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passengers’ wellbeing and the studio is
constantly seeking solutions to provide
space for flyers to break away from the
here-and-now of their flight to find a
moment to elongate and de-escalate.
Advances in digital displays, potentially
hand-in-hand with windowless fuselages
and the miniaturisation of technology
could allow designers to create moments
of peace and privacy to calm the mind and
nourish the soul mid-flight. In one recent
Caon design study, technology is combined
with soft, undulating, ergonomically
formed structures and traditional curtain
partitioning to create a meditation niche.
The old with the new. These moments are
measured in minutes and utilise precious
space, but represent prime opportunities
for design to be expressed more simply
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to enjoy a layered, immersive experience,
devoid of stress and enriching to the soul.
This has the potential to drive a completely
new ideology of how cabins and seats are
conceived across all classes. Does the
material palette become more or less
important as AR and VR become more
commonplace? Aircraft, after all, are tightly
controlled spaces which the Caon team
likes to think of in terms of miniexperiments
in urban planning. With the
potential of a new, virtual layer sitting over
the passenger experience, how does this
change how we think about designing
these spaces?
As technology drives more refined
manufacturing techniques and becomes
less obtrusive in the makeup of the
modern cabin, design will have to step to
the fore and fill the void with beautifully
crafted detail. Typical methodology will
make way for more unified forms, and
a truly organic and simplified design
language will become possible. Aesthetic
negotiations we have struggled to
implement in the past will become more
achievable and cabin design will become
more precise, simultaneously optimised
for passenger wellbeing and airline profit,
and, as a result, will be more beautiful.
There is much to be excited about.
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on a deeper level, boosting the human
experience.
With advances in VR and the seamless
integration of technology into physical
surrounds and materials, it may soon be
the case that cabin structures become
platforms for an experience that is
somewhat detached from the immediate
environment. The passenger may be able
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