furniture made from salvaged aircraft material by marc venot

furniture made from salvaged aircraft material by marc venot image courtesy of flown

panels which were once used to shape the cabin interior of airplanes used for long haul flights are re-purposed by marc venot to function as seating. the french designer’s ‘elevate’ series for flown – a company which produces custom furniture pieces from salvaged aircrafts – uses the curved components (with window openings) to form the structural back and sides of his designs which range from a small chair to a lounger to a meridian sofa. the manner in which venot has arranged these these parts, draws on the typical way in which these walls are assembled in a repetitive way, appearing in sequence. much like privacy walls, brings back the feeling of sitting on an airplane, creating a micro architecture within one’s home. the chairs are based on the contrast between the strong, smooth exterior panel and the soft interior, upholstered in kvadrat textiles.

the arrangement of the panel components provide privacyimage courtesy of flown

image courtesy of flown

the panels are arranged inversely so that the curved exterior of the ‘aircraft’ offers back supportimage courtesy of flown

image courtesy of flown

image courtesy of flown

image courtesy of flown

image courtesy of flown

‘elevate’ collectionimage courtesy of flown

the bright blue upholstery references the sky in which the salvaged aircraft once flewimage by nicolas roth

image by nicolas roth