Almost everyone is familiar with vehicle wraps by now, but cars and trucks aren’t the only objects being wrapped with digitally printed vinyl graphics. The list of unusual projects includes everything from musical instruments to kitchen appliances to toilet seats—and even coffins!
Monster Image, for example, started out printing decals, banners and trade show graphics before getting into wrapping cars, trucks and boats, but now also occasionally ventures into offbeat territory, including drum sets and guitars.
“We’re starting to receive more requests along these lines,” says Scotty Jensen, owner. “I think the most unusual assignment we’ve taken on was wrapping an entire bathroom to create the illusion you’re about to jump off a rocky cliff into a pool of water.”
For that job, Jensen’s team blended more than 120 high-resolution photos taken from all different angles to create one 360-degree image.
Another company that has brought wraps indoors is Iconography Studios, which has installed graphics on trash and recycling receptacles for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) and even the doors of gun safes.
“We love to wrap odd objects,” says Sarah Naccarato, president, “so we jump at these opportunities.”
Digital EFX is particularly well-known for specializing in wrapping vehicles, with co-owner Matt Richart regularly teaching workshops on the subject—yet he has also wrapped washers, dryers and refrigerators.
“We’re able to turn ordinary appliances into conversation pieces to suit individual tastes and personalities,” says Richart. “We actually had a client ask us to fully wrap a casket with Green Bay Packers graphics. Apparently, the deceased was a huge fan. His family thought it only fitting for him to be put to rest in a coffin sporting his beloved National Football League (NFL) team’s colours.”
Richart and his team wrapped the entire casket in yellow and green, adding the team’s distinctive ‘G’ logo.
“It looked more like a locker than a coffin, but the family said it was just how this fan would have wanted it,” says Richart.
With files from Roland DGA. For more information, visit www.rolanddga.com.
