Mercedes wants to reinvent the private jet cabin. (Image: Mercedes-Benz)
Aircraft cabins tend to be pretty boring, design-wise — basically, windows and seats in a row, whether it’s a commercial airliner or a private jet. But creative stylists at Mercedes-Benz have teamed up with a Lufthansa subsidiary to create a new kind of interior design for the “VIP cabin.”
The designs are for short- and medium-haul aircraft, and they’re clearly talking about private jets; no airline could afford to fly large planes with the wide-open passenger spaces envisioned here.
You won’t find many hard edges or sharp corners here. (Image: Mercedes-Benz)
Mercedes says its new style will replace “the traditional separation of ceiling, wall and floor” with a “dynamic, spiral layout,” resulting in “new, independent spatial zones without the typical arrangement of seat and wall elements.”
Who needs windows? (Image: Mercedes-Benz)
Cabin windows are concealed by black panels that “appear to float in front of the window like a light corona,” inspired by the screen design in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Those panels can also incorporate displays and touch-screens for information and entertainment.
No worries about seat pitch or width in this design. (Image: Mercedes-Benz)
And Mercedes-Benz being what it is, the designers also wanted to bring in “the aesthetic appeal of state-of-the-art luxury.”
What’s a luxury jet without an aquarium? (Image: Mercedes-Benz)
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