Nike’s giant World Cup balls up… Leicester-based Ratcliffe Fowler Design helped Nike create a sculpture out of 5,500 footballs in a South African shopping centre Ball Man stands 20 metres high in the Carlton Mall Atrium in Johannesburg. He is the centrepiece of a Nike installation promoting the firm’s kits and boots for the World Cup. He is also the result of over a year’s work by Ratcliffe Fowler and Nike’s Global Creative Football team. The sculpture is up until the end of the tournament, after which there are plans to give the balls to local schoolchildren.

Nike’s giant World Cup balls up…

Leicester-based Ratcliffe Fowler Design helped Nike create a sculpture out of 5,500 footballs in a South African shopping centre

Ball Man stands 20 metres high in the Carlton Mall Atrium in Johannesburg. He is the centrepiece of a Nike installation promoting the firm’s kits and boots for the World Cup. He is also the result of over a year’s work by Ratcliffe Fowler and Nike’s Global Creative Football team.

The sculpture is up until the end of the tournament, after which there are plans to give the balls to local schoolchildren.