Ferrari transforms the hoods of its sports cars into works of wall art

Ferrari decided to hang on the wall what usually goes on wheels. The brand presented the Sketch Body, a project that transforms the hoods and dorsal panels of its street sports cars into framed works of art, with the original features of designer Flavio Manzoni applied on the sheet metal. The launch took place on September 9, at the manufacturer’s concept store in Milan.

Each piece is based on a real component, removed from its original function and converted into what the company describes as a three-dimensional canvas. The drawings are not on a flat surface: they follow the curves of the panel and deform according to the volume of the piece, the relief of the air intakes and the incidence of light. The official gallery brings together works based on four models: 12Cilindri, Purosangue, Daytona SP3 and F80.

From the drawing board back to the sheet metal

The idea was born from the 812 Competizione Tailor Made, a unique example that received sketch traces throughout the bodywork, in a record of the evolution of the design until the transformation into metal. The Sketch Body reverses the route: instead of accompanying the finished car, it returns to the finished panel the scribble that gave rise to it.

According to Manzoni, the brand’s head of design, who has been at the helm of Ferrari Design for more than 15 years, the surface becomes a narrative space, in which the line is inserted and expands in dialogue with light and matter. The initial sketches are made by hand, when the project still admits changes in proportion, before technical requirements and production restrictions narrow the possibilities.

Series has already sold Formula 1

parts The Sketch Body is the latest chapter of the Collectibles line, which has already brought together the Components, Red Pieces and Drivers’ Pieces sets, until now focused on motorsport. Among the items sold are a brake disc from the SF1000 driven by Charles Leclerc in the 2020 season and the V10 timing shaft used by Rubens Barrichello in the 2005 Indianapolis and French Grands Prix, advertised in the official store for around R$ 57,5 thousand (US$ 11,220).

The novelty shifts this collection from the universe of the tracks to the work of the design department and to the street cars. Ferrari did not disclose the price, number of copies or the channel through which the parts will be sold.