Hot Lab signs the 38m Nina yacht for Heesen Yachts Hot Lab set out to maximise exposure to the outside world through large swathes of glazing and expansive private owner deck space in its design for the Nina yacht, a lovely 38-metre semi-displacement for Heesen Yachts. The all-aluminium beauty’s many […]
Unique Hotel: the Sao Paulo’s coolest ship
A new benchmark for international design by Giuliana Fratnik Some think it looks like a slice of water melon, others a crescent moon, others still a ship. Unsurprisingly, we like to go for the maritime take even though the architect has never revealed the source of his inspiration for this […]
A 47m yacht by Proteksan Turquoise
Proteksan Turquoise reveals 47m, the first of a four models range Along with 81-metre, 80-metre Vitruvius® and 77-metre siblings, the 47-metre from Proteksan Turquoise is part of a range from the yard founded in 2001 by current CEO Mehmet Karabeyoglu (Mohammed Al Barwani is now the majority shareholder in the […]
Yacht and car design: the Pininfarina vision
Pininfarina: the dynamism of elegance by Matteo Zaccagnino photo Giovanni Malgarini Paolo Pininfarina is man with no doubt whatsoever about what constitutes design which he describes with admirable clarity and succinctness as “the search for an aesthetically –pleasing solution to functional problems”. That approach has guided his family’s company’s path […]