World Cup 2014: Hey Studio and Studio DBD produce ace book of World Cup characters

Date
10 June 2014

The World Cup inspired projects are coming thick and fast now but few have breached our offside trap more comprehensively than this. It’s a collaboration between designer Dave Sedgwick (Studio DBD) and the Bacelona’s Hey Studio, whose excellent Every Hey Instagram feed has embraced World Cup mania for the purposes of this new book.

Gol! features illustrations of players from each of the 32 nations competing in Brazil and brings Hey’s pared-back, super colourful illustrative style to the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Messi and, um, Maynor Figueroa.

Dave said: “The Every Hey characters lend themselves brilliantly to footballers from around the world so I knew they’d be right for the project. A few Skype calls, emails and a meeting in Barcelona and we all agreed the direction we would like to take the collaboration in.”

The book will be on sale at Manchester’s TwentyTwentyTwo space which will also host an exhibition of Hey Studio’s work from 12 June to 5 July; you can also buy it via the online shop here.

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Hey Studio: Messi for Gol! with Studio DBD

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Hey Studio: Neymar for Gol! with Studio DBD

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Hey Studio: Modric for Gol! with Studio DBD

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Hey Studio: Iniesta for Gol! with Studio DBD

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Hey Studio: Ronaldo for Gol! with Studio DBD

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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Studio DBD/Hey Studio: Gol!

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