PODCAST: Designing the Future of Flight with Euan McPherson of Frank Stephenson Design

Our next pod­cast episode is live! This week, we were delight­ed to be joined by Euan McPher­son, Senior Design­er at Frank Stephen­son Design.

In this episode, Euan walks us through the design per­spec­tive when bring­ing eVTOL air­craft con­cepts to life, espe­cial­ly how design­ing for the sky dif­fers from design­ing for the road.

Euan talks about bal­anc­ing form and func­tion in elec­tric or hybrid air­craft, and shares more details about the work Frank Stephen­son Design is doing with Chi­nese eVTOL OEM Aut­oFlight.

We talk about how emo­tion might play a role in the design of AAM air­craft and what the biggest human fac­tor chal­lenges might be when design­ing inte­ri­ors and cab­ins, inclu­ing how we envi­sion acces­si­bil­i­ty and inclu­siv­i­ty.

Euan also talks about how design can help nor­malise and build trust in these new air­craft and we ask him if he could design the ide­al AAM expe­ri­ence, what they would like.

Click on the Play but­ton to lis­ten to the episode, which is also avail­able on whichev­er pod­cast plat­form you choose.