Patrick Lindon (born 1965) is a Swiss industrial designer best known for his Business Class seating and cabin interiors for

Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines AG, colloquially known as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland, operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Zurich Airport serves as its sole hub and Geneva ...

. He began designing and building furniture in 1980 and opened his design office in 1983. He has been producing his own line of modular furniture since 1998. The ‘T71 System’ is sold worldwide and is part of the collection at the Museum of Design Zurich. Swiss International Air Lines has been flying Business Class Seating and Cabin Interiors designed by Patrick Lindon Industrial Design since 2001. The most recent seating and interior design was unveiled in May 2008. The new Business Class seats are fully reclinable, with a two meter long bed. The staggered arrangement of seats, known as the Thompson Vantage configuration, is a world premiere and offers a high degree of privacy and mobility within the aircraft cabin. The seating has been installed on all of Swiss' long-haul fleet. In 2011, Swiss won the Business Traveller Award for ‘Best Airline for Europe’ for the fifth consecutive year, as well as ‘Best Airline for North & South America’ and ‘Best Business Class’. From invention, design development, right through the final production of the Vantage Business Class seat, Patrick Lindon been in close collaboration with James Thompson from Thompson Aero Seating. A research and development, engineering and

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, Thompson Aero Seating is based in

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. They are best known for their space-saving airline seating design. In February 2011, Thompson’s opened their first seat manufacturing and assembly plant. The improved Thompson Vantage seats will be completed by the end of 2011. Patrick Lindon Industrial Design is based in Walchwil, Switzerland, with offices in Zurich, Basel and London.

Publications

* ''Sweet Dreams – Moods and Interpretations in Aircraft Interiors.'' Karo Publishing,

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

2011 * ''Time to Care.''

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Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the ' ...

2011 * ''Aircraft Interiors: The Basics.'' Karo Publishing,

2009 * ''The Making of a Business Class Seat''. Karo Publishing,

2007, * ''Aircraft Interiors''. Daab Publishers,

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2005, * ''Young European Designers''. Daab Publishers, Cologne 2005, * ''Airworld''.

Vitra Design Museum The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Former Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The ...

Weil am Rhein Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: ''Wiil am Rhii'') is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany an ...

2004, * ''Swiss Furniture and Interiors in the 20th Century''. Birkhäuser Publishers,

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References

External links

Patrick Lindon Industrial Design

Swiss International Air Lines

Thompson Aero Seating

YouTube: Swiss Business

YouTube: Swiss International Air Lines – New Business Class

Swiss Business Intercontinental
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