NFG

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A legend reinterpreted as NFT.

NF-G digital artwork featuring the Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Five artistic contributions and a living design icon: the NF-G Challenge was initiated and led by Can-Florian Ahegger through ART2PEOPLE. Their subject was the G-Class.

The NF-G project brought digital art together with the design history of the G-Class. ART2PEOPLE selected participating artists to interpret the vehicle through a digital lens and translate its recognisable form into individual digital artworks.

The project placed artistic interpretations of the G-Class in an NFT-art context. The works explored the vehicle’s design and cultural recognition from different artistic perspectives.

Six creators developed five artistic contributions. Charlotte Taylor and Anthony Authié worked on one joint contribution; the other contributions were by Antoni Tudisco, Baugasm, Klarens Malluta and Roger Kilimanjaro.

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Diversity
without
limits.

The artists of the NF-G Challenge are characterised by their enormous artistic diversity and many years of experience in the digital world. There is Antoni Tudisco from Hamburg, who has stirred the virtual art world with imaginative 3D animations and has already collaborated with some well-known names in the music and fashion industries.

For the 2022 NF-G project, six creators developed five distinct artistic contributions inspired by the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

The NFT art piece & more

The artists

This project presented five artistic contributions inspired by the G-Class. Six creators were credited because Charlotte Taylor and Anthony Authié developed one contribution together. Their different backgrounds, styles, digital tools and media gave the series an interdisciplinary character.

The artists come from backgrounds as varied as the music industry, luxury fashion, graphic design, real estate, creative marketing, luxury living accessories and music/fashion design.

Antoni Tudisco

Baugasm

Charlotte Taylor × Anthony Authié

Klarens Malluta

Roger Kilimanjaro

The impressions

The project

The project combined digital art with the mechanics of an NFT drop. Artists working across 3D design, architecture and visual culture were brought together to reflect on the G-Class and its audience. The initial drop was conceived as the first stage of a longer project and community roadmap.

Release record | Nifty Gateway

Nifty Gateway’s collection record lists NF-G as released on 23 January 2022 and states that the drawings were open for one hour. ART2PEOPLE’s contemporaneous announcement scheduled the release for 6:00 p.m. EST, corresponding to 00:00 CET on 24 January.

Relationship record. A later Mercedes-Benz NXT FAQ records that ART2PEOPLE realised NF-G, that the G-Class was the inspiration for the artists and that Mercedes-Benz covered the project on its own channels. The project-specific coverage is also preserved in the official Mercedes-Benz post and film.

The NF-G project was initiated and led by Can-Florian Ahegger, founder of ART2PEOPLE. Marco Mori supported the artistic realisation as a 3D artist. The project’s stated vision was to build a bridge between the G-Class as a design icon and the digital art space.