A-Leagues
‍Motion Design
Visual Design
2021
A-Leagues are the highest-level professional soccer league in Australian and New Zealand.

R/GA Australia were tasked with rebranding them in 2021 and produce branded content for the sport.

My role as visual designer was to assist the brand team in the development of animated patterns to be implemented across broadcast, stadium signage, social media and online content.
Motion Design

Using the slanted ‘strike’ from the new A-Leagues logo, motion behaviors were defined to communicate the physical movements of the football.

Speed, scale and 3D revolutions became the parameters to represent techniques such as dribbling and tackling, as well as convey emotive moments such as celebrations. The elemental animations could then be repeated, amplified and offset to create big bold patterns.

We also explored how these patterns could flex from purely graphical, to being integrated with game visuals for transitional moments. Secondary to this was animating typography for hero moments. - which along with the animated patterns,  became the foundation for the broadcast and social content graphics.
Visual Design

As the brand and design systems were being developed, everything from websites to jerseys needed to be rolled out ready for the season. Part of my role was to design screens for a new app and website, and design stadium signage.