Québec Nordiques

The goal of the Quebec Nordiques rebrand was to modernize the brand and have it stand out as a competitive brand in the modern age National Hockey League (NHL). The Quebec Nordiques team was relocateed to Colorado in the mid-1990s therefore their brand design reflects the 90s design style. The rebrand modernizes the team’s look while still feeling connected with the original brand.

Categories

  1. Jersey Design
  2. Sports Design
  3. Motion

Role

  1. Designer

Year

  1. 2018

Logo Design

The new logo design pulls elements from the original, while more deeply exploring the northern themes. The shape of the logo is an igloo, adapted from the igloo “N” shape in the original logo. It features a winter mountain scene with the northern lights appearing in the sky. The goal of the logo is to create more connection with the north and to represent the northern Quebec landscape.

Close up of the fleur-de-lis pattern.
Close up of the shoulder showing the old logo patch.
Close up of the glove design.
Close up of the logo on the chest.

Jersey Design

Designed to be simple and clean, the new jersey retains a blue, red and white colour palette. It boldy displays the new logo on the chest, while featuring the original logo on the shoulders as an homage to the team’s history. The jersey and socks are trimmed with red and a white strip with a pattern of fleur-de-lis to create more connection with the original brand and French heritage.

Home Jersey

A front, three quarter, and back view of the home jersey.

Away Jersey

A front, three quarter, and back view of the away jersey.

3rd Jersey

A front, three quarter, and back view of the third jersey.

Merchandise

The updated logo design and brand transitions seamlessly into merchandising options. They can easily be used to create trendy clothing items such as hoodies and snapbacks, while also working well to create kids toys and essentials like hockey pucks.

A hoodie with the Québec Nordqiues' logo.
A baseball hat with the Québec Nordqiues' logo.
Kids mini hockey sticks with Québec Nordiques branding.
A stack of hockey pucks with the Québec Nordiques logo on them.