“At the beginning of 2025, Aero approached me to participate in an internal competition to design a new camouflage for the L-39 Skyfox. For someone who built model airplanes as a child, it was a dream come true – literally a dream job.

I submitted thirty designs for the competition, and from the five finalists, we selected two concepts, which I then creatively combined or ‘remixed’ into a single design. This principle of remixing is familiar to me from my work in music, and I transferred it into the visual design realm as well.

The foundation of the design is a triangular structure, derived from the Skyfox’s original motif, which I transformed into a new dynamic form. The camouflage is intentionally asymmetrical, with each side unique – deliberately disrupting the conventional perception of the aircraft’s shape and giving it a distinctive personality. The color palette combines three shades of gray used by NATO forces with special tones of orange and yellow, which shift in sunlight and respond to light – much like the Skyfox itself, moving between tradition and innovation.

I drew inspiration from the work of Frank Stella, particularly his use of space between color planes to create tension and rhythm. I applied the same principles to the camouflage – narrow lines separate and connect the shapes simultaneously. I also loosely referenced Picasso’s Harlequin patterns and the deconstructivist architecture of Peter Eisenman and Daniel Libeskind, which plays with irregularity and intentional asymmetry.

The result is an abstract, striking, and unexpected camouflage that reflects the energy, movement, and confidence of the Skyfox brand. When I first saw the finished aircraft, I was amazed by the precision – the colors, the tension between shapes, and the overall effect work perfectly at a scale that any artist can only dream of.

For me personally, the Skyfox represents the combination of all the passions that have accompanied me throughout my life – aviation, design, music, and futurism. It is a meeting of technology and art in a pure, aerodynamic form.”