FIFA through the ages
Since the Euro Cup is not the freshest subject right now, lets take a minute to commemorate the various designs of the FIFA World Cup instead.
One of the reasons I came to love design so much is because it manages to sort of portray a decade. The colors, the styles, the technologies, and the copy used in logos, advertisements, posters, etc. are all relevant to the pop-culture of the days they represent. It really is indeed very fascinating.
When it comes to soccer, I do enjoy watching the games, but I am not a sports fan in the sense that I would totally root for a team because their team logo is gorgeous.
The cross between design, pop culture, and sports is brilliant. Here are the various logos of the Fifa world cups:
Fifa World Cup logos
1930, Uruguay:
1934, Italy:
1938, France:
1950, Brasil:
1954, Switzerland:
1958, Sweden:
1962, Chile:
1966, England:
1970, Mexico:
1974, West Germany:
1978, Argentina:
1982, Spain:
1986, Mexico:
1990, Italy:
1994, USA:
1998, France:
2002, Korea-Japan:
2006, Germany:
2010, South Africa:
Hareega
June 23, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
The 1990 logo is retarded, however their mascot made history because it was the first time that the football ball was part of the mascot itself (the head) instead of a man shooting the ball.
Batir Wardam
June 23, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
The best design is for 2006 as it is the only one with the elements of “people, fun and diversity”.
I like your confession of rooting for a team due to the logo. Much better than cheering for boring Italy because of sexy Toni.
Jasim
June 24, 2008 @ 10:18 am
I second Batir, the 2006’s is the best. 2010 bi5zi!
sabeur
June 24, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
I think the Mexico logo’s are best … just look at the font
Mo-ha-med
July 2, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
The 1938 France has always been my favourite! The 2006 was, hmm, cute but not up to the event. I mean, it’s the football world cup — the closest thing we civilised people have to WAR!! HAR HAR HAR.
(Yes, too many espressos this morning… :)