A group of young people were given a taste for transport design when they attended a workshop by a global design consultancy firm in London.

With 25 years of experience in transport design, Priestmangoode pioneered the first ever lie-flat bed for Virgin Atlantic and are currently designing high speed trains for China and the rest of the world.

26 young people, aged 14 to 16 years old, attended the workshop as part of the national art and design Saturday club in partnership with the Sorrell Foundation at the University for the Creative Arts Epsom.

Working in groups, the young people were given a brief to design new ways to improve eating and drinking places on planes, trains and buses, and then pitch their ideas to the boss.

Paul Priestman, the company’s founding director of said: “We wanted our workshop to show that through creative and innovative thinking and team work, you can find solutions to improve every day user experience, which is what design is all about.

“By the end of the workshop, we had four very creative solutions on how to improve eating and drinking on public transport.”

Work by the young people and 13 other groups of Saturday club members from around the country will be presented at an exhibition at Somerset House from June 22.

For more information visit thesorrellfoundation.com or call Anna Meyer on 07747 000 898.