Designer Bastian Schaefer shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms and by the needs of the world’s, ahem, growing population. Imagine an airplane that’s full of light and space — and built up from generative parts in a 3D printer.
Bastian Schaefer and a team of designers at Airbus have been imagining the high-concept future of the jet airplane — in a future with less fuel and more passengers.