The Football Shirts Book
The Football Shirts Book is a publication that presents a collection of football shirts from the 1970s, 1980s and contemporary shirts. The shirts included are the result of a selection based on Neal Heard's 2017 publication of the same name, articles and material found online, and my own subjective assessment of the shirts from an aesthetic and historical perspective.
The book aims to introduce the reader to the aesthetics prevalent in football, and to illustrate the visual richness of the sport. Modernist influences are evident in the shirts presented, which, combined with the colours of the football teams, create original and expressive compositions.
I analysed the patterns, colour combinations and typography found on football shirts. Inspired by the work of football jersey designers, I created new compositions for this book.
Chapters:
The football shirts are presented in 3 chapters. Classic Shirts, which features shirt designs that are considered classic. These kits date from the 1970s and 1980s. The Beauty in Design, which features shirts from the golden age of football shirt design in the 1990s. Modern Shirts, which features designs from recent years. These are reminiscent of the shirts of the 1990s.
Typography in Football – when analysing football shirt design, my attention is also drawn to the typography, which I analyse and show in each of the above sections.
The Football Shirts Book
Texts used in this publication are from the book The Football Shirts Book written by Neal Heard.
The project was created for educational purposes as part of a practical master's thesis at the Faculty of Graphics and Visual Communication at the University of Arts im. Magdaleny Abakanowicz in Poznań.
Editorial Design Studio UAP
Promoter: prof. Krzysztof Molenda
Assistant: mgr Piotr Marzol
Typefaces
Gazzetta (TipoType)
Gazzetta (TipoType)
Neue Haas Grotesk (Monotype)
Mozaic HUM (TipoType)
