Boeing Draws From Superyachts To Design Luxury Aircraft For Work & Leisure
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
Aviation firm Boeing’s Business Jets sector aims to “bring the best of commercial aviation into the realm of private air travel.” They’re highly customizable for individual customers and provide a much more luxurious air commute experience than the standard business class.
These aircraft tend to replicate a house more than a traditional plane, and are often fitted with different features to replicate rooms in a house: an office, bedroom, shower, dining facilities, and entertainment areas are some examples.
A house in motion is a concept largely dominated by the yacht industry, and in what couldn’t be a more fitting collaboration, Boeing Business Jets teamed up with superyacht interior design firm Mark Berryman Design to create two concepts for the Boeing 737 MAX: one Executive, the other Private.
As the names suggest, Executive is focused on corporate travel while Private aims to be for leisure. Both are most suited for long-haul flights that span more than 12 hours. The goal, Berryman tells Robb Report, was to make the airplane not feel like an airplane.
According to the design firm, the same aesthetic runs through both concepts. A combination of warm colors like tan, brown, and beige see the cabin swathed in a luxurious palette without being too striking. This is for the Executive in particular, as many corporate jet concepts tend to look too high-tech and stiff.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
Instead, it has a largely open layout and features up to 12 workstations that can be easily converted to beds. “We wanted people to feel like they could relax and put their feet up,” Berryman says. The design team prioritized the “flexibility of spaces,” and, of course, convertible and multifunctional ones are welcomed with open arms. In a different segment of the plane, there’s also an office fitted with a desk, chair, TV, and couch.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
At the back of the jet, there’s a bedroom with a shower and two L-shaped desks for some privacy and downtime. It goes without saying that there are ample power ports throughout the aircraft, too.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
Also featured in this design are integrated printers, televisions, a small kitchenette, and a very cozy take on a conference room in the middle of the jet. Leather and suede are used liberally here, marrying elegance with comfort.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
All work and no play makes Boeing a dull plane, though, or however the saying goes. There’s plenty of reason to kick back and unwind in the Private concept, which is designed for personal use. It’s clear to see in the layout, which boasts “rooms” for up to eight people and features private spaces throughout.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
There’s a dining room, a spacious lounge, an owner’s suite-slash-office, and luxurious bathrooms equipped with rainfall showers that will truly make you forget that you’re in a metal tube thousands of miles above ground.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
Berryman explains that throughout the Private design, more bulkheads offer additional privacy as well as wall space for decorative elements, like art.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
As it turns out, designing a jet and a yacht aren’t all that different, he adds. Although sky and sea seem to be opposites, Berryman has always felt that the difference between the two is pretty unnecessary. Many clients who enjoyed his work on their yachts would tell him, “Too bad you can’t do my jet, too.”
Well, it seems that the wish has been granted.
Image via Mark Berryman Design for Boeing Business Jets
[via Insider, images via Mark Berryman Design]
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