Challenge
Design
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The year is 2027. A broker from a prominent
firm (AKA superyacht designer Tim Heywood,
above left) has sent you an instant message
saying that his client, a young New York
billionaire, wants to kick-start a yacht project
for delivery on his 40th birthday, just over
three years away. The client has never owned
a yacht before.
The yacht has to fulfill three functions:
it has to be able to go anywhere, including
the increasingly liquid North Pole; it has to
have significant entertaining spaces for his
many friends; and it must carry plenty of
toys. Money is no object. The only limiting
factors are that he’s prone to seasickness and
sensitive to noise. He likes to think of himself
as environmentally aware. The boat can be
power or sail, multihull or monohull. The likely
minimum length to accommodate range and
guests is 160 feet. The broker has shared the
client’s design choices:
Likes: blue and green, Rocky Mountains
snowboarding, black and white photography,
gadgets, robots, prosecco, his pet lizards
(Larry and Other Larry), darts and pool,
secret passageways, mini-subs, drones,
kitesurfing, Tai Chi, funky lighting, his kids
from his two ex-wives, sailing fast, discovering
new chefs, reading on all platforms, collector
cars, ice cream.
Dislikes: golf or anything slow, orange,
pastels, skinny handrails, being around
people all the time, germs, dust, wastefulness,
haircuts, formal dining, loud sources of sound,
socks, minutiae, politics.
Favorite destinations: Whistler, Kauai, Aspen,
New Zealand, Chiang Mai, Baja, Maldives,
Laucala, New York, Napa, Nantucket, Barcelona
and Ireland.Hiccup one (15 minutes into the challenge):
the broker informs you that his client has
just taken delivery of a 3D printed helicopter
and he hopes to have a license to fly it
shortly. He’d like you to incorporate that into
the design.
Hiccup two (30 minutes into the challenge):
the broker adds that his client has purchased
a berth in Barcelona and is closing the deal
on another in Malta that is 347 feet long.Ten top yacht designers
and their celebrated teams
went head-to-head at
the Superyacht Design
Symposium to conceive
a futuristic superyacht –
they had just an hour, and
only paper and pencils...The brief
words ticky hedley-dentphotography dan annettTurn over to see the winning design chosen by superyacht owners at the Superyacht Design Symposium and the highly commended entriesART
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