How Innotech and Morris Designs helped YouTube creators, The Professional Idiots, hide a tiny home in plain sight
Large-format printing often appears in unexpected places. While the industry is accustomed to wrapping commercial fleets and retail spaces, Innotech recently saw its materials featured prominently on YouTube, helping a popular creator channel solve a unique property issue.
The Professional Idiots, a YouTube channel known for its crazy build projects, recently took on the challenge of constructing a mobile ‘tiny home’ on the back of an abandoned tipper truck. The structural build was a success, but visually, the raw aluminium box left a lot to be desired.
However, the real issue was not just aesthetics; it was the destination. The team had purchased an abandoned barn in a rural mountain village in Italy and needed a place to stay while they renovated it. Toby Marshall, presenter for Professional Idiots, says, “The tiny home is our free accommodation, but dropping a giant metal box into a rustic, historic landscape is going to stick out like a sore thumb. We wanted our amazing metal home to completely blend in with the beautiful surroundings and buildings of the Italian countryside.”
For a solution, they turned to James Morris of Morris Designs to wrap the entire structure, effectively transforming the metal box into one large, brick- and tile-textured sticker. To achieve the illusion and ensure the wrap could withstand the rigours of international travel and outdoor living, Morris Designs used General Formulations GF830 AutoMark Drift cast vinyl, supplied directly by Innotech.
The installation was not without its challenges. The exterior of the tiny home was built using hundreds of pop rivets. Covering them seamlessly required expert installation skills, heat, and specialised rollers.
James Morris explains, “Wrapping an aluminium box covered in hundreds of pop rivets is a nightmare, because every single bump is a potential failure point. This is exactly why we specified the General Formulations GF830 AutoMark cast vinyl from Innotech. It has unbelievable stretch and conformability, meaning we could heat it, roll it tight around every single rivet, and trust the adhesion to hold firm. We are confident it has the resilience to cope with being dragged all the way to the Italian mountains.”
The result completely transformed the project. Looking at the finished brick-effect wrap, the YouTubers were blown away by the realism. “You can’t really see the rivets, like, at all. It just looks like the texture of the brick, making it look just like a rustic Italian-style wall,” says Toby.
Toby concludes, “We want to send out a massive thank you to Morris Designs for coming down and installing this thing. These guys are incredibly skilful and so passionate about what they do. It is also clear they work with the best products and so also big thanks to InnoTech for providing the wrap vinyl from General Formulations.”
It is the perfect proof that with the right materials and the right installer, print can make even the most ridiculous dreams a reality.
You can watch the full transformation of the Tiny Home over on The Professional Idiots YouTube channel here