The double-level airplane seat concept is back, this time in what designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente calls the “ultimate, final statement.”
Premiering first as a college project in 2020, then as an early prototype in 2022, over the past several years this dual-level design — called Chaise Longue — has inspired frequent social media frenzy, memes aplenty and fervent discussion everywhere from late-night chat shows to internet comment sections.
But for Núñez Vicente, the double-level airplane seat isn’t “some joke on the internet that started five years ago.” It’s his career — a passion project he remains excited about over half a decade since he first sketched out the idea in his college…