Gallery: Listen Up: NFL Logos Must Look More Like Soccer Crests
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Football As Football re-imagines NFL logos as the crests from England, Spain, Italy and Germany. Here's Pittsburgh Steelers as a Spanish badge. *Image: Football As Football*
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Minnesota Vikings as Italy. Six designer friends from Minnesota decided to redesign every NFL logo as a side project. *Image: Football As Football*
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Carolina Panthers as Germany. The group began by compiling lists documenting the aesthetic trends of the European badges–the crests, colors, historical details, etc. *Image: Football As Football*
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Kansas City Chiefs as Spain. They did the same for the American logos, paying particular attention to city flags and seals, which they figured would easily translate into a European crest. *Image: Football As Football*
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San Francisco 49ers as Germany. “Through sketching, or doing roughs on the computer, we could start to see how it looked. Sometimes it worked, other times it just felt forced and unnatural,” the designers say. *Image: Football As Football*
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Baltimore Ravens as Spain. Baltimore was easy—"I felt like the city flag would work well within the Spanish style," says Willhite. “I liked the Valencia crest and used that as a reference to the raven illustration wrapping around the shield.” *Image: Football As Football*
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Arizona Cardinals as Spain. *Image: Football As Football*
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Seattle Seahawks as Germany. *Image: Football As Football*
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Cincinnati Bengals as England. *Image: Football As Football*
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Green Bay Packers as Spain. *Image: Football Vs. Football*
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Chicago Bears as England. The city’s star-covered flag was easy to integrate into the English crest, and the bear illustration was inspired by illustrations in English heraldry. *Image: Football Vs. Football*
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Atlanta Falcons as Italy. *Image: Football Vs. Football*
