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Cruise Industry Annual

About the Author

Julie Parmentier has worked in the interior design field for 15 years, the past eleven of which have been as a marine interior designer. She began her education in archi- tecture at the University of Colorado, and received a B.F.A. in Interior Design, from

Cornish College of the Arts, in Seattle, Wash.

Parmentier has worked at Maritime Services Corporation's design department since its inception in 1995. She works primarily on casino boats, cruise ships, dining vessels and ferries. The department's emphasis is on Design Build projects, though MSC' designers also work as liaisons between a client's designer and MSC' construction staff. Maritime Services Corp. (MSC) specializes in refit- ting cruise ships as well as in new building projects. Using specialists from all over the world, MSC provides the cruise industry with world wide service from seven offices in three countries.

MSC, headquartered in Hood River, Ore., has satellite offices in Seattle, Wash.; Crown Point, Ind.; Fort

Lauderdale, Fla.; Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Freeport,

Bahamas; and Southampton, U.K. senger are changing, and dividing lines between generations are becoming smaller. Most passengers cruising today are looking for the feeling of youth, therefore they will seek out engaging activities and adventure. Frequent cruis- ers are seeking alternatives to the port stops with all the look-alike vendors in the Tiki shacks — many selling the same trinkets in Ketchikan and St.

Thomas. More often, the ship and the spaces within will become the focus — rather than the ports of call. Color and texture and the scientific and cultural use thereof can make a major impact on how people make use of and relate (favorably or otherwise) to the space they are in. As the ship becomes more of a focal point for the cruise holiday the requirement for spatial integration, wise use of color, variety and ease of move- ment become paramount requirements for the responsive interior designer.

Ceilings and bulkheads, from a regu- latory standpoint, have not changed much over the recent past, but designers have new ways to take the most com- monly used materials, such as lineal plank and standard 600 x 600 mm tiles.

To brighten bulkheads there are the standard foil type coverings that come with ships bulkhead system as well as highly decorative solid core systems.

Each has to be used where appropriate, sometimes in conjunction with each other.

Historically the color range in "soft core" systems has been limited, howev- er, more wall vinyl companies are and have tested their vinyls to IMO stan- dards.

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