Layer designs Wes Anderson-informed cinema seat for life post-coronavirus
Layer has designed a seat for social distancing in cinemas called Sequel that is knitted from antibacterial copper threads coloured in the "mid-century pastels" featured in Wes Anderson films.
The Sequel Seat is a premium cinema seat that aims to encourage people to return to movie theatres after the coronavirus pandemic by integrating a series of hygiene features into its fabric and structure.
This includes a 3D-knitted fabric upholstery that integrates fibres impregnated with copper oxide, granting it antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties, according to the studio.
In addition to being stain and water-resistant, this upholstery is also designed to eliminate any crevices that could act as dirt traps.
Layer's Sequel seats are coloured in light pink and blue pastel hues reminiscent of Wes Anderson films like The Grand Budapest Hotel. This gives the seat "a connection to the world of cinema" as well as distinguishing it from the black and red tones typically seen in cinemas.
The seats are modular and can be arranged into rows of any desired length, making them suitable for different cinema sizes and configurations.
LED lights would project the row number onto the floor and are also embedded into the headrests, displaying the seat number and the name of the person who reserved it to avoid audience members accidentally breaching social distancing measures by sitting in the wrong seat.
The headrests also include integrated speakers to create ...
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