As I’ve been watching the World Cup over the past few weeks I think we’ve all been wondering the same thing: If football is truly the ‘global game,’ then what projection should I use to flatten it?
So, I forked Mike Bostock’s very helpful notebook on the Tissot Indicatrix and replaced the circles with a classic football pattern (truly, his notebook did all of the hard work). Then I picked my 7 favorite projections and turned it into a poster which I printed in fluorescent ink on a Risograph machine.
This was my first time using Observable in a print project but it certainly won’t be the last!
I also posted a little detail shot on Bluesky if you want to see the print close up 