Football: Designing the Beautiful Game

Whether you are a crazy fan or sideline supporter, visitors to this exhibition will enjoy discovering the amazing design stories behind the world’s beautiful game.

What to expect

The exhibition explores the story behind football, showing how design has been used to push the game to new limits. Take a journey through over 500 objects, films and interviews in sporting performance, equipment development and stadium design, and involve yourself in the stories of clubs and game legends(传奇) including Messi, Pelé, George Best and Diego Maradona.

Held by the Design Museum and the National Football Museum in Manchester, the show displays the master planning of the world’s most significant football stadiums, the design innovation used in today’s equipment, how the graphic design of team badges(徽章) and posters shapes a club’s identity and how grassroots’ efforts are pushing the sport’s commercialization.

As the world’s most popular sport, football has a truly international committed fan base. It is estimated that more than half the population of the planet watched the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Join us for a rare insight into the people and processes that have made football what it is today.

Ticket information

※ Online booking is advised but tickets will also be available in the booking office. Last entry to the exhibition is 90 minutes before the museum closes.

※ Adult tickets are charged from £ 16 and student tickets from £ 12. Meanwhile, you can save 25% on family and group tickets.

※ Present your exhibition entry ticket for 10% off food and drink at London Grade Coffee on the ground floor.

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The number of displaced people, both within Ukraine itself and in neighboring countries, is still growing every day. Families fleeing can only take so much with them. They will need support to survive far from home in incredibly difficult and dangerous conditions.

UNHCR's RESPONSE

UNHCR has worked in Ukraine since 1994 and has not left since. There are six UNHCR offices across the country, as well as three warehouses storing humanitarian supplies. Over 100 UNHCR staff are working in Ukraine to get support to families, with a similar number in neighboring countries and more set to follow. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said:

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Shanghai Tour Bus Center

Besides Shanghai’s own attractions, tourist attractions around the city are well worth a visit. Shanghai Tour Bus Center has several branches(分部) in different parts of the city. It offers over 170 Itineraries(行程) to more than 270 attractions in the city and neighboring provinces.

Here below are some places Shanghai tour buses visit:

*Zhouzhuang Town

Fee: CNY 150 for a return air-conditioned bus fare and admission to the attraction.

*Xitang Town

Fee: CNY 150 for a return bus fare and admission to the attraction； CNY 75 for a roundtrip bus fare only.

* West Lake

Inclusions: a one-way bullet train trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou, a bus trip from Hangzhou Railway Station to the attraction site, a bus trip from the attraction site to Hangzhou Railway Station, the local guide service, and admission to the attraction.

Fee: CNY 330.

*Two Days of Yellow Mountain

A round-trip bus trip to the foot of Yellow Mountain, a hotel room for one night on Yellow Mountain, and the tour guide service.

Fee:

Note:

General Station of Shanghai Tour Bus Center

Address: BI, No. 240. 9. South Zhongshan 2nd Road

Tel: 021-240 95555

South Railway Station Branch

Address: South Long Distance Bus Station, No. 666, Shilong Road, Xuhui District

Tel: 021-54363617

Hongkou Branch

Address: No. 5 Gate, Hongkou Football Stadium, No.444, East Jiangwan Road, Hongkou District

Tel: 021-56963248

Yangpu Branch

Address: Yangpu Sports Center, No. 640, Longchang Road, Yangpu District

Tel: 021-65803210