How would you militarize the royal yacht HMY Britannia?
I would put some guns on it. A mortar. Maybe some kind of MLRS launcher, too.
>>65258684Fill the hold with explosives and supercharge the engine.
>>65258684reinforce the bow into a ram
>>65258684This looks so much better than modern super yachts.
>>65258684Add two 40mm bofors mounts on it a couple of cranes and boom its a troop ship.
>>65258730Fitted for but not with reinforced bow, still has the ramming mission though.
>>65258684She can be recquisitioned as a Merchant Navy ship and converted into a troop transport. Maybe mount some AA guns and mobile radar + SAM.
>>65258918Money cant buy class.
>>65258918Old world class vs Tech bro flashiness
>>65258918contemporary modern design is the ultimate form of gaslighting. quality and luxury are instantly, intuitively recognizable, but there's an enormous industry centered around convincing the world that this looks good: >the lighting is just sticks. muy elegante!>who gives a fuck, you're just gonna watch disney+ in here anyways
>>65258684DESU, USA should have TWO "POTUS yacht", at least.One on each coast, just to sorta remind everyone we rule TWO out of 3 of the world's most important oceans.POTUS don't need to use, just VIP events, etc.Better idea than that Epstein Ballroom, that really can't be used because its connected to WH.
>>65259351The table is absurd (and reduces functionality), the background chair is equally absurd and the sideboard at the back is merely pointless without being objectionable but otherwise, that room is fine.I like most of it except for the 2-3 items above.The bubble lamps are no biggie, the skeletonised light fitting is whatever, I'd never even look up at it anyway.The rest is either inoffensive or kind of nice.I dig the couch and front chair and the rug really ties the room together.
>>65259327yowza yowza yowza
>>65259624It's all disgusting trash.
>>65259748What a well thought out, comprehensively substantiated and articulately argued opinion.
>>65259592>One on each coast, just to sorta remind everyone we rule TWO out of 3 of the world's most important oceans.Come back when you start winning wars again and we'll talk about it
>>65258684put a very big nuke on it and sink it and once it's at the right depth, detonate the nuke to create a radioactive tsunami that will devastate the british isles.
>>65259351 minimalism makes it easy to feign taste, but it will all land in that middle ground slop range, rather than being truly exceptional. It passes the "someone thought about this space" intuition, without actually being thought out at all. Your image isn't rven that, though. It's all vaguely expensive looking tat thrown together in an incoherent waymModern design, when done well, can create some truly incredible spaces with crisp lines, beautiful color accent. But it also requires a lot of skill to create a minimal space that is also livable and stands up to the abuses people living in it will cause. How does the space change when glassware and mugs accumulate? What happens when clothes are discarded in it? Basically, it's about designing around people living in the space and letting reflect the personality of the people living in it.This is another reason why minimalism has become so prevalent, it aids in the airbnbification of living spaces.
>>65259805All decorative room design is merely masturbation. It fails because the lounge ends up being something you can't even lounge in.
>>65258684it was designed to be a 200-bed hospital shipif you don't want that, then put a gun and a satphone on it, it will do as floating accommodation for a company of bootnecks or SAS
>>65259805>It's all vaguely expensive looking tat thrown together in an incoherent waymI'm pretty sure it's a display room, either in-store or for a catalogue.
>>65258684put brown people on the deck. no one will attack for fear of being called racist.
>>65259798finally someone is thinking like the british government>HMY Full Force of The Law
>>65260221A display room would be arranged with taste.>>65260080Good design comes about as the blend of utility, good taste and limitations.It has to work, it has to be something you like (which also means someone else MUST dislike it) and it needs to come about as a solution for unavoidable limitations.There is a rich space between malelivingspaces and pinterest bullshit.
>>65260350Meant for >>65260341
both me btw
>>65259785>Come back when you start winning wars again and we'll talk about itfig USA is about where UK was in 1970.Its "over" but still going to take another 10yrs to realize that, so might as well enjoy the party as it winds down.IMO a big "POTUS yacht" fleet of two, or even more, could see constant use. They would sail overseas in advance of some POTUS visit, to host events before, during and after. No other head of state would have anything like it, and thus be mogged.
>>65258716>superchargeNot too bright, are you?
>>65258684I wouldn't. They tried converting ocean liners and cargo ships into armed merchant cruisers during both worlds wars and it was a disaster. Stop.
attach one of these on the bow to fight the migrant boats with
>>65261751The Scott air scoop and Weiand supercharger don't actually do anything, they are just there to look cool.
>>65261933I wonder who could be behind this post.
>>65260580>A display room would be arranged with taste.I think it's meant to have one of everything they sell.
>>65262153arranged tastefully to make you think "wow I should buy this"
>>65259351>>65259624nothing matches, function is distinctly distantly secondary to form, and it's a hodgepodge of maximalism and minimalism but in the worst possible way; maximal artistry and minimal functionality:the table is unevenly shaped so one side will be stronger than the other and there are unnecessary sharp edges to knock againstthe chairs have no armrests whereas the sofa does, which is the reverse of what is neededmost of the furniture is designed to make it difficult to clean, especially that chair>>65259805>minimalism makes it easy to feign tasteand gives an excuse to slash budgets>>65260221it's probably a realtor's or interior designer's presentation photobut it can be done much better than this, in both taste and function
>>65258684Turn it into a "Q-Ship"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA8m9bIa3uQ
>>65259351Well part of the problem is the misguided notion that minimalism or modern design were meant to be luxurious or luxuries in the first place. As much as I don't aesthetically like De Stijl I've got huge respect for Rietveld for his crate chair for this reason. The problem is they have been hijacked as symbols of taste by wealthy "oh it's about taste don'tcha know" types.Gehry (whose shitty cardboard chair you see in your picture) is one of the worst offenders for this and I dislike him intensely. It's larping as affordable design (hence cardboard) but sells for thousands lmao.>>65259624>the background chair is equally absurdWelcome to Gehry>>65259805This
>>65263553>Welcome to GehryI like the Luma Arles building. Most of the rest, not so much.
>>65263553Anyone that designs a couch with a back that low needs to be laughed out of the industry. There is no reason to design a couch like that. "It's fashion" is not a reason because it isn't. Everyone knows a couch is for relaxed sitting and any couch like that is terrible at that job. I'm not going to argue that all couches be uber seats that can swallow small children whole, but they should at least appear comfortable. My back hurts just looking at that thing.
>>65258684Cyborg lizzie on the bow as CIWS, Andrew fitted inside the warhead of a funnel mounted ICBM for use as a biological weapon>>65263563I don't necessarily think his buildings are ugly perse (I mean, they're not to my tastes but they're visually interesting) but often I don't think the visual has anything to do with pragmatism. It always comes across as gaudy for the sake of it. I guess it's trying too hard to be different is really my critique. It isn't a rational product of the techniques used to create it.Gehrys buildings always seem to want to desperately replicate Salvador Dali paintings. Perhaps a result of an unhealthy amount of playing about with surfaces on CAD...>>65263576I broadly agree. I've got no idea who designed it though (maybe Gehry, fuck knows). But that's the problem, modern product designers seem to have completely forgotten that the goal is to make something actually nice to use (or affordable or otherwise of benefit). Not an abstract art piece to indicate "taste" amongst people who have more money than sense.Anyway yeah, weapons or something lol.
>>65259351everything here except what is clearly over 50yrs old existing house is absolute shit, except maybe the blue vase with flowers.none of it is in anyway fixabletoss the lot in a dumpster ASAP
>>65258684Step one, put an American flag on it. It's time we liberate the UK.
