Commitment
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Piaton & Berco for Bali Catamarans
The story begins at the Paris Boat Show in December 2021 with a meeting with Olivier Poncin. A meeting organised by Julien Gaveriaux, whom we both knew from working on the Sun Odyssey brand, myself in the design office with Julien, and Jean-Marc as the designer of the range's interior layouts.
Clément BERCAULT
"I’m an engineer and naval architect and I established my own agency (Berco design)"
"I was bitten by the sailing bug when I was a kid, then raced at a high level when I was doing my engineering studies in Nantes, and at the time, I was the French champion in the J80 class. I’ve always loved challenges, pushing the limits and exploring, whether in sport or in my projects. More than anything, this job is a passion, which is why I take great pleasure every day in imagining the projects and boats of tomorrow! "
Jean-Marc PIATON
"I have been a designer for many years, working on the image of brands."
It is through this prism that I arrived in the world of sailboat interior design with the interior layout for an 86-foot, one-off CNB yacht designed by Philippe Briand.
CNB, which had joined the Bénéteau group, was in the process of launching its first 76-foot semi-custom model. Olivier Lafourcade offered me the job of designing the style of the CNB interiors. We designed the 76 and 66, and since 2021, we’ve been working with Solaris who
took over the CNB brand, on an 88 and a 78 which will be presented at Cannes this year, with already 4 examples sold!
Our other projects are for Jeanneau (Bénéteau group) who entrusted us with the interior design concept and the design for all the models in the Sun Odyssey range (SO 490, 440, 410 and 380) and now for the Excess brand.
Julien thought of us when the idea of redesigning the Bali interior was raised.
We quickly became aware of the innovation brought by the Bali concept, which is particularly efficient and much loved by customers for the volume and available surface area, literally unique on the market!
The great reception we received and the excellent chemistry with everyone on Julien Gaveriaux's team in the design office enabled us to get started very quickly, at the beginning of last year, with the first drawings expressing what the Bali style could become by working
from the basis of the existing 5.4. The initial approach was well accepted, enough to be implemented on the Catsmart project which had already begun with Xavier Faÿ.
Our approach is about considering the specificity of each project and above all, of each brand for which we work: Our conviction is that we work for a brand and that the style and the expression must be specific to that particular brand. This is what will make its difference and ideally its strength.
Each project is a unique exploration, requiring a tailormade approach.
One constant in our approach, however, is the search for simple and harmonious lines, whatever the size of boat, but also to challenge the spaces, the real and perceived volumes, and the ergonomics. We’re also very keen to work alongside the design office on ways to achieve the best quality, both real and perceived, in every details. This is where the quality of our collaboration with thein-house teams is decisive, and in this respect, we are delighted to have been able to work with them.
The other critical factor is the search for materials,textures and colours that will bring and complete theperceived quality and the harmonious, elegant and different aspect of the interior: this is the area that Clara manages in particular.
Our synergy is what makes our projects a success (several projects have been elected European Yacht Of The Year), in particular with Sun Odyssey.