Flying-V on shortlist Crystal Cabin Award 2020
Three interior concepts from the Flying-V project by Professor Peter Vink have been nominated for the Crystal Cabin Award 2020. Students in this project designed the Chaise Longue, a three-seater bench which can be converted into three sleeping positions and another economy class sleeping facility. The Crystal Cabin Award is the international prize for innovations in the field of aircraft cabins and passenger experience.
The Flying-V is a design for a highly energy efficient long distance aeroplane. It is a collaborative project between TU Delft’s faculties of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) and Aerospace Engineering (AE), and KLM. The goal of the design is make aviation more sustainable.
The role of IDE is to improve the passenger experience in aircraft with lightweight interior designs that contribute to the goals of reduced fuel consumption. Professor Peter Vink and industrial design engineer, Thomas Rotte, supervise students who made the designs for the new, oval shaped cabin. They designed an experimental cabin that is lightweight, comfortable for passengers and that still holds the same number of passengers as an Airbus A350. The Chaise Longue, three-seater bench and economy class sleeping facility were designed for this interior.
Driezitsbank / three-seater bench
Chaise longue
105 innovative concepts from 21 countries have made it onto the shortlist. The finalists will be announced at the beginning of March and the winner will be unveiled on Tuesday 31 March. The award ceremony will take place during the Aircraft Interiors Expo (31 March to 2 April) in Hamburg.
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Peter Vink
- +31 (0)15 27 81438
- P.Vink@tudelft.nl
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Room 32-B-3-160
"Sustainable productivity can be reached by adapting environments to human and organisational characteristics."