Dining in glass bubbles could be on the cards as restaurants try to find ways of keeping diners safe after lockdown. French designer Christophe Gernigon has created the Plex'Eat, a cylinder of transparent plastic that hangs from a cable on the ceiling, much like a lampshade.
A cut out at the back allows a diner to sit and stand up without having to bend right over. Mr Gernigon said similar products already on the market looked like booths in prison visiting rooms, so were not inviting for customers. “I wanted to make it more glamorous, more pretty,” he said.
His design will go into production next week, and he said he had received interest from France, Belgium, Canada, Japan and Argentina.