National Football Museum — From Pitch to Page exhibition
Exhibition
Client
National Football Museum
Services
Design
Installations
Print Design

The Magic of Football Annuals

A playful, nostalgia-filled exhibition celebrating the history, design and enduring magic of the football annual.

National Football Museum exhibition interior

We brought the world of football annuals to life with a nine-foot Sir Stanley Matthews Annual visitors could walk through.

Visitors could also step into a giant front cover to become the star. We immersed ourselves in the genre, taking design cues from different eras, right down to halftone graphics and holographic foil. The result takes visitors through the history of the football annual while recreating the excitement of discovering one for the first time.

Visitor looking at a wall of framed football annuals
National Football Museum exhibition display
National Football Museum exhibition display
National Football Museum exhibition display
Visitor exploring the Football Annual exhibition

"Fuzzy Duck created a high-quality exhibition full of colour and playful interactives, that embraces and celebrates the history of Football Annual.

The team achieved this by putting creativity at the centre of their designs, introducing oversized and textured graphics to immerse our visitors in the world of annuals. This is all the more impressive when considering the timeframes and budgets. The team made delivering to a tight time frame look effortless, absorbing issues and problems and just coming back with 'don't worry we've sorted that'. A total dream to work with, so we've already commissioned them again!"

Jonathan Nash, Transformation Manager

National Football Museum

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National Football Museum exhibition display

We’re a team in every sense of the word, and work together across disciplines without ego to find the very best solution. With relentless enthusiasm for the work and an excitement about realising a vision.

Credits

Interpretation
Katie Hilton
Design
Seb Chadwick
Chris Madden
Project Management
Kate Hughes
Print & Installation
MediaCo Group

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