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'Taking the Plunge' with Patrick le Quément

Driven to Write goes nautical with former Renault, Alpine, & Ford Designer Patrick le Quément

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Calm sea reflecting a muted sunset bisected by a line of yacht silhouettes and the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Westhaven, Auckland, Sunset by ne

Former Renault, Alpine & Ford Automotive Designer Patrick le Quément is writing a fascinating series on his, post-automotive, career designing yachts.

Black pen perspective sketch of a catamaran
Sketch: The Lagoon bloom from Taking the Plunge — Episode Five - Patrick le Quément

A lot is about the input an industrial consumer product designer can bring to a different field with mentions of adapting industrial design modelling software (Alias, now part of Autodesk) for marine modelling and how consumer design thinking can influence the marine design process.

I loved learning the look of Lagoon (Beneteau) catamaran cabin exteriors was "inspired by the ears of my [his] dog, a Cavalier King Charles"!

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This is the latest in his series documenting his stellar design career, you'll find them all here:

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Former SVP Renault Design / Naval designer / Author / Co-founder of the international design school Besign - The Sustainable Design School
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