We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Didier Wolff about their original and creative Aircraft Livery Design design work. Didier Wolff is an award-winning communication designer, that makes our world a better place with their original aircraft livery design works.
Didier Wolff ("DW") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Air Lines Aircraft Livery Design. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
DW : To create the most complexe design ever painted onto an aircraft.
DW : Keep the client's desire within the project along with making it a challenge to achieve.
DW : Air to Air video and photo shoot.
DW : A little over 3 months
DW : This design was commissioned by our client, based on a ceramic tile which only a certain rhythm and colors remain in the final realization.
DW : No, each of my creations are unique, original and for 1 aircraft only.
DW : Private jet owners
DW : The complexity of its application onto the aircraft and the amount of details.
DW : The usual computer graphic softwares (Maya, Mental Ray, Photoshop & Illustrator)
DW : Triple overlaying of a complete fading effect.
DW : Once the design was created and validated, we have worked with the most skilled painters for each of the very technical painting challenges. Most particularly with Walter Maurer & Martin Dipell (Walter Maurer was also an artistic partner of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Frank Stella.)
DW : Essential, as its painting onto the aircraft has required a mixed of ancient and very modern tools to overcome each technical challenges that the design raised and most of all a lot of creativity.
DW : Main Challenges were encountered in production phase, going from the 3D Design Livery Project to the scale 1 aircraft. Quadruple stripping from the front door to the last window adjusted with Lasers, masking, de-masking and re-masking for the application of the 5 colors. From the last window to the back cone, each stripe had to face the cylindric imperfections, adjusted one by one, cm by cm and correcting each imperfection to render the natural feeling of perfect alignment. Critical zones as the engine pylons and the last meter of the back cone took an entire team and days of adjustments to meet validation. The engine nacelles shape was the hardest technical challenge in order to render the space between the lines properly. All of these technical issues had to be overcome within a strict dead line of 6 weeks and timelines of 72 hours maximum between each paint applications in order to comply with the products constraints. The fading effect on the 4 main colors, one after the other, had to be performed with the same precision from both sides of the aircraft simultaneously from the two expert teams, at the same rhythm, with the same technical hand movement. Finally, the mandatory security technical markings on the aircraft had to be deformed, resized, adapted in order to comply with the aeronautical regulation and the aesthetic aspect of the design.
DW : This design is so unique and is the first of its kind in the aeronautical industry in terms of complexity that it is a natural desire to have it recognized by the artistic community.
DW : Never compromise with your creation.
DW : It required a lot of trust and open mind from the aircraft owner to make this design possible, we are extremely thankful for this.
