Portfolio BBL x Puma - Redux

[Zoops]

In Search of an Aesthetic

The 2023/24 Big Bash League season has brought with it a collection of hits and misses. However, the biggest swing and miss of the season occurred well before the first ball was bowled. Nike's second attempt at league-wide jerseys has resulted in arguably the worst collection the league has seen, with the standardised nature of each uniform taking the vital scalp of character away from each team. Moreover, this season birthed a retrospective appreciation for former manufacturer, Majestic's decision to kit out every team in a solid colour and blank design. This season, the Big Bash, whilst seeing an uptick in excitement upon previous seasons, has failed yet again to nail an aesthetic befitting the league itself.

In search of an aesthetic befitting the Big Bash League, the most consistent of the 'big 3' sports manufacturers in the Australian market, Puma, has been enlisted to help quell the lingering identity crisis plaguing the BBL. Each team will have two jerseys, a Primary and an Alternate. The dependence on black has been replaced with a promotion of each team's unique colour to build an easily identifiable Big Bash League.

With a nod to history pre-dating the BBL and a desire to find an aesthetic befitting the Big Bash...
This is the BBL Redux, a folio by Zoops.​

 

[BigChippa52]

BBL redesigns are everywhere because they keep making the kits worse and worse keen to see what you do planing on doing my own BBL redesign sometime in the future

 

[BigChippa52]

is there somewhere i can discuss bbl like expansion ideas

 

[Tandy]

Noticed they were predominantly black last night. I thought they were moving toward more fluro

 

[BigChippa52]

I like the black sleeves and pannels stream lines the design but leaves room for the team color and for them to put there own design and identity into the kit

 

[acm21]

They need distinct designs for each team. I think some of the blame should be on cricket aus, they would sign off on these designs.
Belgravia/new balance would be a very interesting partnership and would have pretty good designs.

 

[Freight Train]

 

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[akkaps]

These are all quality.

The Stars one looks like a knock off Pakistan kit though

 

[Freight Train]

These are all quality.

The Stars one looks like a knock off Pakistan kit though

Bit hard not to though when the Stars use a star and basically Pakistan's green as their brand.

 

[akkaps]

Bit hard not to though when the Stars use a star and basically Pakistan's green as their brand.

Yeah I know

 

[Zoops]

The Stars one looks like a knock off Pakistan kit though

I'm not the first to do it...

 

[jpmelb7]

Cricket Australia should sack whomever their designer for the Big Bash is and employ you instead.

 

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[Heardy_101]

Absolutely fantastic. You should do some hypothetical expansion teams as well

 

[Headless]

These are so pleasing, Zoops.

 

[Nedland]

Apparently this is the logo of the Canberra bid

 

[Zoops]

This now concludes the initial part of my folio. It has been by far one of my more experimental, especially in the creative and conceptual aspects. I have more to speak to, but that will wait as this folio is not quite finished with yet. In saying that though, I will not explore expansion concepts for the Big Bash but can assure that something special is coming.

I will conclude this chapter with a snippet from the 1986/87 Summer.

 

[troybe]

Retro kits? Delicious