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United Seating Wins ‘Condé Nast Traveller’ Innovation and Design Award
United’s First (top) and Business class (bottom) airline seats recline into completely flat, 180° beds
and are now in service on international flights. Click on the images for enlargements.
United’s new First and Business class cabin environments, developed by Pentagram partner Daniel Weil and B/E Aerospace, have won first prize in the aviation category of the Condé Nast Traveller Innovation and Design Awards 2008.
The United seating was shortlisted for the award by a panel of travel experts and commentators, before being put to the public vote alongside the other finalists. Readers of Condé Nast Traveller voted online for the winners, who also included David Chipperfield in the Culture category for his Museum of Modern Literature in Germany; Ross Lovegrove in the Sustainable category for his Solar Tree street lighting system and Heston Blumenthal in the Gourmet category.
Daniel Weil said of the award: “This is a great opportunity to celebrate the success of the collaboration between United, B/E Aerospace and ourselves. I see this award as the product of a unique combination of talent, expertise and commitment that every member of the team has contributed to.”
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New United Cabin Designs Now Flying
Daniel Weil interviewed for the launch of United Airlines new first and business class cabins. Video courtesy of United.
Daniel Weil’s new cabin designs for United Airlines have begun flying on routes between Washington D.C. and Frankfurt or Zurich in a rollout across 97 international aircraft expected to be finished in the autumn of 2009.
Weil designed the seats in partnership with the in-house design team at B/E Aerospace, the world’s leading aircraft cabin manufacturer. Full details of the new cabins can be found on United’s Suite Dreams minisite.
Previously: United Reveals New Cabin Design
United Reveals New Cabin Design
United Airlines announced a breakthrough yesterday: this fall, they will be the first US carrier to feature fully reclining lie-flat seats in their International First and Business cabins. Pentagram’s Daniel Weil worked with United and a team of specialists throughout the intricate process of designing two new cabins.
“This is the moment where the customer is put first,” said Weil. Designed to provide more space and a better sense of privacy through an innovative forward- and rear-facing design and seats that recline 180˚ to form a six-foot-long bed, the first updated planes will take to the skies later this year. The entire international fleet will be updated in phases over the next two to three years.
The new cabins were designed in conjunction with industry experts B/E Aerospace. Pentagram has been United’s design consultant for nearly ten years, with responsibilities that have ranged from developing the airline’s current livery design, to naming its low-cost carrier Ted, to designing its self-service ticket dispensers, to consulting on tableware and in-flight amenities.
Fuego Wins iF Product Design Award
Fuego in action
The Fuego grill has received the prestigious iF Product Design Award.
Pentagram 2007 Classic Typographic Calendar
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The 2007 edition of our popular typographic calendar is here! Designed by Kit Hinrichs, the award-winning calendar displays a classic typeface each month, with brief descriptions of the type designers, their birthdays, plus all major holidays for the United States and United Kingdom.
The calendar is available in two sizes: a super size 33-by-22 inch version suitable for wall hanging, and a smaller 18-by-12 inch version for wall and desk use. The retail price of the large version is $36 and the smaller version is $22. Both are available from Ken Knight.
Official press release—and a great secondary use for the calendar—after the jump.
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New Work: The P2
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Robert Brunner and his team at Pentagram have designed the P2, an elegant new pen developed in collaboration with Acme Studios. The P2 is manufactured of machined aluminum and steel and has a weight (1.6 oz) that is ideal for the hand. A magnet concealed inside the cap easily secures it to either end of the body. The P2 retails for $98 and is available in aluminum or dark brown metallic colors from Acme.
Update: The pen is featured on Dexigner.
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Fuego Fetish
“You’ll be the envy of your subdivision”: Fuego featured in the “Fetish” section of the August issue of Wired. (Last item.)
Fuego on HGTV
The Fuego grill is featured on HGTV.com in a brief segment about cooking outdoors with style. Robert Brunner is interviewed by Angela Chee, host of HGTV’s popular show “I Want That!” (Second segment—wait for it.)
Fuego will also appear on HGTV’s Kitchen & Baths 2006 special, which premieres Sunday,
13 August at 8 PM EST/PST.
Hot Stuff
The Fuego barbecue designed by Bob Brunner and his team was a highlight of last week’s Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Chicago, writes The New York Times.
New Work: Grammar Collection for Knoll
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Abbott Miller and his team have designed the Grammar Collection, a new series of wallcoverings for KnollTextiles. The three patterns are based on overlapping typography. “This is an appropriate theme for any room where there is conversation,” says Abbott.
More images after the jump.
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