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Artist Christian Jeffrey Creates Stunning Custom England Shirt Design

Turning his incredible artistic talents to the national team, artist and designer Christian Jeffrey has created an incredible custom England shirt design, combining Sir Geoff Hurst’s 1966 World Cup jersey and a knight’s armour.

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PSG Partner With Penninghen For Bespoke UCL Match Posters

PSG have joined forces with Penninghen, the international school of interior architecture, communication, and art direction, for a series of matchday posters that will be used across the league phase of this season’s Champions League.

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Mats Drawing Produces Bespoke Painting Charting Messi's Career

Once again focusing his incredible talents on Lionel Messi, artist Mats Drawing has produced a stunning artwork that charts the Argentinian’s career in a truly bespoke fashion.

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A Store Like 94 Curates 'R9 - The Real Ronaldo' Exhibition

Paying homage to El Fenomeno, A Store Like 94 has rounded up 30 of the most talented emerging artists out there for ‘The Real Ronaldo’, a virtual exhibition and gift store that celebrates 30 years since R9 burst onto the football scene in 1993 with Cruzeiro.

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Futbolitis & (re)boot Present Tiempo Extra At Art Basel Miami

Buenos Aires-based gallery Futbolitis has teamed up with upcycling brand (re)boot and creative agency Sid Lee for Tiempo Extra – an exhibition taking place during Art Basel Miami.

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Artist Mats Drawing Creates Messi x Maradona Framed Shirt Combo

Celebrating the parallels between the World Cup wins by Argentinians Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, artist Mats Drawing has produced a stunning work that places iconic images of the two athletes on the jerseys that their respective team wore at the time.

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Artist Mats Drawing Creates 'Legends' Customised AC Milan Shirt

Taking an existing shirt design and instantly elevating it to outstanding status, artist Mats Drawing has customised the AC Milan 21/22 fourth shirt from last season, using the white panelled sections to pay homage to club legends.

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Mitre & AOF Collaborate In Support Of Football Beyond Borders

The Mitre Ultimax will hold a special place in any nostalgic football fan’s heart. Now, Mitre have partnered with Art of Football to deliver a series of unique and limited edition bespoke balls. Each one is carefully hand crafted in a unique design by the team at AoF to tell a story of the evolution of football, and they will be donated to Football Beyond Borders' charity auction this June.

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Fly Nowhere Imagine Football In A Dystopian Future For Manifesta 13

Ever wondered what the future of football might look like? Well it just so happens that the creative minds at Fly Nowhere have done just that, imagining what football could be in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world, and it’s being displayed at the 13th edition of the contemporary art biennial Manifesta.

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Jorge Campos's World Cup '94 Shirt Recreated As 3D Work Of Art

Possibly one of the wildest shirt designs ever seen on-pitch, Jorge Campos’s goalkeeper attire from the 1994 World Cup lives long in the memory. Arguably a work of art in its own right, it has now become the focus of designer Mark Johnson, as he recreates it as a piece fit for any gallery.

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Calcetto Eleganza Unveil The Products Of Their Online Workshop

Creative collective Calcetto Eleganza recently hosted a “Recycling a football jersey” workshop, curated and supervised by their very own Alberto Panocchi, and the Milan-based outfit have now unveiled the fruits of that very digital tutorial.

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Calcetto Eleganza Host Online Jersey Workshop

Harnessing their creative talents and putting them to good use during this period of lockdown, Milan outfit Calcetto Elegnaza are set to host an online jersey workshop, recycling and revamping football jerseys to offer something completely unique.

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Concept Designer Produces adidas Predator 20.1 "Mania Lunar"

With an obvious cut down on the amount of new boots currently being released, we’ve been turning our attention more to the world of concept designers, seeing what pearls these creatives can produce. And the latest one to catch our eye is the adidas Predator 20.1 painted up to look like the Mania Lunar by designer Chris Pottle.

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Lumo723 Offer Up A Predator 20+ 'Yeezy Boost 700 MNVN'

The Berlin boys at Lumo723 have been at it again, this time turning their attention to the Three Stripes, offering up a concept design that merges the adidas Predator 20+ with the Yeezy Boost 700 MNVN sneaker in both “Triple Black” and “Orange” colourways.

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Our Top 10 Concept Boot Designs By Lumo723

How many boot releases is too many? Brands are dropping series, colourways and limited edition boots more frequently than ever before, with nothing seemingly out of bounds and graphic designers have pounced on that freedom of expression to get creative, none less so than Berlin based Lumo723.

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Kenedy Wears Custom Kobe Bryant Tribute Boots

When it comes to custom football boots there isn't many better than French artist Silni. Better known as @silni.art the Nice based creative has one of the most impressive back-catalogue of hand painted football boots in the game and his latest project is quite possibly his best work yet.

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