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Paul appointed Honorary Fellow

06/07/17

Paul has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art in London. The College describes this honour as ‘an opportunity for [us] to acknowledge exceptional accomplishment and is given to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to … professional practice in one or more disciplines or professions of interest to the College, to the advancement of society in the UK or overseas or to the life and objectives of the University.’

Photo by Stephen Pover

PGxRCA — Future Materials

07/06/17

We’re pleased to present PG x RCA — Future Materials, currently on show at our Central London headquarters. This exhibition charts the work of 14 students from the Royal College of Art who were set a brief by PriestmanGoode to develop innovative material palettes for aircraft interiors in 2050.

The brief, set by our studio’s Colour, Materials and Finishes team, asked students to consider how bespoke textile and surface design could shape a responsible cabin of the future, and to deliver materials that offer additional benefits to well-being, health and hygiene, privacy as well as cleaning and maintenance.

The results cover a vast spectrum of observations, ideas and methods, and bring a new and fresh perspective to the possibilities in future air travel environments.

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Space Tourism with The Saturday Club

03/05/17

We were honoured to be invited once again to do a Masterclass for The National Science and Engineering Saturday Club, which enables students in secondary schools to develop their creative skills. Our Masterclass this year was with Kingston University’s Club. Our brief to them was to create a design and brand identity for a spacecraft based on their destination planet. Taking the properties of each planet into consideration, the students developed a palette of colours, materials and finishes for application in spacecraft interiors. Each group then presented their concept to the rest of the students.

We have a long-standing history of holding Masterclasses with The Saturday Club and are pleased to be supporting them by building bridges between education and industry.

Image courtesy of The Saturday Club/ Magnus Andersson.

Qatar Airways Launches New Qsuite

08/03/17

It’s been nearly ten years since we first started collaborating with Qatar Airways. In that time, the airline has been a pivotal driving force in elevating passenger experience in air travel. We’re delighted to see our latest programme with them revealed to the public for the first time today.

Qatar Airways’ new Business Class concept, featuring the Qsuite is set to redefine business class travel. The Qsuite is the first Business class suite in the world to have a double bed. In addition, centre quads allow groups of four to sit together, providing the first truly social at seat experience in a Business Class cabin. Each suite can also become a private individual space thanks to fully closing doors and privacy panels on every side.

Click here for an overview of the cabin.

Happy Chinese New Year

26/01/17

We wish our friends in China and around the world a happy and prosperous New Year.

Britain’s 500 Most Influential People

23/01/17

Paul Priestman has once again been voted one of the 500 most influential people in Britain today. The list, compiled by Debrett’s and published by the Daily Telegraph, features people from across industries, including artist Grayson Perry, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. As the Telegraph reports, the one thing all candidates have in common is their ‘tremendous, epoch-changing influence’.

Paul’s appointment as part of this illustrious list is testament to the role of industrial design in shaping every day life, and to PriestmanGoode’s continued work to improve travel for millions of passengers every day.

Further details are available on the Daily Telegraph website.

PG at the new Design Museum

24/11/16

The New Tube for London, which PriestmanGoode designed in partnership with Transport for London, features as one of the key exhibits in the permanent collection of the new Design Museum, which opens to the public today.

A full scale prototype of the iconic front of the train was built as part of the ‘Designer, Maker, User’ exhibition. Featured alongside a short film with Paul Priestman and Paul Marchant, from Transport for London, the exhibit highlights the importance of design in developing a beautiful, functional and efficient transport system that will meet the growing demands of London’s rising population.

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Design & Innovation Award

05/10/16

This week marks the second annual China Britain International Design Week.

The event aims to foster creative partnerships between the UK and China, with a particular focus on the collaboration of creative British talent with China’s outstanding manufacturing capabilities.

We are honoured to be exhibited alongside companies like Siemens, Farrells and Wilkinson Eyre at the event this year, and delighted to be the recipients of the inaugural Design & Innovation Award.

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United Polaris Launch

03/06/16

Our new aircraft interiors for United Airlines were launched today at an impressive ceremony at New York City’s Gotham Hall.

The focus of our designs for the new international fleet is the United Polaris premium lounge and cabin, an exclusive offer tailored to United business class passengers. Following over 12,000 hours of research and passenger consultations led by United, the new United Polaris cabin is designed to meet the needs of busy, hard-working business travellers, and provides them with a highly functional, intuitive suite, and a serene lounge and cabin experience that will leave them feeling rested and refreshed.

See the project page for further details

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PG. becomes employee owned company

27/04/16

On 1 April 2016, PriestmanGoode became an employee owned company. The studio is now majority owned by an Employee Ownership Trust.

Paul Priestman explains: “Whilst the other directors and myself are remaining at the helm of the studio, we wanted to put things in place to ensure the legacy of the company we have built. This is a commitment to our team, a great number of whom have been with us for many years and have been instrumental to our success. We wanted to empower them, share in the success that we’ve built and make everyone at PriestmanGoode feel invested in our continued growth.

Nigel Goode adds “As designers, our work is about innovation, about being progressive, about future proofing, helping our clients devise long-term strategies for success. Transitioning into an employee-owned company is us applying those same principles to our own company. It’s a collaborative and long-term approach to business decisions and will ensure that we keep growing in a sustained manner”