Organization information: South African designer Christopher Jenner has left his position as innovative director of cross-channel rail company Eurostar less than two years after taking over the role from Philippe Starck.
Eurostar confirmed that London-based Jenner is no longer employed by the train company, despite only being appointed in October 2013.
“Christopher Jenner is no longer doing work with us,” a representative of Eurostar told Dezeen. “We don’t have the demands for an general imaginative director as this kind of.”
Jenner stated his departure following just one particular year in the occupation had constantly been planned. “Our make contact with expired as per the agreed duration,” he said. “This was practically a 12 months ago now.”
Christopher Jenner mixed Art Nouveau and Victorian Gothic styles to evoke the “golden age of travel” for his London Ticket Hall. Photograph by Michael Franke
At the time the appointment was announced, Eurostar explained it demonstrated its “ongoing dedication to supply the greatest possible client encounter” and showed the importance it positioned on design.
“The newly created place, which is a very first in the rail industry, will see Christopher charged with bringing a fresh see and a style-led point of view to new and current projects across Eurostar’s enterprise,” the brand said in October 2013.
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Jenner’s appointment followed Eurostar’s announcement of a £700 million investment in a new fleet of substantial-pace trains to celebrate the firm’s 20th anniversary.
“This partnership provides me the opportunity to bring my style abilities to a broad variety of client touch points,” Jenner mentioned at the time.
Christopher Jenner’s conceptual Eurostar cabin from February 2012, which featured individual seats covered in quilted yellow fabric
He created a concept for the interior of a Eurostar cabin in February 2012, featuring seats covered in quilted yellow fabric and a mixture of hardwood and carbon-fibre surfaces.
However the design was never ever rolled out. As an alternative, trains by Italian studio Pininfarina will be put into support at the end of 2015. New passenger lounges in London, Paris and Brussels are becoming worked on by an unnamed layout studio.
The only task Jenner completed for the higher-speed support, which links the Uk and continental rail networks via a tunnel beneath the English Channel, was the Eurostar ticket hall at London’s St Pancras Global station.
Italian studio Pininfarina’s new trains for Eurostar will be put into support by the end of 2015
Opened in 2014, the interior features hand-blown glass, wooden detailing and etched stainless steel. At the time Jenner said he hoped it would bring an component of the “golden age of travel” to the station.
Jenner took over the innovative path of Eurostar services from French designer Philippe Starck, who was by no means officially named as inventive director but was nevertheless tasked with the overhaul of the firm’s train interiors, signage, lounges and employees uniforms in 2001. Starck continued to operate with the firm as a consultant until finally 2005.
