The Making of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class Bar

[gallery ids="115662,115660,115661,115663,115664,115665"] When we announced the launch of the Virgin Atlantic Upper Class product on the A330 we mentioned how much we loved the new bar designed by VW+BS, and recently they created a cool time-lapse video showing the design process over the period of 3 years. It’s a fascinating video, below, showing a natural evolution of the space, with obvious directional changes from the client. We spoke to Ian Macready from VW+BS to find out more about how the bar came to life. DesignAir: This awesome video showcases a variety of differing designs. Was it a natural evolution to the finished product, or were there redesigns due to client input? Ian Macready: It was both. We worked extremely closely with the in house design team at Virgin Atlantic and the meetings were always lively and engaged. Although there were deadlines to be met, we were also able to explore many options within the process. We had never worked on aircraft interio