First Place / BEST OF SHOW
Fabricator
Absolute Perfection Inc.
Sykesville, MD
vehiclewrapping.com
Designer
Chris Fong
Installers
Chris Fong, Bill Valway, Tom O’Malley
Client
Tom O’Malley / Pokémon Mobile Capture Unit
Materials
HP Latex 360 printer, 3M IJ180mC-10, 3M IJ180mC-114, 3M 780mC-10R vinyl; 3M Scotchcal 8520 Matte Overlaminate, Seal 54 Base laminator, 3M PA-1 squeegees.
Inspired by the new Pokémon GO mobile app and an idea to have lights glow under vinyl, Absolute Perfection used a paper-thin LED strip with 3M IJ180mC-114 “transparent” vinyl to achieve 75% of the light showing through the film. In total, this wrap design contains more than 200 elements. (For more, see pages 28 and 30.)
Second Place (Tie)
Fabricator
Creative Color
Minneapolis
creativecolorstudio.com
Designers
Brent Luther, Jennifer Sanchez, Tyler Anderson
Installers
Seth Ramaley, Nick Oja
Client
Crown Rally / McLaren P1
Materials
3M Wrap Film 1080 Gloss Liquid Copper and Matte Black vinyl.
Second Place (Tie)
Fabricator
Baltimore Graphics Co.
Glen Burnie, MD
wrapmytruck.com
Designer
Ben Gonzales
Installer
Justin Espinas
Client
Black Lotus Tattoo
Materials
Oracal Series 970RA Aubergine Matte Bronze, Oracal 970RA Matte Black Overlays vinyl; 3M squeegees.