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Four prominent designers discuss yachting’s version of the Little Black Dress.
by Louis Postel
01/01/2005
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“I
upholstered Moon River’s
master stateroom walls in Ultrasuede,
covered
the
floors with
Tibetan
rugs and
used
hand-cut Aaron
Adams tiles in
the
master head. Inspired by
Jean
Royère, I
selected lamps that glide up
and
down,
eliminating the need
for
most
overhead
lighting. The
new
lounge has a
seating pit
and a
huge, red-lacquered bar
inlaid
with
nickel strips. In
the
19th century, the
bar
would have been carved
and
paneled,
but
the
modernists used
metal to imply paneling,”
says
Henault.
 Juan Montoya’s carpet designs,
available from
Stark Carpets, illustrate the
importance of
geometry in his
work.
(Click
image to enlarge)
Among designers more
frequently
associated
with yachts
are Claudio
Lazzarini
and Carl
Pickering.
Despite
working
from a studio
in
Rome with
the Tiber River
as a
backdrop,
Lazzarini and Pickering are
often
regarded
as among the best
in
modern
architecture.
Pickering,
44, an
Australian expat,
studied
architecture in
Venice. His partner
Lazzarini, 51, is a native of Rome.
While
yacht
design
comprises only
one-tenth
of
their practice, neither
is
shy
about
expressing an
opinion about what
works and what
doesn’t.
“We
design
buildings,”
says
Lazzarini.
“Our
first
boat project
revolutionized yacht
interior
design.
It
was the
[Wally
Yachts 108] Wally
B, which won a ShowBoats
Award in 1999. We couldn’t
understand why
people shoved cubes
into the
extraordinary
geometry
of
yacht
hulls.
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