Le designer Nick Barclay, basé en Australie, a fait une série de posters prints des plus beaux moments de la Coupe du Monde de Football. Très graphiques et minimalistes, les posters ré-interprètent les drapeaux des pays qui ont gagné la Coupe et les joueurs qui ont marqué les buts les plus mémorables.
Afin de faire la promotion des maillots des sélections de la Coupe du Monde de Football 2014, Nike Football dévoile une nouvelle campagne « Risk Everything », nous proposant de découvrir Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo & Wayne Rooney se préparant pour une expérience unique. Un spot réalisé par l’anglais Jonathan Glazer.
Not long ago, Nike invited us to Barcelona, Spain for the unveiling of their latest shoes, which are yet another step forward in the revolutionizing of football boots. The ); return…
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Sports brand Adidas has created the world’s first football boot to have an upper knitted entirely from yarn (+ slideshow).
Adidas‘ limited-edition Samba Primeknit boot is said to offer the same levels of strength and stability as conventional boots, while using fewer materials and weighing less.
Using yarn means that the shoe doesn’t produce any waste material, making the Primeknit the company’s most sustainable football boot according to a press statement.
Football boots are traditionally made by stitching and laminating pieces together. However in this case, a single piece of yarn is knitted and attached to the sole of the shoe. By using just one textile layer, the upper material is reduced to a minimum – meaning the boot weighs just 165 grams.
“By producing the world’s first knitted football boot we have provided a brand new solution to the search for higher levels of comfort and flexibility,” said Markus Baumann, senior vice-president for global football at Adidas.
Developed over the course of two years, each piece of yarn is coated in a water-resistant polymer to ensure the boot doesn’t become waterlogged when wet.
Designers also created specific zones on the fabric to increase flexibility or stability depending on which part of the boot the yarn is located.
Although the technology has already been used in Adidas’ range of running shoes, plus Nike’s Flyknit footwear launched two years ago, the increased demands on the upper that playing football brings meant that further development of the material was required before it could be used for the sport.
“Primeknit is a technology that is right at the heart of Adidas innovation and we’re excited about introducing this development into football,” Baumann continued.
The colour – a mix of blue, orange, pink and lime green – is a reflection of the colour schemes currently used in Adidas’ Samba range, released ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup taking place in Brazil this summer.
The boot will be available from 17 March, with only 150 pairs due to go on sale.
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Le quotidien sportif L’Equipe a imaginé ce projet dédié au handisport Hors Normes. Parmi les actions, voici cette vidéo appelée Les Ombres réalisée avec l’agence DDB, et tournée avec des joueurs du club de cecifoot de Saint-Mandé. Il montre la concentration des joueurs et leurs capacités à se mouvoir et jouer sans voir.
Alors que le Superbowl a sacré les Seahawks de Seattle, l’artiste mexicain John Raya s’est amusé à transposer l’univers de la saga « Star Wars » à celui de la National Football League. Le résultat offre des casques et écussons des plus réussis, rendant hommage à l’univers des films de Georges Lucas.
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News: Spanish architect Luis de Garrido has designed a conceptual mansion that looks like a football for Argentine footballer Lionel Messi (+ slideshow).
The One-Zero Eco-House designed by Luis de Garrido features a two-storey property shaped like a football. It is proposed for the Llavaneres Sant Andreu municipality – 36 kilometres north of Barcelona, Spain – and intends to reflect the interests and lifestyle requirements of FC Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi.
From above, the building looks like a football with a hexagonal-shaped centre and six walls angled outwards from each point.
The property would be entered via a block at the edge of a rectangular plot and a path crosses a lawn leading up to the main house. A large pool surrounds the rear half of the building.
De Garrido’s renderings show how wooden decking would surround all sides of the property on the ground and first floors. Most of the roof would be covered in turf and a glass roof would cover the rear of the mansion.
The design forms part of the 33 BIP VIP (33 Architectural Birthday Presents for Very Important People) architectural research project to design conceptual eco-houses for 33 celebrities including Angelina Jolie, Barack Obama, Beyonce, Brad Pitt, James Cameron, Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Hawkins.
“The homes are designed specifically for each person and are completely personalised according to the information we have obtained from their life and career,” explained the designers.
The project is led by Luis de Garrido and managed by research centres National Association for Sustainable Architecture (ANAS) and the International Federation for Sustainable Architecture (IFSA).
“These advanced homes should be able to be real, and therefore must be designed to fully meet the needs of each of the persons elected,” explained the designers. “At the same time [they] should serve as a reference for future generations, for different manifestations of a new paradigm in architecture, perfectly integrated into the natural ecosystem.”
Luis de Garrido, known for his work in sustainability, has also designed conceptual celebrity mansions including an eye-shaped property with a central done for supermodel Naomi Campbell. He is a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and director of the Master in Sustainable Architecture in Spain.
Earlier today we also published a story on a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line.
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Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line.
What Agent claims would be the world’s first see-through football would employ sensors that detect kick force and travel speed, plus provide GPS information to track the exact position of the ball.
Electronic components embedded in its centre would communicate information gathered from the sensors to control stations in the stadium.
As the ball would be locatable relative to the pitch, lights in its core could be programmed to change colour if it goes out of bounds or into the goal.
A stabilised on-board camera could relay a ball’s eye view to the screens around the stadium.
The ball is designed in a flexible plastic, which would allow it to bounce in the same way as a standard design. “The flexibility provided by the materials emulates the bounce of an inflated pneumatic soccer ball, but offers the advantage of not losing air,” said the designers.
An internal web would provide the structure and a transparent spherical shell full of holes would form the kicking surface. This composition means the ball wouldn’t rely on air or need re-inflating after use.
We’ve also featured Nike’s ultra-light football boot featuring components made from beans and recycled plastic and news that a stadium in Brazil is to be equipped with a solar-powered roof for next year’s FIFA World Cup.
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by Madison Kahn Howler is a new quarterly magazine aimed at the American soccer fan, entertaining both die-hards and newbies alike. Founders Mark Kirby and George Quraishi launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2012 that raised $69,000…
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News: English football club Everton FC has promised to consult fans on a new version of its crest after the latest redesign prompted a furious backlash.
Over 23,000 supporters have signed an online petition calling for the recently unveiled badge to be scrapped, slamming it as “amateurish” and “embarrassing”.
Responding to the outcry on the Everton FC website, the club apologised and said: “We regret we didn’t ask every Evertonian about something that matters so much to every one of you.”
CEO Robert Elstone explained that it was too late to remove the badge from next season’s kits, but added that fans would be consulted on a redesign.
“We are turning to you to help us shape and refine the badge we’ll adopt in the future. Evertonians from all sections of the fan base will be pulled together in a fully transparent way,” he said.
The badge was designed in response to club officials’ request for a simpler crest that could be “reproduced more effectively in the digital and retail arenas”.
Designed by the club’s in-house graphics team, it depicts a more accurate version of the Everton landmark St Rupert’s Tower, as well as the club’s name and the year of its formation, 1878.
However, the badge omits Everton’s traditional laurel wreaths and the club’s Latin motto “nil satis nisi optimum”, which means “nothing but the best is good enough”.
Despite the angry reaction, the club said it remained committed to modernising the logo: “Effective logos are simple and streamlined. Simplicity achieves stand-out recognition. This was our starting point for our new crest.”
We previously reported on Nike’s redesigned away kit for France’s national football team, based on the Breton stripe, and a warehouse in Portugal converted into an indoor football ground – see all football design.
Other redesigned logos we’ve featured lately include a new identity for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and a revamped livery for American Airlines – see all logos.
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