Seating Design

We can support the full process for automotive, transport, aircraft and industrial seating design from trend analysis and target setting through to production design and prototype manufacture.

We can support the full process for automotive, transport, aircraft and industrial seating design from trend analysis and target setting through to production design and prototype manufacture.

Seating Design

  • Concept Sketching
  • 2D Rendering
  • 3D Rendering
  • Virtual Reality

Seating Concept Engineering

  • Structures
  • Wires
  • Foams
  • Trim
  • Crash
  • Frame
  • Mechanisms / mechs

Vehicle Package Development

  • Compartment Configuration

Inputs

  • Interior Surfaces
  • Exterior Surfaces
  • AB Flanges
  • Master Sections

Outputs

  • Packaging
  • Clearances
  • Vision Lines
  • H-Points

Seating Bucks

Vehicle package development is an integral part of the vehicle design development. It consists of determining the occupant compartment configuration, the overall exterior/interior dimensions of the vehicle and the components of the vehicle. Developing and verifying the occupant compartment configuration is usually conducted by using a seating buck.

Electronics and R&D

  • Bespoke Solutions
    • Electronic
    • Electro-mechanical
  • In-house Control Technologies
  • Software Development
  • Applications HMI
  • Seating Projects
    • Controls
    • Heating/Cooling
    • Audio/Visual
    • Sensing & Feedback

Prototypes

  • Pre-Production Samples
  • Concept Selection
  • Design Validation
  • Functional Analysis
  • Aesthetic Evaluation

Production Design

Production design involves developing the concept of the product forward to include its mechanical, electrical, and software components in preparation for the manufacturing process.

  • Concept to Production
  • DFMEA
  • DVP
  • Design For Manufacture (DFM)
  • Onsite/Offsite support
  • Seating projects:
    • Discreet Cup holder
    • 1st Row Seats
    • 2nd Row Seating

Trim

  • Interior/exterior
  • Plastics
  • A-post
  • B-post
  • Skirts
  • Bumpers
  • Mouldings
  • Finishers
  • Badges

Contact our Seating Design team directly

Contact our Seating Design team directly