The Hobbit aeroplane won an international gold medal for its designers, Admark Visual Imaging, at the Specialist Graphic Imaging Association’s Golden Image Awards in Florida. The awards, which were held at the end of October, are recognised worldwide for celebrating excellence in screen and digital printing, says Stuff.co.nz
At 830 square metres the digitally printed picture of Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves on an Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300 is the largest graphic in the world ever to be applied to an aircraft.
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