Edu Menezes

Air Silva

Brazil's away kit went out with Michael Jordan on it. Volt answered with another man who could fly, and his surname is the commonest in the country.

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Client
Volt Sport / Silva 1932
Agency
Africa Creative DDB
Role
Motion Design
Year
2026

The brief

Volt is the only 100% Brazilian sports brand outfitting clubs in the country's top divisions. The question in the room was how you answer a Jumpman on a Brazil shirt.

The idea

Leônidas da Silva across the chest: Pelé before Pelé, the player who put the bicycle kick in the air in 1932. And with him every other Silva in the country, which is most of it.

The result

Mentions of Leônidas da Silva rose 4,562% on the same period a year earlier, 91% of them positive, and the collection debuted inside the first documentary ever made about him.

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Credits

Creative Direction — Sergio Gordilho

Creative — Diogo Dutra, Thiago Monteiro, Matheus Motta

Art / Creative — Cleber Pereira

Production / Projects — Lica de Souza, Giovanna Lima, Lais Vazquez Cattena

Editing — Fernando Freitas

Motion Design — Edu Menezes