The group's Jupiter Display arm project managed and printed the job, including graphics for the arrivals and departures areas.

The structure is the largest passenger bridge in the world. BAA invested 100m in the Pier 6 development at Gatwick's North Terminal. An aircraft the size of a Boeing 747 can pass underneath it.

Farringdon-based Jupiter Display secured the con-tract through Camden-based 20/20 Design & Strategy Consultants and BAA.

According to Jupiter head of business development David Snaith, the job was "absolutely huge". Jupiter was briefed on the artwork five months ago and the installation of the graphics took three weeks.

"We are finding that interior graphics are increasingly becoming part of our core business," he said. "The market is moving away from retail."

The graphics for Gatwick were printed digitally using Scitex Vision and Mimaki presses. They were imaged on a raft of substrates, including self-adhesive vinyl. Due to the scale of the project, Jupiter Display worked with other divisions in the Service Graphics group.
"We did not just produce the graphics for this project," added Snaith. "Being project managers we were in complete control of the site build."

The passenger bridge is Gatwick's biggest development since the opening of the North Terminal in 1988.

"We have a good relationship with Jupiter Display and wanted to get them involved early," said 20/20 project designer Lee Hopkinson.

"Our brief was to design a look that had a more welcoming feel and changed the way that UK airports were perceived."

Story by Philip Chadwick