Take a look at what happened in Milan during the 2022 Superyacht Design Festival, where The Mall played host to the Design & Innovation Awards and two days of inspiring talks, a designer gallery and an exciting social agenda with leaders from the world of superyachts and design.
The awards
The Superyacht Design Festival got underway with the all-important Design & Innovation Awards. Recognising the finest feats in superyacht design – including naval architecture, styling, and technology – this year’s finalists included World Superyacht Award winners 94 metre Viva and sailing yacht Path. The ceremony also saw this year's Young Designer of the Year go to Ignacio Bourgon, and the Lifetime Achievement award presented to Gerard Dijkstra.
The conference
Conference guests were able to hear and learn from speakers such as world-famous architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri, yacht designer Giorgio Cassetta and architect Patricia Viel. Aiming to create debate and further discussion, topics during the conference included whether superyachts will ever be able to run without fossil fuels, and the role space tourism will play for UHNWIs. Panellists were sat in brightly-patterned tub chairs provided by the Dolce and Gabbana Home Collection.
The celebrations
For those who took part and witnessed the BOAT Design & Innovation Awards, the event was followed by celebratory cocktails in the COVA Courtyard in partnership with Promemoria.
The festival social
After the first day of the conference, the social programme continued with the Festival Social, which was held at interior design studio Visionnaire’s flagship store. As well as taking in the brand's one-of-a-kind designs and collections, guests were treated to cocktails, canapés and a live DJ.
The design challenge
To mark the end of the Superyacht Design Festival, Triton's president Patrick Lahey revealed designer Michel Dragoni as the winner of Triton Submarine's Design Challenge.
The sponsors
A new addition to the Superyacht Design Festival was the Designer Gallery in the Mall, where the 2022 event partners were exhibited for guests. Here, attendees could network in the specially-curated space between panel discussions.
BOAT International would like to extend a special thank you to all of our event partners this year; Oceanco, Benetti, Videoworks, Custom Line, Visionnaire, KMF, Sanlorenzo, Technogym, Promemoria, TransferMate and The Rug Company, without whom the event would not be possible. We would also like to thank our supporting partners; Viraver, HFW, Mariaflora, Paolo Pontiggia, Williams Jet Tenders and Triton Submarines for their continued support.
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Design & Innovation Awards and Young Designer of the Year Award until Friday 7 October and Monday 14 November 2022 respectively.
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