happy design studio wraps private jet in gradient stripe pattern

happy design studio wraps private jet in gradient stripe pattern
all images courtesy of happy design studio

french aircraft painting specialists, happy design studio has covered the exterior of a private jet with a fading, stripped pattern. the bombardier global 5000 aircraft has been transformed by the ‘livery project’, which was based on a ceramic tile detail taken from the interior’s luxurious table ware set. extracting the image into five lines of color, a series of 150 vertical stripes were painted over the entire body, gradually merging from white to fully blocked out. the engine stands have the same pattern applied to them, but orientated in a horizontal direction. the plane’s irregular barrel form required a high-level of precision when masking the gradient onto its surface. the customized bodywork is only revealed in detail when approaching for boarding, taking the concept of luxury travel to new skies.

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video courtesy of happy design studio

a series of 150 vertical stripes were painted over the entire body

the racing stripes have a gradient that merges from white to full color

the painted details are revealed only when approaching for boarding
 

the engines have a horizontal fading effect, shaping the lines around the irregular barrel

overview

the fading strips were mixed by hand, without computer data or calculations

the strips run from the front door to the last window 

the pattern was adjusted using lasers, masking, de-masking and re-masking to apply the 5 colors

each stripe had to be adjusted one by one

the engine pylons and the last meter of the body took an entire team and days of adjustments

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