Case study: FIFA
The beautiful game
Context
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is a non-profit organisation that is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. Founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among nations, its membership now comprises 211 national associations.
I worked on the FIFA account over a seven year period. This included working on two men’s World Cups (Korea/Japan and Germany), two women’s World Cups (USA and China), and numerous other events and initiatives across FIFA’s corporate communications spectrum.
Creating a world class brand for FIFA was a huge team effort, an honour, and a privilege ~ very few designers ever get the opportunity to work on what we worked on, despite (and sometimes in spite) of the negative press constantly encountered working with this client. This is the stuff dreams are made of.
Challenges
→ Modernise and simplify the corporate identity
→ Design and produce three high-specification coffee table books for FIFA’s purpose, FIFA’s identity and the 2002 World Cup
→ Create the event emblem, mascots and branding for the 2002 World Cup
→ Create the event emblem and branding for the 2006 World Cup
→ Create event emblems for the 2003 & 2007 Women’s World Cup
→ Provide on-going creative solutions across all other events and corporate communications
FIFA brand






2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™



2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™





Credits
Agency: Interbrand / Whitestone
Interbrand team: André Alleyne, Caroline Bish, Tye Bramley, Dave Brown, Martin Collins, Fay Daly, Ged Equi, Brian Francis, Andy Helme, Andy Kendle, Martina Land, Jon Lee, Chris Lightfoot, Richie Martin, Peter McCabe, Scott McGuffie, Andy Milligan, Phil Octave, Lucy Rickett, Matt Ruffle, John Simmonds, Anne Wehebrink
Whitestone team: Dave Brown, Jon Lee, Chris Lightfoot, Peter McCabe
Collaborators: Steve Baker, CHK Design, Julia Gürker, Passion Pictures
My role: Creative midfielder
Peter McCabe
Design & creative direction