At the table, how to respect barrier gestures without having the impression of being in the visiting room of the Baumettes prison? This is the challenge taken up by designer Christophe Gernigon. In record time, the co-founder of the participative start-up Designer Particulier imagined Plex'Eat, an XXL visor in the shape of a half-cone, a kind of lampshade open at the back that hangs above the chair. At first glance, the concept seems straight out of an anticipatory novel by George Orwell. Imagine the scene: dozens of customers trapped under their Plexiglas bubble. The prospect is not very glamorous and does not invite conviviality. In use, the principle is more attractive than it seems.
We tested it a few days ago at HAND, a stone's throw from the Palais Royal, the first Parisian restaurant to have adopted it. First good news: once installed under its 80 cm diameter bubble, you do not feel confined or isolated - a claustrophobic word. Plexiglas
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