We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Sarp Yachts about their original and creative Motor Yacht design work. Sarp Yachts is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original motor yacht works.
Sarp Yachts ("SY") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Aouda 63 Motor Yacht. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
SY : I find best part of my design inspiration from car design and architecture.
SY : The target was an exceptional vessel, something in between a sporty motor yacht and a true explorer vessel. Personal, elegant, dynamic and timeless in the same part.
SY : The aim is to present it to final clients when all technical aspects will be solved, in order to create a pre-engineered concept which could save precious time to the possible owner. And of course winning another one!
SY : The process length is always different, in this case it took at least 5 weeks because of the client’s feedbacks and requests were been a lot.
SY : It was commissioned by the client, but I was going to start to working on something similar before the agreement.
SY : Everything was made in house by Hot Lab team.
SY : I saw a beautiful trawler with a massive central air exhaust. I tried to mention it in a modern vessel; I think everything comes from this idea.
SY : Basically my influence comes from the car design. In this case I took some inspiration from '70s Italian car designers.
SY : The target customer needs something different. There are several 60 m yacht proposals in the market, most of them are impersonal.
SY : Nothing in particular. Every concept is for a different shipyard or client, for this reason the creating process is always different.
SY : Naming is coming from the shipyard and it is a character in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. This to emphasize the idea that this vessel may travel everywhere, anytime.
SY : Obviously I use the same tools for every project. Nothing special: hand sketch on my tablet, after that we worked with the 3D software for create the 3D model and the photorealistic renderings.
SY : I approach every element of the project in the same way; everything is part of the same concept. Again, I take care of every detail, every shape, and every edge. This is a typical car designer approach; the yacht design process is usually more unfocused on details.
SY : The guys in Hot Lab studio collaborate with me, mainly during the 3D model building process.
SY : The glass technology made a big improvement in the last years now is possible to build huge windows without penalizing the safety. This concept was not possible to build some years ago.
SY : The only analytical research I made is in the market, I need to know the trends and the most requested features.
SY : Mainly it was difficult to find the space for the big swimming pool forward to the master cabin.
SY : Hot Lab usually submits several design works to international competitions.
SY : Nothing in particular. I learn a lot during every design work, it will be the same next time.
SY : I think we went through most of the crucial aspects.
