FIFA through the ages

June 23, 2008 at 11:28 am · Filed under Design

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:




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  • http://hareega.blogspot.com Hareega

    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.

  • http://www.jordanwatch.net Batir Wardam

    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.

  • http://jasims.net Jasim

    I second Batir, the 2006′s is the best. 2010 bi5zi!

  • http://nekrirf.com sabeur

    I think the Mexico logo’s are best … just look at the font

  • http://travellerwithin.blogspot.com Mo-ha-med

    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… :)