A Paris-based design studio is striving to create exciting cabins that add a little more imagination to the catalogue offerings. Cabin designs are becoming more and more personalised, whereas just a few years ago airframers delivered aircraft along much more uniform lines. The modernisation of fleets and competition between airlines has led to a reconsideration of seat, galley and lavatory design, and a market previously limited to a few timid innovations has now opened for specialist aircraft interior designers, who can offer airlines designs that correspond to their image. During the last Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, visitors could see the research being carried out by architects specialising in custom solutions to encourage manufacturers to take the initiative in this domain.

Pierrejean Design Studio has followed this approach since 1998, convinced it is the way to achieve the optimum balance between the production costs of equipment and passenger comfort. The studio’s first studies focused mainly on the first- class environment – not just on the seats’ ergonomics, but also the functions and the surrounding storage.