Design Triangle is a transport

design firm A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

, based in Cambridge, UK. Founded in 1986, Design Triangle specializes in the design of the interiors and exteriors of vehicles (and vessels) for public transport, particularly rail passenger cars.

Rail Vehicles

Design Triangle is best known for the concept design of the interior and exterior of the

Heathrow Express Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and . Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway (train operat ...

Class 332 trains and the exterior design of the MTR Hong Kong Airport Express. Other published work includes the design of the larnrod Eireann Inter-City Mark 4 trains and the interior concept design for the Class 378 rail cars for

London Overground London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a suburban rail network serving London and its environs. Established in 2007 to take over Silverlink Metro routes, (via archive.org). it now serves a large part of Greater London as w ...

. Design Triangle also recently redesigned the

Swiss Railways The Swiss rail network is noteworthy for its density, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-alp freight system. This is made necessary by strong regulations ...

’ range of vehicle interiors. According to

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, other projects include interior and exterior concept designs for Rotterdam Metro, STIB Brussels Tramway 2000,

Connex Melbourne Connex Melbourne was a train operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in October 1997 as Hillside Trains, a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation, it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of Connex. In April 2004, it ...

X'Trapolis 100 The X'Trapolis 100 is a class of single deck electric multiple units part of Alstom's X'Trapolis family of trains, operated in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Valparaíso, Chile. Melbourne In service When originally introduced to the ...

trains, Spoornet 9E loco driver's cab refurbishment, design of the exterior and driver's cab for Hong Kong's MTR Airport Express train, passenger flow studies for DLR

Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of L ...

, interior design for BAE Systems on Kawasaki's MARC III Bi-Level coaches, interior design concepts for

Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro ( Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its gr ...

and rail seat prototypes for KAB Seating.

Marine

Design Triangle has created industrial design concepts for the exteriors and interiors of fast ferries and water taxis for

Damen Shipyards The Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Though it is a major international group doing business in 120 countries, it remains a private family-owned company. Dam ...

, including the Dubai Water Taxi and the Damen DFF 3207 low wash catamaran for Dubai.

Services

Design Triangle designs the form, aesthetics and layout of vehicles, including interiors, exteriors and driver’s cabs, from industrial design concepts to

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models and manufacturing drawings. Services are provided to

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, rail vehicle manufacturers and component manufacturers.

Award

At the Design Business Association's Design Effectiveness Awards in 2000, Design Triangle won the Grand Prix and Design Management awardshttp://www.designweek.co.uk/news/joint-honours-at-dba-awards/1132198.article for the design of the Class 332 trains, as a collaborative team with BAA Heathrow Express,

Wolff Olins Wolff Olins is a British advertising agency and corporate identity consultancy. It was started in 1965 and has offices in London, New York City and San Francisco. It now employs some 150 designers, strategists, technologists, programme managers ...

and Glazer.

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