Car Designer Plans to Design... Yacht?

By: Nick H.

Brilliant car designer Henrik Fisker is well known for his ability to design cars. His most famous design was his Fisher Force 1 Supercar. While his expertise is clearly in designing cars, Fisker has decided to take his talents elsewhere for his next project.

Introducing the Benetti Fisker 50 Concept. A sport yacht made for both performance and luxury. Benetti, a yacht company, is best known for using a sleek, sporty design when building their Italian yachts. While Fisker does not have this exact style, he understands what Benetti is looking for. A different vantage point and lots of thinking outside the box will provide Benetti with a more original design.


The interior of the vessel was designed with three main things in mind; having a "homey" feel, being able to easily accommodate 12 guests, and having the ability to have parties of roughly 100 people. Specially luxury elements were also included. This includes a suspended ceiling fireplace in the master bedroom, and taking advantage of the ever-changing views by using many windows.


The largest difference, according to Fisker, when moving from cars to yachts was the sheer size. For example, cars can be put into clay models, scalped, and then changed when necessary. Because putting a 163 foot yacht into a clay model would be outrageous, all the designing was done and displayed visually by use of computer programs and softwares. Also, in a car, people do not have the freedom to get up move as they please.  In a yacht, however, people can get up, walk around, and move to different rooms. Fisker claims that this is something that he has never had to think about when design anything.



Sources:


Viju, Matthew. Bennetti Fisker 50. Digital image. RobbReport.com. Viju Matthew, 8 Apr. 2016. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.



Viju, Matthew. "Car Designer Henrik Fisker Reveals Superyacht Design for Benetti Yachts [Q&A]." Robb Report. Matthew Viju, 08 Apr. 2016. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.