We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Ruma Design about their original and creative Hydrogen Powered Catamaran design work. Ruma Design is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original hydrogen powered catamaran works.
Ruma Design ("RD") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Migma Hydrogen Powered Catamaran. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
RD : The Migma Hydrogen-powered Catamaran acts as the link between the rectilineal and fluid worlds. Many creatures in nature, most famously crustaceans and clams, utilize hard shells and exoskeletons in a myriad of ways to protect their bodies as they claim their place in the world, which is a source of inspiration for the catamaran’s structure.
RD : The project has been conceived to pursue a new disruptive way to create open spaces within a luxury vessel, in order to evoke a constant flow of growing lines and curves, rendering complex surfaces that embrace the rationality of flat surfaces.
RD : Migma is a visionary project for visionary businessmen and women who want the experience of harnessing the waves from the command center of a spacious, luxury vessel.
RD : From conceptualization to completion it took about 5 months.
RD : It was an initiative at Ruma Design. Our team has many years of experience in the car design industry; we wanted to apply all our know-how in advanced design to the yacht industry
RD : It is not under production yet but we are seeking investors interested in the project for those purposes.
RD : It was a natural interaction between our passion for design and our passion for sailing.
RD : Migma is a project developed entirely by the Ruma design Team.
RD : Migma Catamaran could be described as a niche product for a rather exclusive clientele. There’s no denying that this level of luxury, technology, and eye-candy targets a very specific market among which you can find yacht enthusiasts and visionary entrepreneurs.
RD : The category of super-catamaran is an up and coming field where there’s still plenty of room for innovation and trendsetting, and with this project we wanted to add a very strong visual element. From the brutalist scope of its size to the sinuosity, elegance and fluidity to its bionic shapes.
RD : We chose Migma, from the ancient Greek word μίγμα, which means mixture, as it encapsulates our desire to compound the rationality of technique with the fluidity of nature.
RD : We use several tools, from hand sketching to Hi-quality 3D modeling and rendering software, we are a multidisciplinary team
RD : It is a bionic and zero emissions Super-Catamaran, that’s rather unique, don’t you think?
RD : We are a multi-skilled team specialized in advanced design, 3D shapes and volumes, technical solutions, and hydro-dynamics.
RD : It is crucial, as its engine is powered by hydrogen cells, and uses flexible solar panels attached to the external shell.
RD : We didn’t use analytical data but we conducted very deep levels of research before we came up with this design.
RD : We encountered two great challenges. Firstly we needed to translate the abstract and sculptural shapes our creative team conceptualised, to the functional, hydrodynamic shapes typical of a catamaran, without losing the essence of the initial concept. The second challenge was to avoid that a vessel of such dimensions would come across as a cyclopean, unwieldy mass; that it would retain the levity, refinement, and fluidity of the original vision.
RD : We really believe in this project and for that reason we wanted to showcase this concept to the wider design community and beyond. A’ design presented a great opportunity to do that.
RD : In our line of work, we learn something new every day, with every project. Each challenge gives us the strength and motivation we need to extract the best of us.
RD : Any good Project is the result of a great multidisciplinary team working together with eagerness for the same purpose and with a shared vision.
