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World Cup Design: back of the net for these wonderful passion projects to celebrate football

The World Cup gives the creative industries a great opportunity to take some time away from client work and focus on that passion project. With the tournament in full swing, we thought we'd take a look at some of the best out there. Feel free to tweet us at @creativeboommag or tag us via Instagram if you think we should add a project.

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Credit: Mark Johnson

Credit: Mark Johnson

Sweet Left Foot

Capturing the magical – and often outrageous – moments from the 2018 World Cup, Sweet Left Foot is a project by creative design studio, Fiasco Design. Moments so far include: That Nigeria Kit, Robbie Williams flipping the bird, VAR and that free-kick from Ronaldo.

England players in white shirts huddle together with a player in red Portugal kit numbered 7 approaching from the side, illustrated in a stylised artistic style

Discover more: sweetleftfoot.net

The Mifa Project

The 2018 Panini FIFA World Cup sticker book was released in April, a month before the final squads were announced. This left some unfortunate footballers out of the book.

Dave Will created the MIFA (Missing in Footy Album) Project to ensure no player is missed out. He invited over 200 artists from around the world to illustrate them instead. And there have been some fantastic contributions.

Illustrated trading card of footballer Ederson Moraes in yellow Brazil CBF kit, created for the MIFA Project by Fiasco Design
Colourful pop art style illustration of footballer Nabil Fekir with red and blue tones, surrounded by yellow and black geometric shapes on a MIFA trading card design

Discover more: davewilldesign.com

Stanley Chow - We Love The World Cup Exhibition

Stan has illustrated a selection of iconic footballers wearing his favourite football kits featured in World Cups from past to present. The exhibition runs until the end of June at Boxpark Shoreditch.

Stylised illustration of Ronaldo in Portugal's number 7 red kit against a mustard background, credited to Stanley Chow with WC2010 badge
Illustration of footballer Valderrama with voluminous golden hair and distinctive moustache, wearing Colombia's 1990 World Cup kit in yellow and blue with number 10
Stylised illustration of Sócrates in Brazilian yellow jersey with number 8, featuring black hair and beard, against blue background with WC1982 label

Discover more: boxpark.co.uk

Weird World Cup

We confess we've already featured Weird World Cup by friends and designers Gordon Reid and Callum Stephenson.

They have commissioned 20 of their favourite artists and designers (Yarza Twins, Velvet Spectrum, Brand Nu, Hey Studio, Craig Oldham, Leta and Wade) to celebrate their favourite weird or hilarious moment from previous World Cups. Printed onto beer mats and "exhibited" in pubs around London during the World Cup, they're also available for sale with proceeds going to Football Beyond Borders.

Illustration of a footballer with a burgundy head and spotted face, framed within a stadium window design by Fiasco Design for the Sweet Left Foot project
Colourful illustration of overlapping megaphones in red, yellow, green, blue and white arranged in a circular pattern on a black background within a white-bordered square
Footballer kicking a ball with Italian flag-coloured geometric shapes on a white rounded square against a red background

Discover more: weirdworldcup.com

Famous shirts of World Cups

Designer Mark Johnson's series of prints incorporate famous shirts and typographic numbers, celebrating classic players of previous World Cups. Can you spot who's who?

Abstract geometric illustration of a footballer in red and white kit with navy and gold accents, framed in black
Framed artwork with yellow background features an abstract composition in green, white and navy blue depicting a stylised footballer and ball by Fiasco Design for Sweet Left Foot project

Discover more: art-of-football.com

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