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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Benjamin Eddy (BE) for A' Design Awards and Competition. You can access the full profile of Benjamin Eddy by clicking here. Access more information about the award winning design Ni Ji Jing here. |
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Interview with Benjamin Eddy at Tuesday 17th of April 2012 FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? BE: The main idea of the design is as a tender to a mega yacht. To be used as a quick day yacht which the owner would use as a sports yacht for fun and to go closer to islands and beaches with its small draft it can dock very close to shore unlike a mega yacht. FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? BE: I wanted to achieve harmony mainly between the outriggers and the central hull as this yacht is a tender for a large mega yacht trimaran. I was following the trimaran theme throughout the mega yacht and the tender. FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? BE: At the moment this design is the tender for a 54m superyacht which I am also designing which shall be completed by June FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept? BE: This design took me about three months overall FS: What made you design this particular type of work? BE: I have noticed that there are no sport trimaran yachts similar to this design of around the same length so it is unique. FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work? BE: Not particularily the biological structure of a whale seemed to inspire me FS: Who is the target customer for his design? BE: A client who wishes to use the tender with a larger yacht or by itself as a sports yacht for quick trips from beach to marina FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts? BE: Plenty, I have not seen any designs of a similar length. FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean? BE: the name of the design means orca in Chinese which is a killer whale and I believe the design is similar to the look of an orca FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project? BE: I used alias automotive to design the yacht, I then rendered the yacht in flamingo NXT and V-Ray render. I also created the yachts general arrangement in AutoCAD FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design? BE: I believe the trimaran format is the most unique aspect of the design especially with a yacht of this size. FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills? BE: I was tutored by the lecturers at my university but there was no direct help from any other party. FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design? BE: I researched into the trimaran format. I realised that this format makes the vessel more stable and gives the yacht brilliant straight line performance which is good for a small sports yacht. FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept? BE: Making all aspects of the design work well together and work in harmony which I feel I succeeded with. FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition? BE: the module in which I was undertaking was a competitive design module and therefore the design had to be entered into a design competition, therefore I thought that this would be a brilliant place to enter the design
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Good design deserves great recognition. |
A' Design Award & Competition. |