PriestmanGoode unveils Hyperloop passenger cabins that are "more spaceship than train"
PriestmanGoode has designed spaceship-inspired passenger cabins for a company that is setting up high-speed Hyperloop transportation networks all around the world.
PriestmanGoode is developing the interior and exterior of cabins for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the two main companies responsible for building the transportation system of near-supersonic speeds.
The company revealed its work-in-progress visions for the Hyperloop capsules at the Design Frontiers exhibition at Somerset House, which took place as part of London Design Festival last week.
Speaking to Dezeen, PriestmanGoode chairman Paul Priestman said designs were informed by the futuristic nature of the Hyperloop network.
"We're working towards a final design for a prototype build," Priestman told Dezeen. "The look and feel is very much more spaceship than train, because it's a new form of transport." The design would see pods able to accommodate between 28 to 40 passengers. Each would be designed according to different typologies, such as casual coffee bars, more luxurious suites and commuter-style cabins.
Instead of windows, the cabin interior will feature virtual displays that wrap around each pod. As well as being able to set different displays ? such as a night sky ? cameras on the outside of the tube would let passengers track where they are.
"From a design point of view, we wanted to create a striking-looking object," said Priestman. "W...
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