Evviva L’auto
As proud car and design lovers, we had to highlight this one. Evviva L’auto makes handcrafted car covers as limited edition artworks, starting with the Porsche 911. We’ve looked for a good cover for our own car before and came up empty every time, so seeing someone finally treat the category with actual care got us excited.
The project comes from Polish photographer and visual artist Jacek Kołodziejski, a lifelong car obsessive who owns a Porsche 928 himself. The name traces back to when he was fourteen, when a Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer poem struck him so hard he spray-painted “Evviva l’arte!” two meters wide across his parents’ basement wall. Decades of photography later, his two obsessions finally merged into one object.
Everything is done by hand. Patterns are drawn separately for each 911 generation, down to the shape of the headlights and the door lines, then sewn in a small workshop in Poland with a velvet interior to protect the paint and a smooth outer surface that carries the graphics. Each design is limited to 50 pieces, and once an edition is gone, there are no reprints.
The debut collections were made with Studio OSOM and designer Bartek Walczuk, Jacek’s longtime collaborator on award-winning album covers for Dawid Podsiadło and PRO8LLEM. There’s The Dip, with its calligraphy-inspired graphics, The Unicorn, raw and airbrush-influenced, and The Racing, our personal favorite, pulling from the golden era of motorsport with vintage stripes and grid patterns that make the car look fast while it’s parked.
We always love seeing artist collaborations like this, and it’s built right into the brand: every future edition will be created with a different artist, and Jacek hinted they’re looking toward Japan and even fashion for what’s next. We can’t wait to see who ends up on the next one.
Read the full conversation below.
The name comes from “Evviva l’arte!” and the slogan you spray-painted across your parents’ basement wall at fourteen. Can you tell us that story and how it led to making car covers all these years later?
As a 14-year-old, I read a romantic poem by the Polish poet Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer that placed art above everything else. It made such a strong impression on me that I decided to follow an artistic path. This ultimately translated into my artistic education and professional career—I became a photographer and have been balancing between art and commercial work from the very beginning. Throughout this entire process, my passion for design and cars has also accompanied me. These are two passions that have influenced each other from the start. For years, I looked with a bit of envy at companies that managed to merge the worlds of design and art; I was inspired by people like Borromeo D’Silva or Thierry Nardone, whom I had the pleasure of meeting. I personally own a Porsche 928 from the first year of production. All of this led me to a point where I felt I had to try my hand at this endeavor, and thus Evviva L’auto was born!
Each cover is tailored to a specific car rather than being a generic shell. How does a cover actually get made, from the pattern-making around the car’s silhouette to the fabric and the manufacturing?
It might surprise you, but we do it all manually. Each Porsche model is developed separately, with patterns taken just like a tailor making a custom suit. Every detail matters—even though the design is adapted to different generations of the Porsche 911, we ensure that details like the shape of the headlights faithfully match the specific model, just like the window layout or door lines. Without this, the design wouldn’t fit the bodywork so perfectly. The choice of material was a rather long process; we looked for a fabric with the right stretch that combined user comfort, printability, and good car body protection. We produce the entire thing in a small sewing workshop in Poland, which gives us great quality control.
The debut editions with Studio OSOM span three collections: The Dip, The Unicorn, and The Racing. What’s the story behind each one, and how did the collaboration with Bartek Walczuk work?
The debut editions of Evviva L’auto models were created in cooperation with Studio OSOM, founded by the acclaimed Polish designer Bartek Walczuk. I have been collaborating with Bartek for many years, as we previously created album covers for Dawid Podsiadło and PRO8LLEM. Both covers won many awards, and our collaboration has always been extremely creative. When working on the collections, we assumed there had to be three of them, that they needed to thoroughly explore the theme, offer choices, and show the dynamism of the idea. I should add that alongside the covers, we also created a line of t-shirts matching each cover so you can dress not only your car, but yourself as well.
Each line tells a different historical and aesthetic story about speed and design:
The Dip. This collection draws inspiration from the dynamics and fluidity of movement. The graphics used here directly reference calligraphy, giving the Porsche a unique, artistic character. The whole thing was designed to evoke strong emotions at first glance, bringing to mind pure speed and relentless energy.
The Unicorn. This is the rawest and most uncompromising installment of the trio. The graphics are inspired by the airbrush technique, and their style heightens the tension between artistic improvisation and artisanal precision. The name and character of the collection pay tribute to uniqueness, rebellion, and an unconventional approach to modifying a classic car.
The Racing. A nod to the golden era of motorsport. The collection draws heavily from classic racing, utilizing iconic racing stripes and a vintage grid pattern. Its job is to make the car look extremely dynamic and aggressive—even when it is parked idly in the garage.
Every future edition will be created with a different artist. How do you choose who to work with, and what’s coming next?
I think we will look for creators at the intersection of art and design. In theory, our cover can be a blank canvas for any artist. However, after going through the entire design process, it is extremely important to have a feel for the car’s body as a spatial object that has its own dynamics and is a design icon. All these elements will matter when choosing the next artist. I must admit we are looking a bit toward Japan, and I am very tempted to venture slightly into fashion.
We are just launching, so you can treat this entire project as the premiere. We still have very few publications, so yes—you are among the first to write about it more broadly.
Photos by Jacek Kołodziejski
