Paris Pickpockets
2016
The 2016 European Football Championship opened in France amid revelations of unprecedented corruption within FIFA & UEFA's chief executives. And at the heart of the scandal was none other than former French-twinkle-toes, Michel Platini.
After years of lining their own pockets with illigitimate money, I saw it as my duty to warn fans about the real pickpockets of the tournament.
So, on the opening night of the tournament, I crept around the streets of Paris with a bag full of posters...
After years of lining their own pockets with illigitimate money, I saw it as my duty to warn fans about the real pickpockets of the tournament.
So, on the opening night of the tournament, I crept around the streets of Paris with a bag full of posters...
A quick scroll through Instagram revealed that my warnings were well appreciated. Some rascal even put my graphic on a t-shirt and started selling it! The irony.
Credits:
Concept & Design: Tom BirdScreenprinting: Adam Oosterbrink
Collaborators:
Wieden+Kennedy [LDN]
Mother [LDN]
4creative [LDN]
Mr. President [LDN]
WE ARE Pi [AMS]
Anomaly [AMS]
Halal [AMS]
Press:
Viceland
i-D magazine
It’s Nice That
Creative Review
STACK Magazines
CNN
The Guardian
The Mail Online
Wieden+Kennedy [LDN]
Mother [LDN]
4creative [LDN]
Mr. President [LDN]
WE ARE Pi [AMS]
Anomaly [AMS]
Halal [AMS]
Viceland
i-D magazine
It’s Nice That
Creative Review
STACK Magazines
CNN
The Guardian
The Mail Online
Clients:
IKEA
Desperados
The Body Shop
Desigual
Greenpeace
Channel4
LEGO
Wrangler
Martini
O’Neill
Paddy Power
Edinburgh Fringe
YouTube
D&AD
Earth Ale Brewing
Honours:
1x D&AD Pencil [Student]
2x D&AD Pencil [Professional]
1x Clio [Gold]
1x Campaign Award [Gold]
Sold in 20+ bookstores
around the world
Exhibitions:
– Brno Bienniale
of Graphic Design [CZ]
– ‘New Radicalism’,
Zoho, Rotterdam [NL]
– ‘Insert Concept’,
ISO, Amsterdam [NL]
Talks:
– D&AD Awards, 2012 [UK]
– Adweek Europe, 2015 [UK]
– Glug, 2018 [NL]
Based in Amsterdam,
Available worldwide ︎
Available worldwide ︎