Ferrari unveils Sketch Body, a new artistic chapter in its Collectibles project
Ferrari has introduced Sketch Body, a Collectibles project that turns hoods and spines from an 812 Competizione Tailor Made into three-dimensional canvases bearing the designer's original sketch.
- 9 September 2026
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What Happened
Ferrari has unveiled Sketch Body, a new chapter of the Ferrari Collectibles project. The project is built on the encounter between two extremes of the creative process: intuition and execution. On one side is the first gesture, a quick, almost instinctive stroke that flows across the paper and captures an idea still free from the constraints of matter, in the fluid and unmistakable gesture that defines Flavio Manzoni's drawing. On the other is the mastery of making, the precision of engineering, manufacturing excellence and artisanal knowledge that give intuition physical form as an object meant to live on the road.
- Intuition: a quick, almost instinctive stroke that flows across the paper, capturing an idea still free from the constraints of matter.
- Execution: the precision of engineering, manufacturing excellence and artisanal knowledge that transform intuition into an object meant to live on the road.
Sketch Body introduces a new way of interpreting the Ferrari Collectibles project, which had previously produced Components, Red Pieces and Drivers' Pieces. The new chapter is more closely linked to the world of racing and leads the project toward a more overtly artistic dimension: no longer just fragments of a car, but surfaces that tell the story of the initial thought that generated them. These are objects that do not merely preserve, but interpret, reinterpret and transform.
The works are inspired by the Ferrari 812 Competizione Tailor Made. Hoods or spines are removed from their original function to become a three-dimensional canvas on which the sketch that guided their creation comes to life, so that the first creative mark returns to the surface that represents one of the car's most accomplished expressions. That surface becomes a narrative space, a canvas in which the stroke is embedded and expands, following the curves and embracing the tension of the volumes in dialogue with light and matter. The object is reborn as a bridge between idea and matter, between vision and reality, a tangible trace of the journey from the blank page to the automobile, where the initial gesture does not end but continues to inhabit the form. Ferrari closes the announcement with the line: Born for speed, reborn for beauty.
“In the Sketch Body works, the surface transforms into a narrative space: a canvas in which the line inserts itself and expands, following the curves, accommodating the tensions of the volumes, and engaging in dialogue with light and matter.”
Why this matters
Sketch Body shifts how Ferrari's Collectibles project treats car parts: instead of preserving fragments of a car, it reinterprets them as surfaces that tell the story of the idea behind them. That matters most to collectors who follow the series, which has already run through Components, Red Pieces and Drivers' Pieces, and it moves the project toward a more overtly artistic dimension and closer to the world of racing.
Terms in This Story
- Collectibles
- Limited-edition objects produced and sold for collectors rather than for everyday use.
- Maranello
- The Italian town that is home to Ferrari and the dateline of this announcement.
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