EC Bahia

COMPANY/YEAR

EC Bahia Contest, 2022

ROLE

Designer

In the past five years, Esporte Clube Bahia – two-times Brazilian champion traditional club – makes a contest among your associated supporters to decide which jerseys will be used for the team in the football season.

Being a football shirt collector, drawing and projecting kits since childhood – a fact that introduced me and brought me to design –, I’ve decided to enter in the dispute for 2023 season jersey.

For the home kit, I’ve had a cartographic inspiration, bringing the streets of Salvador that surround Fonte Nova, stadium where Bahia’s matches take place. Beyond the map pattern, I’ve applied phrases from Tricolor de Aço’s (Bahia’s nickname) hymn, emphasizing the support and vibration of its fans.

In the away jersey, I’ve used Senhor do Bonfim bracelets, a popular amulet from Salvador, to concept the remembrances for Bahia’s past glories – connecting it to the souvenir’s phrase (”Lembranças do Senhor do Bonfim”). With a half striped shirt divided in red and blue, each color has a gradation composed by 4 different tones in rectangles, representing the bracelets and bringing movement, intercalating the phrases “Remembrances from 1959″ and “Remembrances from 1988”, years when Bahia was national champion.

After being submitted to the club, my home kit was chosen with other 9 creations and was brought to election among Bahia’s associates. Unfortunately, my shirt wasn’t elected for the contest final, but it was an amazing experience to tangibilize things that I love so much: football and shirt design.