FACTORYDESIGN
DELIVERING THE DREAM
Factorydesign discusses why a long-term design strategy is
key to creating a fantastic and cohesive passenger experience
D
esign in aviation means a lot
these days, but of course it
always has. In the early days
it was about how many wings to fit,
where to put the engine and what sort
of propeller to make. Any Google image
trawl of early aviation pioneers brings
up a host of fascinating and mostly
redundant creations, but bit by bit the
basic architecture was arrived at.
Design is a huge subject but it is only
in the past couple of decades that product
designers have come on the scene, wading
in with endless ideas of innovation and
materials that would never have been
seen if not for their involvement.
Factorydesign happily challenges the
industry on a daily basis (our apologies),
but out of great teamwork with engineers
and suppliers the modern commercial
cabin has changed enormously – more
in the past decade than in the previous
half dozen.
With these changes has come a huge
amount of development and new areas of
engineering, and as pleased as we always
are to see our handiwork make delivery
and take flight, it is never without us
applauding the efforts of everyone
involved, as it takes a collective team
to deliver a new interior.
Currently and historically, cabin
design is a pie divided by both design
and manufacture. There are seat makers
and cabinet makers, galleys and lavs, and
carpet and crockery suppliers, all being
brought together to deliver a unified
interior, a stage set that is the stuff of the
airline brand. There must be an alliance in
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