The perpendicular bow angle is reminiscent of yachts from the late teens and 1920s. Consistent with that are the Frank Lloyd Wright style stacked offset flat roofs with deep overhangs. I'm not sold on the rather massive stern, but overall I find it distinctive and highly original. Modest in its lines compared to some of the floating monstrosities of the super rich. Refreshing. A boldly imagined amalgam of modern yacht technology with early 20th century minimalism. I like it. Very Steve, and a fitting floating monument to his single-minded artistic integrity.
I hate to correct you since I agree with you...all except the Frank Lloyd Wright bit. And it's not "early 20th century minimalism". It's actually called "Modernism" with a capital "M". Minimalism was an Art movement, not architecture, and it came much later in time than Modernism. What people call modern in this day/age is not anything remotely related to Modernism. What you should call design of this era is "Contemporary".
This yacht design definitely was inspired by the master French Architect and Artist, Le Corbusier. He called his houses the "Machines for Living". Stripping away all decoration and anything non-essential and exposes and accentuating the core components of the building. It's widely known amongst historians and Architects that LC's designs were highly inspired by steamers from the "Machine Age". Now it seems we've come full circle with "Venus". There were other Architects associated to this era, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe to name a few.
I hate to correct you since I agree with you...all except the Frank Lloyd Wright bit. And it's not "early 20th century minimalism". It's actually called "Modernism" with a capital "M". Minimalism was an Art movement, not architecture, and it came much later in time than Modernism. What people call modern in this day/age is not anything remotely related to Modernism. What you should call design of this era is "Contemporary".
This yacht design definitely was inspired by the master French Architect and Artist, Le Corbusier. He called his houses the "Machines for Living". Stripping away all decoration and anything non-essential and exposes and accentuating the core components of the building. It's widely known amongst historians and Architects that LC's designs were highly inspired by steamers from the "Machine Age". Now it seems we've come full circle with "Venus". There were other Architects associated to this era, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe to name a few.
Whelp, those images look as yachtsie as the Venus does.
Everything you do for others, you require large amounts of cash else it is a "slap-in-the-face "?
Thing is, they received large amounts of cash. You know, because it was their job to build the thing. The morons whining about the gift don't think they were compensated in any form other than the iPod shuffle.
Sorry for bring this back from the dead, however, I thought some of you would enjoy this, specially the Steve Jobs fanatics who may want to know where his Yacht is at all times. I found this looking for something else. Kind of surprise you can actually find this information about a person yacht, understand tracking commercial vessels. I tracked my car's vessel as it was shipped from over seas to the US port once.
I think I understand why Jobs may have built this, since his buddy Larry Ellison had a yatch which was 453 feet long and just recently down sized since it was too big. Maybe Jobs enjoyed the cruise on Larry's Yacht.
Kind of surprise you can actually find this information about a person yacht, understand tracking commercial vessels.
I don’t own a boat, nor do I imagine that I ever will. But this bothers me like nobody’s business. There’s absolutely no reason for this site, nor for anyone to know the location of my ship unless I tell them.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
The proper term is: Alloy!
Touché! ROFL
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
The proper term is: Alloy!
What I suspected, it's a trimaran: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship
"Independence" is the trimaran, "Freedom" is a mono-hull. However, the biggie is "Zumwalt":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt_class
Cheers
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Originally Posted by Robin Huber
The perpendicular bow angle is reminiscent of yachts from the late teens and 1920s. Consistent with that are the Frank Lloyd Wright style stacked offset flat roofs with deep overhangs. I'm not sold on the rather massive stern, but overall I find it distinctive and highly original. Modest in its lines compared to some of the floating monstrosities of the super rich. Refreshing. A boldly imagined amalgam of modern yacht technology with early 20th century minimalism. I like it. Very Steve, and a fitting floating monument to his single-minded artistic integrity.
I hate to correct you since I agree with you...all except the Frank Lloyd Wright bit. And it's not "early 20th century minimalism". It's actually called "Modernism" with a capital "M". Minimalism was an Art movement, not architecture, and it came much later in time than Modernism. What people call modern in this day/age is not anything remotely related to Modernism. What you should call design of this era is "Contemporary".
This yacht design definitely was inspired by the master French Architect and Artist, Le Corbusier. He called his houses the "Machines for Living". Stripping away all decoration and anything non-essential and exposes and accentuating the core components of the building. It's widely known amongst historians and Architects that LC's designs were highly inspired by steamers from the "Machine Age". Now it seems we've come full circle with "Venus". There were other Architects associated to this era, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe to name a few.
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Originally Posted by antkm1
I hate to correct you since I agree with you...all except the Frank Lloyd Wright bit. And it's not "early 20th century minimalism". It's actually called "Modernism" with a capital "M". Minimalism was an Art movement, not architecture, and it came much later in time than Modernism. What people call modern in this day/age is not anything remotely related to Modernism. What you should call design of this era is "Contemporary".
This yacht design definitely was inspired by the master French Architect and Artist, Le Corbusier. He called his houses the "Machines for Living". Stripping away all decoration and anything non-essential and exposes and accentuating the core components of the building. It's widely known amongst historians and Architects that LC's designs were highly inspired by steamers from the "Machine Age". Now it seems we've come full circle with "Venus". There were other Architects associated to this era, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe to name a few.
Whelp, those images look as yachtsie as the Venus does.
Originally Posted by cnocbui
An iPod shuffle was more a slap-in-the-face than a gift.
A small token of appreciation in addition to keeping the builders employed for over two years is a slap in the face?
Everything you do for others, you require large amounts of cash else it is a "slap-in-the-face "?
Originally Posted by Chris_CA
Everything you do for others, you require large amounts of cash else it is a "slap-in-the-face "?
Thing is, they received large amounts of cash. You know, because it was their job to build the thing. The morons whining about the gift don't think they were compensated in any form other than the iPod shuffle.
Sorry for bring this back from the dead, however, I thought some of you would enjoy this, specially the Steve Jobs fanatics who may want to know where his Yacht is at all times. I found this looking for something else. Kind of surprise you can actually find this information about a person yacht, understand tracking commercial vessels. I tracked my car's vessel as it was shipped from over seas to the US port once.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?imo=1011836
I think I understand why Jobs may have built this, since his buddy Larry Ellison had a yatch which was 453 feet long and just recently down sized since it was too big. Maybe Jobs enjoyed the cruise on Larry's Yacht.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_(yacht)
I don’t own a boat, nor do I imagine that I ever will. But this bothers me like nobody’s business. There’s absolutely no reason for this site, nor for anyone to know the location of my ship unless I tell them.
I for one would not mind owning this boat haha! I think it's beautiful and very clean looking. Great design in my opinion.