, heart rate and more, to help amateurs and professionals improve their game.
Designing the TV graphics and animations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Production company Noah Media Group is behind the opening titles, animations and on-screen graphics for this year’s World Cup – we speak to art director Kim Teddy about how traditional
Typographic posters for each team playing in the World Cup
London-based consultancy LoveGunn has created a series of type-based posters inspired by 20th century Russian Futurism and Constructivism for this year’s World Cup.
Could a cleverly-calculated algorithm predict the World Cup winner?
The WC2018 predictor lives as a website and Instagram feed, displaying a number up to 100 for each country that indicates how well it’s likely to perform in the tournament.
A Soviet-inspired set of World Cup 2018 wall charts
Studio Blackburn is attempting to combat the “garish and unattractive” charts used to track match results of football tournaments with its Russian-influenced set of three posters.
Illustrations celebrating "weird and hilarious" moments from previous World Cups
Weird World Cup is a project that sees 20 illustrators create humorous artworks, which will be sold online to raise money for education charity Football Beyond Borders.
Russia 2018 World Cup identity references Sputnik and Russian icon art
The identity for the 2018 World Cup in Russia has been unveiled – a logo that references the Sputnik spacecraft and Russian icon art techniques.