HOME | DESIGN | BROKERAGE | CREW | NEWS! | F.A.Q.s | BIO | LINKS | EM@IL |
What To Look For In An Interior Designer |
![]() |
![]() ![]() The critical word in this last sentence is 'enjoy'. The process of designing and building a yacht is far more involving than that of a house as a yacht carries all her environmental services and has to float. However, the process should be seen as highly enjoyable and interesting from the client's point of view. This should be enhanced by the design team working on the vessel. As the designer normally works directly for the Owner, one of our major functions to is try and ensure the Client enjoys and understands the process of designing and building his/her yacht.
In general, the Yard would like the shortest design period possible and the Owner the longest, which leaves the designer in the interesting position of balancing both party's needs to arrive at a happy medium, so that the yard gets the information it needs without annoying the client with too many requests for decisions. This balance can be achieved only with first class communications and a willingness to listen from all sides. I have found that the clients, who put the most time into the build and design process, generally get the most out in terms of enjoyment and use.
To ensure that good information is provided it is essential that the designer and the yard develop a good relationship. This should always be done with a respect for each other's positions, which can be greatly enhanced, if the designer produces good workable drawings on time with few critical major amendments and the yard adds construction details with an obvious understanding of the design intent.
For example it might seem a little odd but particularly in the lower deck cabins the design of the porthole joinery and window treatments is critical to ascertain how much room is available for the bed. In order to do this we try and work backwards from the size of a generic blind or curtain mechanism adding structure using generic plywood thickness' to arrive at a solution, that would seem to make sense. In general, this allows us to say within about an 1” tolerance, what distance will be achieved between the bed and the hullside joinery. Although this might not seem a very critical item in itself, we apply the same discipline to the whole interior to ensure that as close-to-final construction drawings are produced as possible.
Sky Lounge
![]() On top of this the yard should be encouraged to create mock-ups of critical areas. These can usually be created out of cardboard at minimal cost and are extremely useful to show the Client the space under consideration. In the same way small areas of joinery can be made using the actual materials to ensure the correct feel is going to be created. It is also possible for the designer to produce views of the interior from simple pencil sketches through artist's renderings to full CAD models. All of these tools can be used to ensure the correct look is achieved at a fraction of the cost of producing the actual interior only to find it is not what the Client intended. In addition to this, these tools allow the Owner to consider colours, space and texture in a way, which is fun and understandable to all concerned. In this way a considerable amount of enjoyment and impetus is brought in to the project, when all that may exist of the actual vessel is a large amount of structure.
You will see within this website a number of yachts we have designed in their constructed form and in proposals as well as examples of interior detailing, planning, elevations and final interior pictures. I trust you will enjoy looking at these and discussing them with both John DeCaro and Kirschstein Designs Ltd.
Michael KirschsteinKirschstein Designs Ltd Lynton, Church Lane Peppard Henley On Thames Oxon RG9 5JN UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 1491 628 073 Go to Michael Kirschstien Design yachts on this site: |
Broker John DeCaro |
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 USA |
Telephone: 954-646-1411 |
info@buyexploreryachts.com |
HOME | DESIGN | BROKERAGE | CREW | NEWS! | F.A.Q.s | BIO | LINKS | EM@IL |