Ferrari Roma Tailor Made: halfway between Italy and Japan

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The car contains beautiful details inspired by the Japanese tradition, while preserving the elegance of the original model in its purest and most refined sense.

Ferrari has unveiled a unique Ferrari Roma, made by the famous Tailor Made department. The car contains beautiful details inspired by the Japanese tradition, while retaining the elegance of the original model in its purest and most refined sense.

In particular, Ferrari Tailor Made is an exclusive program for those who want to personalize every element of their Ferrari and create a vehicle that truly reflects their personality and taste. Customers participating in the Tailor Made program are assisted by a team of experts who, led by a personal designer, interpret their wishes while preserving the aesthetic principles of the Ferrari brand.

The history of this particular car began when
Evan Orenstein Yes
Josh Rubinfounders of COOL HUNTING, a prestigious independent North American publication devoted to design, culture and technology, received and accepted the offer to customize a Ferrari Roma, to explore just how far the
Ferrari customization à la carte and really break molds.

They met with
Flavio Manzon, Head of Design at Ferrari, in the Ferrari Tailor Made showroom in New York, just as they had just returned from several research trips to Japan, where they had taken a deep dive into the country’s traditional arts and crafts methods. As a result of this experience, they suggested incorporating some of those unique ideas and materials into the Tailor Made project, as COOL HUNTING understood it.

Manzoni and his team found inspiring parallels between Italian and Japanese culture and design philosophy. Among them is a resolute commitment to quality, emotional commitment to the customer and exquisite craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation.

An idea began to take shape. To create a Ferrari that integrates some of the unique materials developed using traditional Japanese techniques, while applying the innovative power inherent in all Ferraris to adapt and adapt them to the durability and functionality demands of a modern high performance car.

The colors of the Roma are inspired by the
traditional Japanese indigo dyes, especially the vibrant blue of the exterior paint, made especially for this device and called Indigo Metal. This expressive color perfectly emphasizes the purity of the Roma’s shapes, where the light seems to glide through the body and accentuate the lines through reflections and shadows.

Indigo plays a prominent role in Japanese design culture as it is a traditional dye that occurs naturally. COOL HUNTING had visited Toyama, one of only five remaining indigo plantations in Tokushima, Japan’s traditional indigo growing area. There they learned that the dye comes from a green plant that, once harvested and fermented, is converted into sukumo, the traditional Japanese dried indigo that is mixed with lye, sake and limestone to create authentic Hon-Ai indigo dye. Due to its antimicrobial properties, it used to be used for bedding, household linen and clothing.

The same color palette brings the vehicle’s exterior and interior together in a subtle holistic statement. Indigo also features in the sakiori fabrics of the upholstery on seats and mats.

The
sakiori is one of the oldest examples of recycling in the world It dates back to the 18th century, when cotton and silk were only available to Japan’s nobility and good fortune. Damaged kimonos were taken apart, the fabric was cut into strips and remade with new threads to create a warm, comfortable and durable fabric. The word comes from the Japanese saku (to tear) and oru (to weave).

By identifying sakiori as a viable material, an innovative solution was discovered. It used two vintage kimonos that were originally made in Amami Oshima, an island in Japan’s southern archipelago. One of about 75 years old indigo dyed kimonos and another about 45 years old dyed both indigo and the famous Amami Oshima Tsumugi mud based paint. Instead of entwining the threads of the kimono with cotton or silk, as tradition dictates, they are braided with high-strength nylon to ensure the durability required by this material applied to the vehicle’s interior. This new fabric is made in the same place as Hajime Shoji’s original materials.

The indigo theme
has remained on the roof of the passenger compartment, a beautiful and detailed piece of craftsmanship that only those inside can enjoy. It is made from two indigo-dyed hides from Asai Roketsu, from Kyoto. One with a unique flat color designed to match the car’s color scheme, and the other hand-painted using the roketsu method, which dates back to the 8th century. This is a wax dyeing method that forms intricate repeating patterns with a single color and was used to decorate silk or cotton for kimonos and obi. The hides were then shipped to Italy, where Italian craftsmen cut them into ribbons and woven them by hand in a process called intreccio to form a unique and elegant piece of art.

Also the
door handles in the Roma are inspired by Japann They are wrapped tightly in hand-woven black leather straps in tribute to tsukami, the ancient art of wrapping katana hilts.

The COOL HUNTING team was also inspired by a visit to Kaikado, a Kyoto-based family business known for its iconic copper tea cans. Now made by the fifth and sixth generations of the family, the tins are so expertly crafted that the lid is vacuum sealed as it is gently lowered onto the body. Copper also acquires an inimitable natural patina through use. Based on this memorabilia, the Roma’s gearshift and levers are wrapped around copper-plated details made in Japan. Likewise, the profile of the double passenger compartment, the wheels and the kamon are designed in this color.

The unique blazon of the plaque on the center armrest and side sills of the car is a custom-made kamon, a symbol passed down from generation to generation in Japanese culture. Designed by Kyogen, it represents an ox cart wheel (popular transportation among aristocrats during the Heian period, 794-1185) combined with the eight pistons of Roma’s V8 engine to form the spokes. The numerical theme continues in the eight wave crests that surround the wheel, symbols of luck, strength and resistance.

Thus, this Ferrari Roma, subtle but full of details, harmoniously combines the culture of Italian and Japanese design. It is a fine example of the unlimited wealth of combinations and possibilities that the Ferrari Tailor Made program offers.

Moreover, the Roma has elegant proportions and a timeless design combined with unparalleled performance and driving characteristics. It is not only an icon of Italian design, but also represents the pinnacle of performance in its category thanks to its
620 hp . supercharged V8 engine

Source: La Verdad

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