Thierry Mugler

[omni]

The latest craze amongst uber-rich includes sea vessels to provide the best in customized designs. One of the very comfortable and stylish luxury yacht is Thierry Mugler. The boat go up to speeds of 90 knots. The deign of this yacht is so dashing and interesting.

[FMS]

Do you have a link omni?

[Willallison]

Originally Posted by FMS

Do you have a link omni?

I found this...
http://elitechoice.org/2011/08/29/th...ristic-wonder/

Just remember... the guy makes perfume normally.....

[daiquiri]

Originally Posted by Willallison

Just remember... the guy makes perfume normally.....

I understand that the guy has only done a visual styling of the boat, the engineering part will most probably be done by the Spire Boat's technical staff: http://www.spireboat.com/

[IMP-ish]

Where are Spire boats built?

[DCockey]

Will be interesting to see how much the boat at the show looks like the concept sketches. Also to hear what speeds it has been tested at.

[IMP-ish]

A different era in the gallery, http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/sh...hp?photo=11396

[Kazulin]

You can also see the boat at http://www.superyachtdesign.com
under yacht tenders.

[DCockey]

Any photos of the actual boat anywhere, not just renderings? Neither the Thierry Mugler nor the Spire Boat websites have any, and the Monoco show where the boat was to be introduced opened a week ago. Mugler has released a video of animated renderings: http://www.mugler.com/us/en/#/12-the.../1117-the_film

I'm curious how the actual, functioning boat looks compared to the renderings.

[daiquiri]

Originally Posted by DCockey

I'm curious how the actual, functioning boat looks compared to the renderings.

There's no actual boat yet, I'm affraid. And if it ever becomes reality, it will look different from what the renderings show. There are several issues in that design which will have to be corrected on the real boat. At the end I'm pretty sure the real-world physics and ordinary handling, maintenance and powering considerations will make it become less sleek, less thin, less shiny and ultimately - less sexy.

[DCockey]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

There's no actual boat yet, I'm affraid. And if it ever becomes reality, it will look different from what the renderings show. There are several issues in that design which will have to be corrected on the real boat. At the end I'm pretty sure the real-world physics and ordinary handling, maintenance and powering considerations will make it become less sleek, less thin, less shiny and ultimately - less sexy.

So why all the publicity before the Monoco Yacht Show about the "introduction" of the boat? Did they just show the renderings and show the video at the show? Does a builder really benefit from showing sketches of a concept which can't be built without major changes? Enough of the rhetorical questions.

[daiquiri]

A straightforward example of the difference between a rendering for advertizement and the real life: Fiat Punto.

This was the concept rendering from the stylist:


This is the pic for the magazine ad:



This is the tv-teazer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmAD5...eature=related

And this... is the real life:
http://essais.autoplus.fr/video/1401...8v-65-ch/index



Not the difference between the vertically squeezed picture in the tv and mag ads (giving it a sleek and sporty look) and the harsh reality.

Same car, but in the ads it looks like a kind of a spaceship. In real life it's... well, just a car like many others.

Cheers!

[DCockey]

Note the low roof, big wheels, very wide, extremely low aspect ratio tires, thick rockers of the published concept rendering.

The TV ad is relatively mild, and looks to me to the result of careful selection of camera angles, lighting, etc rather than actual distortion.

When you manage product engineering and work closely with designers to turn their ideas into commercial products, it can be "interesting" when an exagerated concept from a comptetitor is shown. "Why can't we do what they can do?" and so forth. Of course when the competitor actually produces a commercial product the designers are not interested in how much it differs from the concept sketches, and how the competitor didn't actually produce the concept.

I believe some designers don't always see the actual product when it's in front of them, rather they see the concept and the hype. Perhaps more than a few consumers are the same.

[Kazulin]

Time for people to demand in-water photos of boats. A lot of people can
turn out a "rendering" but the proof is in the completed design and its being
launched.