Ms. Sabine Marcelis

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 This design was the winning entree for the international 'Concours de design AIRFRANCE-KLMFRANCE' design contest. The brief asked for a new and innovative design solution for their meal service. Two sets of tableware were designed; for both economy class and business class. The project was done in collaboration with Paula Colchero.

PICNIC is a new way of serving in-flight meals inspired by the French picnic tradition.

It offers a unique dining experience, strengthens the company's French identity and deals with important sustainability issues.

Composed of a tower of stacked containers, it allows the passenger to distribute his meal as he wishes, without the restriction of a tray. He unwraps the tablecloth and arranges the containers in the most comfortable way for him.

The containers serve as lids for each other, and thus eliminating the need for any disposable wrapping. The space used to store these towers is almost half that used to store trays, considerably reducing the weight, fuel and emission of gases produced by the airplane.

Materials used also stay in the theme of weight reduction and environmental friendliness. PICNIC is made using organic textiles, bioplastics, glass and air-infused porcelain.

Skills

IT Sony Vegas SolidWorks Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office	Crafts/Manual model making metal/wood/plastic knowledge experience with handtools and heavier machinery experience with rapid prototyping/lasercutting machinery
Languages English (fluent) Dutch (fluent)	Other -