Boat International US Edition – May 2019

The judges liked

the style,

creativity –

particularly the

virtual-reality

underwater suit

–and strong sense

of narrative in

the designs

Aqua Villa

Team members
Steve Gresham
Fiona Diamond
Traver Kennedy
Kristin Dick
Alicia Dahill
Jim Dixon
Lisa Lencioni

The designs

“Smarttechsophistication”isthetagline

thisteamusedtodescribeitsfleet.

Electricallypowered,thevesselsarequiet,

reliableandeco-friendly,withastrikinguse

oforangeinspiredbytheowners’loveof

Hermès.Thecollectionincludesalimo

tender,ATV,helicopter,subandan

underwateraugmented-realitysuit.

Star features

The“datasuit”istheshowstopperhere.During

underwateradventuresthevisorproducesdata

onmarinelife,wheretogo,safetyandbody

andwatertemperature,andcannavigateback

totheyachtautomaticallyinanemergency.

OwnerscandeploytheAI-drivenATVfrom

theiryachttosetupapicnic,withlocations

scoutedbyaHermès-inspiredorangedrone,

thenhavethevehiclereturntopickupguests.

“We are drawing a limo

tender, an underwater

data suit, a personal

submarine and an ATV

with Hermès interiors”

FIONA DIAMOND

Style

#2

WINNER