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Private Helicopter Aircraft Interior by Jean-Pierre Alfano Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
Jean-Pierre Alfano honored for vehicle, mobility and transportation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design category for Private Helicopter Aircraft Interior by Jean-Pierre Alfano, designed for AirJet Designs. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Private Helicopter Aircraft Interior
Private Helicopter is a cabin interior design for a light private helicopter. The layout includes seats, a central console, ceiling lighting and a ventilation unit. Styling is inspired by high-end race car interiors, with angular lines and a palette of beige, grey and black with blue accents. Speakers inside the upper seat structure support an active noise cancellation system, so passengers do not need headphones. The seat bottom and backrest are ventilated, and each passenger can adjust the airflow and the temperature.
About Jean-Pierre Alfano
AirJet Designs is an industrial design studio that specializes in private aircraft interiors. Established in 2010, the design studio is composed of a team of creative designers who share a passion for luxury interiors and unique designs. The involvement of the studio goes from the initial conceptual stage up to final project completion, which includes the development of unique details and finishes, as well as artwork pieces, all of which results in a fully personalized project.
Award Record
With this recognition, Jean-Pierre Alfano is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Award
The A' Vehicle Design Award is an international vehicle design competition recognizing good vehicle designs by best vehicle designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to vehicle designers, mobility solution providers, transportation design studios and automotive engineers from all countries. Entries typically include cars, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses and trains. Awarded vehicle designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/vehicle
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/100701
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100701
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100701
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/270942
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://tinyurl.com/wpxlzux
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Private Helicopter Aircraft Interior
- Function
- Aircraft Interior
- Category
- Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Slate Blue, Dim Gray and Midnight Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- AirJet Designs
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jean-Pierre Alfano
- Country
- France
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100701
Credits
- Team
- Jean-Pierre Alfano and Marie Vega
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- With this project, we created a sporty, modern helicopter cabin inspired by the stylistic lines of high-end race cars. Styling is centered around the design of seats, integrating angular lines and a color palette ranging from beige to greys, and black with blue accents. The overall design combines several technological features that aim at giving the passenger a greater sense of comfort and physical interaction with the surroundings, such as for example ventilated seat bottom and backrest.
- Inspiration
- The design takes inspiration from high-end race car interiors, and aims at showcasing the latest available aircraft interior technology combined with luxury craftsmanship for the segment of VIP transportation. Innovative features include: -Speakers inside seat upper structure (for Active Noise Cancellation system), -Ventilated seat bottom and backrest, with personal air flow controls, -Central console with refrigerated compartment, deployable personal tablet holder, and USB charging port.
- Research
- The project included a design trend research on similar type of helicopters and on the target audience of the product. The goal was to determine the overall design cross-industry inspirations and color scheme to favor in order for the design to have a maximum visual impact.
- Challenge
- The creative challenge was to re-think the flying experience on board a private helicopter to give passengers an upscale sense of luxury through a fusion of the latest technology and high-end craftsmanship. The production and airworthiness certification requirements were also taken into consideration during the design process to ensure industrial feasibility of the concept.
- Realization and Technology
- The design started with defining the layout and features of the helicopter cabin: seat arrangement, central console, ceiling lighting and ventilation unit. Overal styling orientations were then defined through the definition of a moodboard and material board. Detailed design of the cabin components were then executed with the integration of decorative trim details, lighting elements and functional controls and features.
- Operation and Interaction
- Seats are designed to integrate an active noise cancellation system to reduce noise around the head of passengers without the need to wear headphones. Also the seat structure integrates ventilated backrest and bottom. The passenger can adjust the ventilation temperature and airflow of their seat and ceiling ventilation outlet with dedicated controls.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August of 2018 and finished in November of 2018.
- Specifications
- The interior has a size of Width 1750mm x Depth 2500mm x Height 1450mm corresponding to a typical light private helicopter cabin.
- Keywords
- private helicopter, luxury aircraft interior, aviation, transportation, aircraft
