There is an Ecuadorian designer called Cavadrio worth knowing. His work is immediately recognisable: flat geometric figures, saturated primary colours, bold black lines. The compositions are dense and dynamic, built with an economy of means that never sacrifices impact. Subjects range from football to editorial illustrations, from music posters to portraits, but the style remains consistently coherent, as if every image belongs to the same visual universe.

In his football illustrations, players shed realistic detail and become shapes in motion, identifiable by their national kits rather than their faces. There is something very precise in the way Cavadrio uses colour to convey belonging: the yellow and blue of Ecuador, the green and gold of Brazil, the red of Colombia. The pitch becomes almost a pretext for talking about cultural identity.

He recently created an illustration for Sports Illustrated for the 2026 World Cup, representing Ecuador through visual references drawn from the country’s history and culture. A project that brought him international visibility, but one that fits naturally into a practice already very much its own.