Within the hills of Austria, around an hour’s drive from Vienna, one private jet interior developer with a legacy stretching back over 70 years is smashing the foundations around luxury design with concepts and innovations that might impress even James Bond.
F/List undoubtably designs and produces beautiful plane interiors but it surely’s the corporate’s obsession with creating sustainable products inspired by science and technology that basically makes this company stand out among the many crowds.
AeroTime was fortunate enough to be invited to the humongous F/List facility in May 2024, to realize an understanding of the eagerness and commitment that goes into creating the aircraft interiors on luxury private jets.
F/List began its work in 1950, solely under the guardianship of its founder Franz List Snr whose mark on the corporate is strongly felt as you walk through the power even today.
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Now proudly flying the F/List flag is Franz List Snr’s granddaughter, CEO Katherina Nagi-List, whose unbreakable connection to the corporate’s philosophy and ethos is infectious when she talks.
In addition to private jets, F/List also designs and produces luxury interiors for residences and yachts, particularly of the superyacht variant, and works with airlines on their most exclusive seats and cabins.
F/Lab innovation hub
In the beginning of the day AeroTime was introduced to F/List’s launch of F/Lab innovation hub which marks a move from the innovation arm of the corporate’s work from an in-house concept to its “position as an important pillar within the F/LIST innovation strategy”.
At the guts of the F/Lab is a team of developers, innovators and scientists who’re also laser-focused on creating and constructing the products of the long run that push the event of technology and sustainability.
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“With the F/LAB expansion, we’re demonstrating that we’re way more than simply a manufacturer fulfilling design briefs. We’re introducing the concept of 361° insight, which is able to see our colleagues not only visualizing our customers’ world but working in tandem with them to comprehend their design dreams,” List-Nagl said.
Inside the F/Lab team there are around 35 developers who also collaborate with experts from academia, transportation, design, and industry to explore cutting-edge concepts that may shake up the luxurious interior market.
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“Our team’s ideas converge to make sure form, function and ingenious pondering, which end in unprecedented features that enhance comfort, functionality, and aesthetic appeal for each interior,” List-Nagl explained.
Sustainability is a large a part of F/List’s work to find eco-friendly alternatives and “strategies that can protect the planet’s longevity through intelligent application of nature”.
Cutting-edge innovations
AeroTime was presented with various concepts including the Shapeshifter F/LAB Morphing Sideledge table concept which adopts advanced technology for an actual wood veneer table to look magically from the side ledge.
Other innovations include Whisper Leather, produced from plant-based raw materials, and Linfinium, a linseed-based compound with applications starting from countertops to flooring.
F/List has greater than 1,100 employees all over the world and through a tour of the power AeroTime witnessed the incredible craftmanship of its team at work.
The eye to detail and sheer scale of the facilities communicates the sensation that the corporate is utterly dedicated to its work.
Attending to see the instalments that might eventually feature on the newest private jets and superyachts was also fascinating.
While F/List has been working on interiors for personal aircraft for 20 years it’s only been three years because the company branched into industrial aviation by designing and crafting top notch and business class environments.
With the launch of Lufthansa’s unique latest Allegris premium cabin product, notable for offering business class passengers five various kinds of seats to pick out from, this may only appear to serve F/list’s growth on this sector.
“Lots of our customers own multiple high-value assets, and with our latest approach,” Nagi-List added. “We’ll seamlessly support the inside design and development of their jets, yachts, interior spaces, and residences across their portfolio, in partnership, from inception to installation.”