Only a few weeks remain to complete your nominations for the 2012 ShowBoats Design Awards. Many superyacht owners and the world’s leading yacht designers and builders have already submitted their entries for this year’s competition and we anticipate a record number of nominations will be received before the closing date of February 15.

The third edition of these prestigious awards will honor the creative talents behind the most innovative and inspiring yachts delivered in 2011.

At a glittering gala evening to be held at Monaco Opera House on June 22 during The Rendezvous in Monaco, the skills of the superyacht world’s most talented design teams will be rewarded in front of a VIP audience of yacht owners and industry professionals from around the globe.

The ShowBoats Design Awards focuses specifically on fundamental aspects of superyacht design such as naval architecture, exterior design and interior layout. For 2012, a revised list of 14 categories and subcategories has been devised in consultation with owners, builders and designers, to best reflect the talents we aim to recognize.

To qualify, yachts must be over 100 feet / 30 metres LOA and have been completed and delivered to their owners between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be selected as a ShowBoats Design Awards finalist, submit your nominations today!

CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 SHOWBOATS DESIGN AWARDS

How to attend the 2012 ShowBoats Design Awards
Yacht owners and industry professionals are invited to join us at the Monaco Opera House on June 22. Tables and individual tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online by clicking here.

For further on the ShowBoats Design Awards, please contact:

Holly Lunn | Events & Marketing Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 208 545 9336 | Email: holly.lunn@boatinternationalmedia.com

The ShowBoats Design Awards is an exciting addition to a four day program of events for superyacht owners at the glamorous heart of superyachting in Monaco.

Guests of The Rendezvous and the industry’s leading creative talents will join us in celebrating excellence in yacht design at a glittering awards ceremony and gala dinner, to be held at the magnificent Monaco Opera House on the second day of The Rendezvous.

The ShowBoats Design Awards focuses specifically on fundamental aspects of superyacht design such as naval architecture, exterior design and interior layout, and brings the specialist design skills of the industry’s most talented teams into the spotlight. In 2012, a revised list of eighteen categories and subcategories has been devised in consultation with owners, builders and designers, to best reflect the talents we aim to recognise.

Nominations for the ShowBoats Design Awards 2012 are now open!
Yacht designers, builders, owners and yachting enthusiasts are encouraged to submit their nominations before closing on February 15, 2012. To qualify, all yachts must be of over 100ft LOA and have been completed and delivered to their owners between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

Click here to make your nominations

The full list of categories and entry requirements can be found on the ShowBoats Design Awards website.

Attending the ShowBoats Design Awards
Superyacht owners and leading industry professionals are invited to join us at the Monaco Opera House on June 22. Tables and individual tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online here

For further on the ShowBoats Design Awards, please visit www.showboatsdesignawards.com or contact:

Holly Lunn | Events & Marketing Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 208 545 9336 | Email: holly.lunn@boatinternationalmedia.com

Victoria Lister | Commercial Director
Tel: +44 (0) 208 545 9352 | Email: victoria.lister@boatinternationalmedia.com

On October 25 at the ShowBoats Design Awards gala evening, the winner of the fourth annual Young Designer of the Year Award was announced in front of an international audience of yacht owners and leading superyacht designers.

Sponsored by Camper & Nicholsons International, the Young Designer of the Year Award is a worldwide initiative launched to uncover the industry’s up-and-coming creative talents, celebrating the best of superyacht design from the boards of student and trainee designers.

This year’s new-style competition drew 30 entries from 20 different countries all over the world, each contestant hoping to take home the €5,000 prize money. Additionally, the winner and top five competition finalists would benefit from a host of incredible opportunities aimed at advancing their early design careers, including complimentary access to the two-day Superyacht Design Symposium and an all-expenses paid trip to visit Lürssen shipyards in Bremen and Rendsburg.

Realism, rather than science fiction was the name of the game and contestants were set a design task which would give them good practice for a career in yacht design while also creating a worthwhile entry for their portfolio. It was not an easy problem that had been set, but the Jury – composed of an elite panel of internationally known yacht designers including Andrew Winch, Dickie Bannenberg & Rob Humphreys – narrowed down the selection to five outstanding finalists and one exceptional winner.

The Young Designer of the Year 2011 is…
MICHAEL GIVENS

Above: Michael Givens with Matt Emerson, President of CNI USA and external renders from Michael’s project, KT

We caught up with Michael, who told us that winning the competition has been a truly life-changing experience:

“Being called on stage to accept the Young Designer of the Year Award was the most exciting moment of my life. I spent the night celebrating, while receiving invaluable advice from designers whose work I have admired for years. With a clear & concise format, the competition allowed me to exercise all my newly learned skills, while being relevant and fun at the same time. It is truly astonishing to be starting out in this industry and have had the opportunity to attend such a prestigious event. The award, along with the entire experience, will be cherished.”

Entries for the Young Designer of the Year Award 2012 will open on December 6, 2011. Entries are invited from current students of yacht design and practising yacht designers who graduated from a bachelor’s degree course (or the international equivalent) in 2010 and thereafter. The competition brief, rules and the entry requirements will be published on the ShowBoats Design Awards website on this date.

For further information, please contact:

Holly Lunn | Events & Marketing Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8545 9336 | Email: holly.lunn@boatinternationalmedia.com

Roger Lean-Vercoe | Chairman of the Judges
Tel: +44 (0)1752 881435 | Email: roger.lean-vercoe@boatinternationalmedia.com

This evening at the exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, the winners of the 2011 ShowBoats Design Awards were announced to a VIP audience of superyachts owners and the industry’s leading creative talents.

Blohm & Voss’ 312ft motor yacht Palladium was declared the evening’s biggest winner, with designers Mick Leach and Mark Smith taking home an incredible four neptunes for Tender Design, Bespoke Furniture Item, Exterior Design & Styling and Interior Design.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS

The thrilled owner of sailing yacht Zefira was present to accept two awards for Crew & Service Areas and Exterior Design & Styling, accompanied to the stage by Rémi Tessier & Ed Dubois of Dubois Naval Architects. The 188ft Twizzle also proved popular with the judges and was declared winner in the Recreational Area for Guest Use and Interior Design categories, with Justin Redman of Redman Whiteley Dixon in attendance to receive the awards.

Boat International Media would like to thank all of our generous sponsors who have helped to make the second annual ShowBoats Design Awards a tremendous success. Special thanks to our Silver Sponsors, Camper & Nicholsons International and Maybach. Thank you also to our award sponsors: ANT, CMB Yachts, Greenline Yacht Interiors, Hodgdon Yachts, Merritt Woodwork, Pendennis, Pioneer Linens, Ocean Media, RINA and Rybovich and to contributing sponsor, Sogul Décor.

“Maybach is delighted to sponsor the Superyacht Design Symposium and honored to present the ShowBoats Design Award for Motor Yacht Naval Architecture, an integral quality celebrated by the Maybach brand.”
Robert Moran, Manager, Exclusive Vehicles, Maybach USA

About Maybach
The Maybach brand of sedans and limousines blend 21st century technology and innovation with classic hand craftsmanship.  Designed to be a private luxury jet for the road, the Maybach brand relaunched in 2002 as the ultimate ultra-luxury automobile that can be custom-tailored to each customer, just as it was in the early 1900’s when the brand originally debuted.  Today, the Maybach portfolio is comprised of the Maybach 57, Maybach 62, Maybach 57s, Maybach 62s and legendary Maybach Landaulet.  Please visit www.maybachusa.com for additional details.

Exclusive Maybach test drives at Palm Beach Events
Maybach are delighted to offer test drives of their luxury vehicles to the superyacht owners attending the Superyacht Design Symposium and ShowBoats Design Awards on October 24 & October 25.  Availability is limited, so please confirm your interest as soon as possible to take advantage of this very special offer.

To book your test drive, please contact:
Angelo Serrato
Tel: + 1 561-756-5549

There are still a limited number of tickets to both Palm Beach events available.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE SUPERYACHT DESIGN SYMPOSIUM TICKETS

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE SHOWBOATS DESIGN AWARDS TICKETS

For more information, please visit the event websites or contact:

Alexis Naylor | Events Executive | Superyacht Design Symposium
T: +44 (0) 20 8545 9334
E: alexis.naylor@boatinternationalmedia.com

Holly Lunn | Events & Marketing Executive | ShowBoats Design Awards
T: + 44 (0) 20 8545 9336
E: holly.lunn@boatinternationalmedia.com

Students of design and recent graduates were called upon to enter the competition, which has in recent years uncovered some of the industry’s most exciting and innovative creative talents. Entries were submitted by talented youngsters from all corners of the globe, including the U.S, Taiwan, New Zealand and Moscow, as well as a large European contingent.

Thirty submissions were deemed to have met the entry requirements, submitted all the required materials and complied with the detailed design brief set by the chairman of the judges, Roger-Lean Vercoe. Of these thirty entries, sixteen front-runners were shortlisted by a subcommittee and put forward for a second round of judging by a panel of internationally known designers.

Each entry was scrutinised in meticulous detail by the judges who, after much deliberation, selected five outstanding finalists and the overall winner. The winner will receive €5,000 prize money and be invited to accept their award at the ShowBoats Design Awards gala evening, in front of an audience of the industry’s most influential players. The winning designer will also gain complimentary entry to the two-day Superyachts Design Symposium which precedes the prize giving ceremony in Palm Beach and a discretionary two-week work experience attachment in an established yacht design office.

Additionally, all finalists will have the rare opportunity to gain some first-hand industry experience at the kind invitation of Lürssen Shipyard, who will once again fly all finalists to Germany to visit their impressive shipyards in Bremen and Rendsburg.

The Young Designer of the Year Award 2011 finalists are:

Bill Coxon & Adam Koolman for Evolution
Michael Givens for KT
Jorge Jabor Pinheiro for Narwhal
Misha Merzliakov for Eva
Nick Mezas for R & R

Congratulations to all finalists for their exceptional efforts. The winner of the Young Designer of the Year Award 2011 will be announced in Palm Beach on 25 October and published in the January issue of Boat International.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend the most prestigious prize giving in superyacht design at this very special ticket price. Purchase your tickets to the ShowBoats Design Awards Gala Evening before September 4 and receive a 10% discount off the regular price.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS

Please note that there are a limited number of early bird packages remaining. Make your bookings promptly to avoid disappointment

During a glittering gala evening at exclusive private members club, The Mar-a-Lago, the winners of the ShowBoats Design Awards will be announced in front of an audience of superyacht owners and the build and design teams responsible for the shortlisted yachts. Click here to see the list of outstanding finalists in contention to receive a coveted golden neptune.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend the most prestigious prize giving in superyacht design. Purchase your tickets to the ShowBoats Design Awards Gala Evening before August 26 and receive a 10% discount off the regular price.

The Mar-a-Lago Club
Located within 20 acres of perfectly landscaped gardens and sweeping sea-to-lake vistas, The Mar-a-Lago is truly the crown jewel of Palm Beach. The Mar-a-Lago is the only private club world-wide to attain the prestigious 6-Star Diamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, and considered to be one of the world’s most sought after private club.

Accommodation We are delighted to offer all guests of the ShowBoats Design Awards a $200 reduction on the rack room rates at the fabulous 5-star Ritz Carlton Palm Beach, plus a complimentary double upgrade to ensure all our guests enjoy an ocean view from their room.