Feature 1
Getting involved in design
A new opportunity for those toying with a new cruiseship.
Screenshot from Meyer Werft’s
F
or years, automobile
makers have provided
‘ship configurator’.
the more discerning
customer with the opportunity
of developing à la carte vehicle complex than car making, but
designs on-line, with a wish list Meyer Werft points out that the last
of attributes offered through the five years have seen a push towards
on-line shopping experience. the modular approach, and suggests
It is, of course, an irony that that it may take the on-line offering
the reason such possibilities are further in future.
available is that car construction Developed with Oldenburg multi-
has become increasingly media agency Viva Vision, the Flash
modular, and individualised Player-based ‘ship configurator’
configurations are nothing package has been deployed in part to
more than ‘options offered as ‘show the young generation what is
standard’. possible, and the opportunities that
Now, in a light-hearted, but might exist for apprenticeships and
diverting development, cruiseship specialist casual browser the chance to play around with training in the shipbuilding sector’, according
Meyer Werft has posted what its spokesman possible basic luxury vessel dimensions. to the Meyer Werft spokesman. For more
termed ‘a new toy’ on its website, offering the Cruiseship construction is inherently more information, visit: www.meyerwerft.de NA
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