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Successful interior completions depend on full defined specification. We work with you to determine the requirements for your private jet and discuss the options available to you – there are a myriad of essential questions that only a voice of experience can know to ask. more
To concept your private jet interior we don’t start with the aircraft, we begin the journey with you. Because unlike traditional companies, the design of our private jet interiors are created around your desires, not ours. VIP has always been forward thinking. And that’s exactly what your interior will be. Pioneering. Innovative. Ahead of its time.
Conceptual design is the phase that develops the look and feel of your private jet interior. Our designers take to the drawing board in pencil; defining and visualizing design options. Conducted in person where and when possible – in a one-to-one relationship between client, designer and representative, it’s a artisan process of design, discussion and reflection, producing as many iterations as required until the perfect jet interior is defined for you.
Conceptual design is the phase that develops the look and feel of your private jet interior. Our designers take to the drawing board in pencil; defining and visualizing design options. Conducted in person where and when possible – in a one-to-one relationship between client, designer and representative, it’s a artisan process of design, discussion and reflection, producing as many iterations as required until the perfect jet interior is defined for you.
For high end, luxurious office furniture, we admire Arditi Design; the Florida-based brand has both a ‘buy now’ collection and custom options. Once your desk and other furniture have been placed, don’t forget your office accessories to help the space feel complete — Rudi has a delightful collection of leather desk sets in a range of colors, to perfectly match your jet’s interior color scheme.
No private jet interior would be complete without a few luxurious finishing touches. While these might not be the centerpiece of the aircraft, they are sure to make all the difference and help the cabin feel more like a home away from home. For instance, having artwork on the walls, such as something unique from Christie’s or Saatchi, can bring a splash of color or complement your wall paneling and furniture choices. here
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This is also true of the carpet or rug underfoot. Often overlooked, this selection can truly set the tone for the rest of your jet’s interiors — so treat your aircraft with the same love you have for your home, by opting for beautiful design details. For example, Tai Ping’s Scenematic collection was conceived in collaboration with esteemed interior designer André Fu, and draws on the urban landscape of the world’s major cities to create expressive carpet designs.
Embraer’s $53 million Lineage 1000 business jet interior has the biggest wow factor of them all though, door-sized windows. Wired reports that Brazilian airplane manufacturer has solved the weight issue with bigger plane windows by simply placing them into the standard airplane doors.
A Japanese theme in the interior makes for a nice change from the traditional luxury style but ensures luxury feel through lacquered wood and hi-tech seats. There’s just one tiny detail that this jet will have you change in your travelling routine, putting on sunscreen.
Robbreport writes that beside the marble wall in the bedroom, modeled ceilings and numerous monitors in different areas the jet also features a spa room. Spa. The floral walls and partitions separate different areas like a formal dining room, an entertainment area and a bar. Rounding out the list of amenities is an exercise area inside the said spa.
Shower is where the luxury shines with a black shower stall, big mirror, and golden hammered sink. Built-in lighting makes the vanity look like that of a Hollywood star and the patterned carpet makes for a cozy finish.
Black and white hexagons are repeated in a free-standing shower stall design that is also one of the best shower designs we’ve ever seen.
Boeing 747-8 is a $358 million private jet that can carry 450 passengers and features a VIP interior. Designed by Greenpoint Technologies it has just the right amount of gold and luxurious lacquered wood accents. more
As for the really eye-opening stuff, well, if you have the money, the luxury jet designers will try to make it happen. O’Hara says, “You do get people asking for bathtubs and hot tubs.” Here it comes down to logistics and engineering: a bathtub full of water is a very heavy object and can only positioned in certain areas of the plane. Then there’s the slopping of water; normally you have a spill lip to deal with this.
Other feats have included in-flight dance floors and even prayer rooms that are mounted on turntables so that the room faces Mecca wherever the plane is in the world. Wilson says that he’s currently working on the world’s first enclosed “waterfall” for a 787 Dreamliner. “It’s taken a lot of engineering and approval.” [links]
“Once you go beyond the surface, you need an industrial designer and an engineer,” explains Howard Guy, director of the UK-based consultancy Design Q. Everything that goes into a plane has to be certified as aviation-safe and meet a raft of standards. The fabric covering your seats needs to be flame retardant. The foam inside the seats needs to be flame retardant. The seats themselves have to be bolted down and able to survive a 16G impact (humans rarely survive much above 10G).
Unusual custom jet requests: Real Fireplaces. You can have a very nice fake fireplace, but you can’t have a real fireplace.[links]
A complete redesign, however, is a very different matter – and the restrictions and engineering are reflected in the price. Wilson says that, while a Gulfstream might cost $5 million to deck out, a Boeing 737 could set you back from $30 million to $50 million. A really big jet might cost you $200 million. The thing to remember is that almost every job is unique – nearly everything will be a one-off.
As well as passing regulations such as those set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), you need to remember that a jet is not a domestic environment. For starters, as Jean-Pierre Alfano, creative director at AirJet Designs in Toulouse, points out, it’s very confined: even if larger planes are similar in size to a small apartment, you cannot open the window. Moreover, the materials used need to be very durable. If you’re flying from Montreal to Las Vegas, you might go from -22°F to 104°F in a few hours, so you need materials such as wooden veneers that are far more resilient than those used at home. more