The Future Of Restaurant Dining? Design saves us?
/French designer Christophe Gernigon has conceptualised Plex’Eat, a suspended plexiglass shield for people to safely eat at restaurants while maintaining distance.
As people sit at a table in an eatery, Gernigon’s plexiglass shields hang from a cable attached to the ceiling like pendant lights and surround each diner’s upper body. The design is reminiscent of a lampshade, comprising a cone or a cylinder dangling from the ceiling. The shape of Plex’Eat is a larger and more chic version of the protective visors that frontline workers wear.
“Design’s role is to give a new spark to our everyday lives. When I saw proposals to place plexiglass dividers on restaurant tables, it gave me the impression of being in a prison visiting room. I told myself that I had to imagine a more beautiful, attractive, poetic and elegant object that offers a unique experience. Even if we don’t want to remain indefinitely under a bell jar, the Plex’Eat protective bubbles will let restaurants open rapidly in total security,” says Gernigon.
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