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FIFA World Cup: Beautiful Game, Beautiful Design

The biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup, kicks off today with hosts Russia squaring off against Saudi Arabia. As recently as the 2014 World Cup, I was blissfully ignorant of the football world (or “soccer” for people who measure things by inches). But in 2015, my son fell in love with the sport and I quickly followed suit. Fast forward to today and I’m a diehard Borussia Dortmund supporter, a travel soccer coach, and a very weak pickup footballer.

The beautiful game inspires beautiful design and I’ve been enjoying some breathtaking shot series that football fans have shared ahead of the tournament.

Trey Ingram (from Jacksonville, Florida) and Christian Dunn (from Jacksonville, Alabama) began their series of shots back in February. Every week, they each shared an original take on the crest of the teams competing in the opening sixteen matches.

Here are some of our favorites from Trey (be sure to check out his Soccer Crests project for more)…

  1. Les Bleus badge bird crest football france icon illustration logo rooster soccer world cup
  2. Argentina argentina badge cowboy crest cup football gaucho illustration logo soccer world
  3. Germany badge crest cup eagle football germany illustration logo soccer sports world
  4. Peru badge crest cup illustration inca peru shield soccer warrior world
  5. Switzerland badge crest cup ibex illustration logo soccer swiss switzerland world
  6. Sweden badge crest cup football logo moose soccer sweden world
  7. Poland badge crest cup eagle football illustration logo poland shield soccer world
  8. Belgium badge belgium crest cup devil football illustration logo soccer world
  9. Saudi Arabia arabia badge crest cup falcon football illustration logo saudi soccer swords world

Christian’s series of crests are similarly stunning…

  1. Russia 2018 badge badge design football russia soccer world cup
  2. Denmark 2018 badge badge design danish dynamite soccer wold cup denmark fifa football illustration
  3. England 2018 badge badge design england fifa football illustration soccer the three lions world cup
  4. Morocco 2018 badge badge design football illustration lion morocco soccer world cup
  5. Panama 2018 badge badge design fifa football illustration panama soccer the red tide wold cup
  6. Australia 2018 australia badge badge design fifa football illustration soccer socceroos wold cup
  7. Senegal 2018 badge badge design fifa football illustration senegal soccer the three lions of teranga world cup
  8. South Korea 2018 badge badge design fifa football illustration pattern soccer south korea the red devils wold cup
  9. Croatia 2018 badge badge design croatia fifa football illustration soccer the blazers wold cup

Studio–JQ (from Bath, UK) have also been producing a series of retro kit, poster, and cup designs for all World Cup participants. Here’s the complete set for Brazil and Spain…

  1. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Kits | Brazil brazil football footballkit kit layout neymar posters soccer worldcup worldcup2018
  2. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Posters | Brazil brazil football layout messi poster posters print soccer worldcup worldcup2018
  3. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Cups | 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇷 brazil football footballkit kit layout packaging posters soccer worldcup worldcup2018
  4. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Kits | Spain de gea football footballkit kit layout posters soccer spain worldcup worldcup2018
  5. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Posters | Spain de gea football layout poster posters print soccer spain worldcup worldcup2018

Here are a few more of the kits from the project because… well, my goodness, look at them

  1. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Kits | Nigeria football footballkit kit layout nigeria posters soccer worldcup worldcup2018
  2. 2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Kits | Japan 🇯🇵 football japan layout poster posters print soccer worldcup worldcup2018

Dhruv Parnami (of Jaipur, India) created an avatar for each team captain—from the world famous to the lesser-known. Here is a sample…

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal avatar cr7 cristiano ronaldo fifa world cup ronaldo sketch app vector
  2. Aron Gunnarsson - Iceland art avatar dribbble fifa footballer iceland sketch app worldcup 2018
  3. # Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica adidas football avatar captain costa rica design fifa world cup 2018 football vector

Finally, bonus points have to go to Andrés Francken (from Toronto, Ontario). Not only did he produce a mini poster for each country—he also wrote an preview about each team at his Medium account (along with match predictions).

Here are some of Andrés’ posters…

  1. World Cup 2018 // Mexico 2018 chicarito football guillermo ochoa illustration javier hernandez mexico poster russia soccer sports world cup

I hope your favorite country has a successful tournament (especially if your favorite country is Poland or Germany!). ⚽️

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