Meet the Makers: The People Behind Design Investment

Located in the countryside of Geneva, our studio is where we think, create, debate, and convince. In brainstorming sessions, strategy workshops, and while testing our ideas with physical models, we fuel our creative process.
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At Design Investment, we are both holistic companions and detail enthusiasts. Our team comprises design specialists from various backgrounds, who understand and meet the needs of clients worldwide. From the broad vision of an interior architect to the precision and attention to detail of an industrial designer, the meticulous approach of a transportation designer, and the unlimited creativity of a stylist, our combined expertise shapes our design projects and defines our approach.

When Mark and Alexandra met while collaborating on a yacht project, they combined their exterior and interior design expertise and discovered their mutual passion for good design and shared values. The idea of their new design studio was born.

Alexandra and Mark found Design Investment

2004

2006

Design Investment introduces the first A380 First Class Suite with a separate seat and bed for each passenger

2008

Design Investment designs its first Premium Economy Class seat with a fixed back shell for Air France

2014

The first high-density full-lie flat Business Class seat in herringbone configuration is created for Air France

2017

Design Investment designs two different business class seats using one common platform for the Air France | KLM group

2018

10th collaboration anniversary with Air France

2019

Design Investment develops the “Premium Economy Lounger”: a versatile seating concept offering a flexible adjustment between Economy and Premium Economy seating products

2020

“Continuum” is invented, a long-distance train concept with an autonomous capsule wagon as link to the stations that allows the train to run without stopping

2023

Air France unveils the new A350 business class seat designed by Design Investment at Hamburg’s AIX show on the Stelia stand

2024

Design Investment celebrates its 20th anniversary

Meet the Makers: The People Behind Design Investment

20

Years of Design Investment

9.800

Seats by Design Investment in the Air

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Years of Collaboration with Air France

22

Types of Airplane Cabins Worked On

We All Have One Thing in Common: It’s the Way We Work.

We Are Enthusiasts.

Each new project means an exciting new journey. We start fresh, analyse in depth and shape new intelligent ideas.

We Get Truly Involved.

We immerse ourselves into a collaborative dialogue. Asking questions about how things work. We guide the design process whilst keeping a holistic overview, because we care for the result.

We Are Persistent.

Shaping the design process means redefining the design journey over and over again. We are ready to go the extra mile to achieve the best for each project and we go to the very end.

Creating Tomorrow’s Aviation Design Together

Industrial Designer

CMF Designer

Mark and Alexandra: Two Who Share a Passion