France's badge, designed by André

ZZK's badge for Argentina

Fernando Chamarelli, an illustrator, visual artist and tattoo designer from Sao Paolo created Brazil's badge

Marok created this industrial emblem for Germany. Note the sausage...

Tanino Liberatore devised this gladiatorial badge for Italy

Martin Albronoz, a mixed media artist from Montevideo, created this badge for Uraguay

With the World Cup just around the corner, it's not surprising to find that various brands with strong connections to the glorious game are producing spanky new products for us to buy. Both Umbro and Nike have commissioned illustrators to devise emblems and badges to be embroidered on to alternative versions of national team shirts...