Table of Contents

Foreword by Tim Marlow
Introduction by Eleanor Watson and James Bird
1. Performance
2. Identity
3. Crowds
4. Spectacle
5. Play

Promotional Information

This catalogue - the first of its kind - will explore the design story behind football, unpicking how design has been used to push the game to its technical and emotional limits. "FOOTBALL - Designing the Beautiful Game" will provide a rare insight into the people and processes that have made football what it is today.

About the Author

James Bird is Creative Lead and Associate Editor at MUNDIAL.
Eleanor Watson is Curator at the Design Museum.
Matthew Barrett is a co-founder of Goal Click.
Roxanne Bottomley is studying for a PhD at the Royal College of Art.
Nathan Buckle is a referee for the Essex Sunday Corinthian Football League.
Peter Carney is the organiser of Terrace Tapestries, a football banner-making project.
Gareth Christie is the owner of FlickForKicks.
Reuben Dangoor is a London-based illustrator.
Sam Handy is Creative Director for adidas Running.
Jacques Herzog is a founding partner of Herzog & de Meuron.
Iqra Ismail is Director of Women's Football at Hilltop Women's Football Club.
Miles Jacobson is Studio Director at Sports Interactive.
Russell Jones is General Manager for Marketing and Commercial Growth at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Trisha Lewis is the founder and manager of Romance FC.
Jacqui McAssey is Senior Lecturer in Fashion Communication at Liverpool John Moores University.
Justin McGuirk is Chief Curator at the Design Museum.
Camila Rojas is a Boca Juniors fan from Buenos Aires.
Martino Simcek Arese is Fan Culture Editor at COPA90.
Statman Dave is a football analyst and tactician.
Thomas Turner is a historian and author of The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion.
Martin Tyler is a football commentator for Sky Sports.
Floor Wesseling is an Amsterdam-based graphic designer.
Percy M. Young was a musicologist and author of A History of English Football (1968).

Reviews

Sets a gentle reminder that the game of football can be so simple, despite the complex rollercoaster it takes to reach perfection.--Anita Abayomi "It's Nice That"