Nautilus Business Class seat for A380

As consultant for Swiss studio DesignInvestment, work was carried out for the development and detailing of a new Business Class seat concept to be adopted on high density configuration on the Airbus A380 main deck. The cabin is currently shown at the Airbus Sales Mock-up Center in Toulouse.

The concept is based on comfort and easy access, privacy and lightness.
The main innovation was to have the armrests shaped in a rounded form and able to be lowered with seat in seep mode, so to create a rounded cocoon area at shoulder level for the passenger to sleep more comfortably.
ZGD task has spanned from the development of concept variations to detailing through sketches and 3D models. Given the real data about the cabin, a verification of the concept has been performed exploring different variations in layout in order to reach the optimal balance between seats amount and aisle width.

Image Credits: AIRBUS, ZERO G DESIGN