At Ferrari, even a car body part that will never see the road can be given a second life. With his new project Sketch Body, the Maranello-based company repurposes hoods and body panels, transforming them from their original function into true works of wall art. It’s a rather spectacular way to bring together the designer’s original sketch and the industrial component that ultimately resulted from it.
From the sketchbook to the living room wall
It all starts with a pencil stroke. Before wind tunnels, carbon fiber, prototypes, and assembly lines, a Ferrari is first and foremost an idea on paper. It is precisely this first step that Sketch Body is seeking to revive. Ferrari is reusing body parts sourced primarily from the F80, 12Cilindri, Daytona SP3 and Purosangue. Mounted on a three-dimensional canvas-like surface, they are covered with lines, arrows, hatching, and annotations reminiscent of the sketches made during the design of a car.
The result is astonishing. On a perfectly painted body, these «scribbles» almost give the impression of looking at a design still in the works. Except that here, the design truly conforms to the forms it was once meant to envision. The idea didn’t come out of nowhere, by the way. Ferrari explains that it drew inspiration from the 812 Competizione Tailor Made, unveiled in 2023 with a livery that reproduced the sketches by Flavio Manzoni and his team directly on the bodywork.
For Ferrari’s design director, Flavio Manzoni, these pieces illustrate the journey from the designer’s initial intuition to the final product. The line traces the finished surface, following its curves and highlighting the body’s contours.
Ferrari Takes Its Collectibles Even Further
Sketch Body marks a new chapter in the program Ferrari Collectibles. Until now, Maranello had already been offering items inspired by its automotive and racing worlds through its collections Components, Red Pieces and Drivers’ Pieces. This time, the approach moves further away from the mechanical to fully embrace its artistic dimension.
Ferrari has not yet disclosed either the price or the production volume for these models. These two factors will inevitably determine their rarity and accessibility to collectors. For enthusiasts with a large wall (and likely a wallet to match), hanging an F80 hood covered in its designer’s sketches certainly has more character than a simple poster.
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