Design in Business Aviation
B2B Workshop in London
17th of October 2017 (has been performed)
Among our speakers
Managing Director, London JPA Design
Ben studied industrial design at Loughborough University and went on to complete an MA in the subject at Central Saint Martin's. He joined JPA Design in 2002 and returned to the company as Managing Director of the London office in 2013 following a three year period as Design Director with Zodiac Aerospace, one of the world’s leading aircraft interior equipment manufacturers. Over the course of three years with Zodiac, he established a world-class industrial design facility in California which developed a number of the company’s most critically important products, a series of innovative seating concepts, and generated a wealth of valuable IP. Ben has recently returned to JPA as Managing Director and is now intent on realising JPA’s aspirations for development and growth.
Ben has been responsible for a series of ground-breaking projects for many of the world’s leading travel companies across the transport sectors. His work with JPA has encompassed design research and strategy, branding, livery and graphics, interior product design for aircraft and railcars, materials development and project management.
General Manager, XJet London
With over 19 years of working in the commercial and VIP Aviation world, Fiona brings collective experience from renowned industry leaders such as Emirates and Virgin Atlantic as well as expertise in the bespoke VVIP Private Jet market. With the logistical and process knowledge gained from working in a Military environment such as Afghanistan for over 2 years with the USA Army on multiple aviation projects, Fiona has merged her experience with a broad understanding of multiple cultural requirements. Fiona brought her passion and insight into her role as General Manager for XJet London based at Stansted Airport. Her first task was to conduct the project management on the full refurbishment of their award-winning VIP Facility, with the assistance and influence of renowned designer Katherine Pooley. “Design is an important aspect of exceptional service. How we present ourselves is the lasting impression we give to our clients, they remember the quality of their entire experience, therefore the details are so important, you have to consider every aspect of an impression to be recognized.”
Founder and managing director of ConnectJets
As founder and managing director of ConnectJets, Gabriella has amassed over 25 years experience in commercial and business aviation. Her vision for ConnectJets was borne out of her passion for private aviation and ConnectJets is Gabriella's' platform for presenting this sector of aviation to a wider audience, by simplifying processes and delivering a competitive and client focused service. Key to enhancing ConnectJets leading position is Gabriella's continuing commitment to develop innovative new products and services, leverage the potential of emerging markets, and build value-added quality partnerships.
Head of Creative Design, AIRBUS CORPORATE JETS
Responsible of the "Creative Design Studio" at Airbus Corporate Jets, the career path of Sylvain Mariat has been varied and broad, taking him from the benches of ENSAAMA - Olivier de Serre (Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Arts) in 2001, to the Creative Studio of Airbus in late 2003, after a Bachelor of Arts at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2002, followed by a Masters in Dual Design at Saint-Etienne in 2003.
His UK qualifications and five years at Airbus working on several cabins for airline companies from all over the world have instilled a fundamental ethic in his approach to clients: appropriate their history and culture in order to understand and then translate their expectations and needs into colours, materials, shapes and environments. In late 2003, he was selected to work on the cabin design of the future A380 for an Asian airline. Following this project, at the end of 2007 he was offered the opportunity of creating the cabin layouts for VIP and VVIP customers in the Airbus subsidiary: Airbus Corporate Jet Centre. Since March 2017, Sylvain Mariat is in charge of the ACJ Design Studio.
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Presentations
Name | Company | |
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Yuri Dzun & Chuprov Evgeniy | Aviapages | Presentation in PDF(EN) |
Ben Orson | London JPA Design | presentation in PDF(EN) |
Gabriella Somerville | ConnectJets | presentation in PDF(EN) |