Cannes Lions Winners 2018
Want to catch up with the big winners at this year’s Cannes Lions festival? You’ve come to the right place
Creating ITV’s ‘Cathedral of Football’ World Cup studio
Viewers tuning in to see ITV’s coverage of the World Cup opening game were met with a stunning, ornate set. We talk to Executive Producer Paul McNamara about how it was designed
How I Got Here: Alex Prager
As a major new exhibition looking back at ten years of her work opens at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, we talk to US artist Alex Prager about teaching herself photography and the complex stories that lie beneath her images
Another great identity for Edinburgh Book Festival
Tangent Graphic’s branding combines oblique patterns with images of everyday objects – and is the latest in a series of lovely identity systems created for the event…
A World Cup history in posters
Every World Cup comes with an official poster, offering a history of both football and graphic design through the decades. Here, Ned Read, editor and founder of football mag Pickles, analyses the posters for CR
Adidas World Cup boots: a history
The history of Adidas football boot design, from 1958 to 2014, reveals a relentless march toward complexity
Reimagining the art of the beautiful game
As art and football mag OOF releases its second issue to coincide with the World Cup, co-founder Justin Hammond talks about the relationship between the two disciplines and why he won’t be featuring another illustration of Eric Cantona anytime soon
Got, got, got, need… Panini’s Mexico 86 World Cup sticker album
World Cup special: Al Mitchell, executive creative director of The Potting Shed design agency, recalls how Panini’s sticker album for Mexico 86 opened his eyes to graphic design
Bonkers World Cup moments captured on beer mats
Weird World Cup celebrates some of the stranger moments of tournaments gone by with beer mats illustrated by designers including Craig Oldham, Sarah Boris and Studio Hey
Champions League unveils new look by DesignStudio
The refreshed identity is part of a collaborative effort with UEFA’s marketing partner TEAM Marketing AG, and sees an illuminated version of the competition’s starball logo
World Cup Match Balls: a History
Adidas has supplied official match balls for the world cup finals since 1970. Here we trace their design evolution from Telstar to Brazuca back to Telstar 18
So you want to design a World Cup kit?
You might think designing a World Cup football kit was relatively straightforward. FIFA’s 92-page Equipment Regulations, published at the time of the 2014 event suggest otherwise.
