Best Transit Vehicles of 2009

First Place

Fabricators
Damon Coppola/Charlie Kallberg
Pete Dow
Cris Cortes
Wrap This Ink
Longwood, FL
(877) 972-7844
www.wrapthisink.com
Designers
Jason Wissig
Bari Musawwir
Wrap This Ink
Client
Lunatic Fringe Hair Salon
Selling Price
$20,000

Wrap This Ink decorated this 45-ft. Zephyr motorcoach to promote this Salt Lake City-based hair salon’s Orlando location, as well as its charitable contributions and affiliation with the Paul Mitchell Schools. Wissig’s design – executed with Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 – artfully incorporates the logos and imagery, elegant flora renditions and a cool, yin/yang sensibility. Wrap This Ink printed the job on 3M’s Controltac with Comply v3 air-egress film with a Mutoh Toucan 64 LT. 3M’s 8518 glossy overlaminate sealed the deal.

Second Place

Fabricators
A.J. Sheets
Chad Pregley
Sign Factory
Morgantown, WV
(304) 296-7446
www.signfactoryonline.com
Designer
Brandy Gibson
Sign Factory
Client
West Virginia University (WVU)
Selling Price
$3,600 (two wraps)

WVU wanted to tout the eco-friendliness of its Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system with a ’60s-themed, “flower power” motif. Gibson obliged using SA Intl.’s FlexiDesigner and Adobe Illustrator. Sign Factory produced the wrap on its Mimaki JV3-160SP solvent-ink printer with Arlon’s 6000X 2-mil, cast film that’s coated with Arlon’s 3220 overlaminate.

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Third Place

Fabricator
Jeffery Gamble
Advertising Vehicles
Cincinnati
(513) 554-4700
www.advertisingvehicles.com
Designer
Jesse Kramer
Advertising Vehicles
Client
Kings Island/Cedar Fair

Kings Island’s management ordered six, full bus wraps to be unveiled on the amusement park’s opening day to promote the Diamondback, its new rollercoaster. According to Kramer, Advertising Vehicles initiated the concept of linking the buses together to simulate the slithery appearance of a giant rattlesnake. The company fashioned the wrap with Lexjet’s BUSart 4-mil vinyl that’s decorated by the shop’s HP TurboJet 8300 printer and coated with 3M’s 8519 luster-finish overlaminate.

Honorable Mention

Fabricator
360 Wraps
Dallas
(214) 212-5005
www.360wraps.com
Client
Eric Williams