Dias Design Forum


Looking for a place to start a discussion of design and construction questions I’ve started this new site. It has the benefits of WordPress.com behind it. Easy to manage and straightforward to use. Every post, page, and project has a comment prompt. The How To section is where you can ask construction questions and findContinueContinue reading “Dias Design Forum”

Fortuitous Mashup?


One of the things I like best about this concept is that it removes the trappings of an adversarial relationship from between the designer & client. This should, and can be, a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship. It thrives on trust and openness between the parties involved. The crowd-sourcing process “negotiates” the development of that trust and channels our overtures of cooperation into the start of a vital relationship. I’m excited about what this can lead to! I hope you are as well.

Boats I’d like to design


This was the title to a post on my home site. It evolved into Boats for Difficult Times. Its original impulse deserves an airing. A designer usually compiles a list of previous work. Then looks for potential clients to approach them, looking for boats they’d like to have. Sometimes, and I’ve done this quite aContinueContinue reading “Boats I’d like to design”

Welcome!


Our love of boats is like a dance. Designing them can also be a dance; an intimate involvement between designer and client. As with everything we do on the water, We’re in it together! We seek boats because they enrich our lives. The boat itself is not all of it. There’s the world it carriesContinueContinue reading “Welcome!”