For the Year of the Horse edition, the NFL collaborated with renowned Chinese embroidery master Ms. Ding Lan Ying, a celebrated inheritor of China’s intangible cultural heritage, alongside acclaimed contemporary artist Mr. Cao Yue. Through this collaboration, millennia-old embroidery craftsmanship meets modern American football, incorporating Easten creative aesthetics to create a unique fusion of art, culture and sport.
Inspired by the iconic Chinese cultural relic “Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow,” the artwork features four traditional colors rich in Eastern symbolism—vermilion, dark brown, golden yellow and azure blue. The artist reimagines the horse as a dynamic celestial totem, blending the horse’s powerful movement with auspicious cloud motifs. The result is a visual expression that conveys both speed and strength, while carrying wishes of harmony, prosperity and well-being rooted in Eastern tradition.