Vehicle seat with cushion with seam area

The vehicle seat (1) has a seat section (2), a backrest section (3) and a cushion section (4) for cushioning a seating surface (6). The cushion section has a cushioning device (26), a barrier layer (30) and a main cushion element (60), which is arranged spatially separated from a cushion-cover unit (15). The cushion-cover unit and the cushioning device are designed in a seating direction (19) transverse to the seat surface, such that the cushion section has two radially outer lateral functional areas spaced from each other by a mid-level area.