A 3D render of a football pitch and goal, drawn in green lines against a bright yellow background. A dotted line arcs across the field, tracing the path of a ball into the net.

Rick Hincks' minimalist posters celebrate the World Cup's best goals

Words: Rob Alderson
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Date: 7 July 2014; Work
Graphic Design

Football is all about moments; a coming-together of time and space and talent and luck which is almost impossible to replicate or convey away from the drama of the stadium. Designer Rick Hincks has taken this challenge and run with it to its logical conclusion, creating these super minimalist posters celebrating the best goals of the current World Cup in Brazil. Abstracted to this degree they become almost absurd; dry diagrams onto which we the viewers project our own experiences of the goals on which they’re based. A glance through Rick’s online shop proves he has pedigree when it comes to working with the beautiful game in this way, and with just a week of the World Cup left we hope the tournament provides a few more poster-worthy moments.

A yellow infographic detailing a goal by Carlos Alberto for Brazil against Italy on 21 June 1970. A diagram of a football pitch shows the “path of the ball” and player movements leading to the goal in the “86th minute”. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

A blue infographic detailing a goal by Alessandro Del Piero during the 2006 Fifa World Cup. A white line diagram shows the movement of players and the path of the ball into the goal. Text at the top reads “Alessandro Del Piero”, “vs Germany”, “4th July 2006” and “121st minute”. A key at the bottom explains the symbols for player runs and the ball's path. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

An infographic on a red background commemorates Tim Howard’s performance for the US against Belgium on 1 July 2014. It features two 3D diagrams of a football goal and penalty area, mapping 16 saves with lines and dots. Large white text at the top reads “Tim Howard” and “16 saves”. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

A yellow infographic detailing a goal by David Luiz during a match against Colombia on 5 July 2014. A simplified green diagram of a football pitch shows the “path of the ball” and “Luiz’s run” leading into the goal. Text in the top right marks the action at the “69th minute”. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

An infographic on a bright orange background tracks a penalty shootout between Tim Krul and Michael Umaña. White lines map the movements of the players and the path of the ball toward the goal. Text at the top reads “Tim Krul” and “Vs Costa Rica 5th July 2014 Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador”. The score is listed as “4–3 Penalties”. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

A blue infographic commemorates Diego Maradona’s goal against England on 22 June 1986. A white line traces the path of his run across a simplified football pitch toward the goal. The top of the image reads “DIEGO MARADONA” in large white capitals. A key at the bottom identifies the lines as “MARADONA’S RUN” and the “PATH OF THE BALL”. — Above
Rick Hincks: World Cup Posters

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www.shop.rincks.co.uk
www.rincks.co.uk

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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