We’ve learned not to get our hopes up over World Cup logos after years of boring or unintentionally funny designs, but FIFA revealed the official logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and it’s beautiful. The “magic ball” pays homage to Sputnik.
The logo was first revealed from space by Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station.
The 2014 logo was also modeled after the shape of the World Cup trophy, but looked like a person facepalming.
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The 2010 logo just looked like a postage stamp.
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Germany’s 2006 logo had great hidden placement of the numbers “06,” but was almost toocheerful.
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