Boat International US Edition – May 2019

DESIGN REPORT

JosephWalsh

Represented by the SarahMyerscoughGalleryin
London, which has exhibitedhisworkduringArt
Basel Miami Beach, Cork-basedIrishdesignerJoseph
Walsh (pictured below) makessinuous,sculptural,
apparently organic one-offcreations.Histables,
benches, beds, cabinets andshelvingareallcarvedby
hand from wood and areasmuchworksofartas
furniture. “Function bringsavaluableengagement,”
he says. “It gives the object asenseofpurposeandthe
user a relationship to the piece.Itbecomesapartof
daily life.” josephwalshstudio.com

List General Contractor

With a portfolio that runs to 97 projectsonwater(and
313 on land), third-generationfamily-runListGeneral
Contractor (List GC) is hardlynewtoyachts,or
problem-solving. “Staircasesarealwayschallenging
on yachts,” says marketingchiefRainerSommer,
“because they have so manyinterfaces.Implementing
the custom design using [somany]differentmaterials
and co-ordinating the internationalteamofsuppliers
and designers was a considerablechallenge.Butthe
outcome – self-supportingstepsthatappeartobe
floating – was stunning.” listgc.at

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Katharine Pooley

Pooley, whose Londonstudio(shehasanotherin

Doha) employs 47designers,severalwithyacht

experience, beganhercareerinfinancialservicesin

Asia, designing homesforfriends.“Ihavevisitedmore

than 150 countries,”shesays,“andalwaysreturnfrom

my trips brimmingwithnewideas.”Shewouldrelish

designing a yacht,shesays,fortheopportunityto

work in a “precision-engineered andcomplex

environment” with“thebestconsultants,joiners,

shipyards and finishsuppliers.”katharinepooley.comB

Timothy Oulton >

With stores and stockists in 20 countries – from

London, New York and Hamburg, to Abu Dhabi,

Delhi, Guatemala City, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Lima,

Panama, Moscow and Seoul – British interiors

company Timothy Oulton creates hand-crafted

furniture, lighting and accessories. “We like to push

the boundaries in our furniture,” Oulton says. “Last

year we made a ‘spaceship’ called Apollo for the Milan

Furniture Fair. It’s clad in metal with a hand-tufted

leather interior and an alabaster chandelier inside.

I think it would look pretty epic if it landed on

a superyacht.” timothyoulton.com

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