Short master's degree in INTERIOR YACHT DESIGN ONLINE

Programme

Nautical design

• Characteristics of the boating industry
• Boating industry operators
• Salon and fairs boat
• Consumer psychology in the nautical sector
• Naval designer customer

History and techniques of shipbuilding

• History of naval design
• Classification of vessel types
• Terminology of ship design
• Project briefing
• Project objectives and requirements

State of the art analysis

• Choice of materials for furniture and anchoring structures, technologies and production processes for interior design
• The brand in nautical design, the definition of style and detail for interior design, specialised firms for nautical supplies.
• Designer - client relationship
• Design and product quality as durability over time
• Industrialisation phase in the production of interior furniture and accessories
• Methods and rules of graphic composition, layout and ergonomics principles for the transport sector

Nautical interior design

• Furnishing of the cabins
• Use of small spaces
• How to match styles
• Fabrics, curtains, trimmings, blinds
• The estimate and the metric calculation
• Colour psychology and practical applications
• Bagging and support structures for anchoring furniture and accessories

Materials and technologies

• Materials, composite ones: how to use
• Natural wood: technological properties and qualification criteria, fields of use
• Semi-finished products of natural wood; semi-finished products and wood-based panels
• Special alloy
• Glass: types, hints of processing and treatments
• Furniture: technology and materials for construction
• Furniture and fixtures
• Flooring and cladding (ceilings and dunnage)
• The choice of material at the design stage: main selection criteria based on RINA certifications and product durability

Ergonomy

• Ergonomics, anthropometry, perceptual psychology
• Symbol and meaning
• Communication and its forms
• Ergonomics texts for designing small spaces
• Logo, brand and advertising: case studies

Techniques of representation

• Technical drawings using Rhinoceros
• Extraction of plans and sections
• Mobile details for on-site realisation

Hints of on-board systems

Design software

• Rhinoceros exercises