Some designs catch your attention. This one plays with it.
Ballard FC and Salmon Bay come together again, continuing a run of releases that already push beyond the usual boundaries. This time, they have taken things further with a concept that shifts in front of you.
Three designs sit within one shirt. Not side by side, not as variations, but layered into a single piece. As you look closer, different elements begin to appear and disappear. It is subtle at first, then impossible to ignore.
The full effect is only realised with 3D glasses. That is where the anaglyph design comes alive, separating the layers and revealing each version properly. Without them, you still get the movement and distortion. With them, the shirt changes completely.
That idea runs through everything.
The badge follows the same approach. A lenticular crest that switches between Ballard and Salmon Bay depending on the angle. One identity becomes the other without needing to choose.
This is not just a visual experiment.
Artist Victor Meléndez brings his own influence into the design, pulling from his Mexican roots and the wider Latin communities in Seattle. The colours, the energy, and the movement all feed into that. It is expressive without losing direction.
The result feels layered in more ways than one.
Club identity, community, and creative vision all sit within the same space, shifting depending on how you engage with it.
It is bold, unpredictable, and built to be experienced rather than just seen.
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