The SPICE Galley system was a featured part of the Airbus display during the 2010 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg Germany. The Aircraft Interiors Expo is the world’s largest trade fair exclusively concerned with airline cabin systems.

The two Spice Galley monuments on display were designed and built at Formation’s prototype lab in Atlanta GA USA and represent an important milestone in Airbus’s SPICE Galley program. The prototype galleys were fitted with doors, carts and a transfer table built by Dansk Technologi in Denmark. Close collaboration between Airbus, Formation and Dansk was required to efficiently deliver completed units in only a few months time to Airbus for testing.

SPICE, which stands for SPace Innovative Catering Equipment, is the result of nearly 7 years of research and conceptual development that began as collaboration between Formation Design Group, Ergonomic Systems Design and Airbus. The early research on the overall catering process, concept development and user testing conducted in Atlanta resulted in the SPICE project being awarded an IDSA IDEA Award for Design Research in 2008 as well as the coveted Crystal Cabin Award in 2007.

The system has been tested with 11 airlines and has been well received. For more information please visit Airbus’s Innovation & Technology Website.

Our friends at Design Within Reach and Coca-Cola have done it again… Design Within Reach Atlanta is hosting an Emeco 111 Navy Chair® launch party and cross town Coca-Cola  love fest on Thursday May 20th from 6-8pm. For more information and to RSVP for the event please visit http://111navychair.com/about/. See you there!

The 111 Navy Chair^® is made from 111 recycled plastic Coke bottles. It is the result of a special collaboration between Emeco and Coca-Cola, and it’s available exclusively at Design Within Reach. It took four years of research, design and materials testing to create this chair, which is a plastic version of the iconic 1006 Navy^® Chair. This chair is suitable for outdoor and commercial use, and it’s made in U.S.A.