Seattle's World Cup poster makes waves
What do you get when an orca crashes the World Cup? Seattle's winning poster for the largest sporting event on Earth.
The winner, by Camano Island-based designer Shogo Ota, is dominated by a bold, abstract orca tail against a sweeping view of Mount Rainier and the skyline in mint, chartreuse, black and gray.
The tail echoes the shape of Lumen Field and incorporates a loose map of the city, Ota told the Seattle Times.
The big picture: As part of the lead-up to next year's World Cup, which will be played in 16 cities across North America, each host city commissioned a local artist to design an official poster.
In Seattle, a contest was held that drew 42 final submissions from across the state, according to local organizing committee SeattleFWC26.
A nine-member panel then selected four finalists before naming Ota's work the winner.
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