Is Mike Brady right, cruise ships are grotesque? 🚢🎙️ #OceanlinerDesigns #cruise #OceanLiners
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The speaker discusses the aesthetic evolution of modern cruise ships, characterizing current designs as increasingly grotesque. He suggests that contemporary vessels have become a parody of traditional maritime architecture. While acknowledging that the external appearance of a ship is primarily an advertising tool and that the internal experience and people are what truly matter, he maintains a critical view of modern aesthetics. The conversation specifically highlights the Icon of the Seas as an example of a design that the speaker finds unfathomable. He concludes by reflecting on the sentiment that ships are no longer manufactured with the same standards as in the past, even as he recognizes the functional shift in how these vessels are perceived by the public.
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they're just getting more and more kind of grotesque.
I mean, you can't help but look at icon of the seas and think.
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