This year’s 7th edition of the Superyacht Design Symposium has been a great success. The highlight of the programme was the eagerly awaited ShowBoats Design Awards 2015.
The winners of the 2015 ShowBoats Design Awards were announced at the five-star Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt in Kitzbühel, Austria, yesterday afternoon, on February 23, 2015. The evening’s big winners included mega yacht Grace E that has received four Neptune trophies.
This year’s Superyacht Design Symposium will start at the quintessentially Austrian Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, an exclusive 5-star resort in Kitzbühel, this weekend. During the final Symposium session on Monday afternoon, the 2015 ShowBoats Design Awards Winners will be unveiled.
The Blohm+Voss Ski Cup 2015, presented by high-performance ski brand Foil, will once again bring superyacht stars to the slopes during the Superyacht Design Symposium. The Ski Cup will be hosted by the popular ski area of Oberndorf in Tirol.
Six finalists of the 2015 Young Designer of the Year Award have been announced. The winner will be unveiled at the ShowBoats Design Awards Prize Giving, set to be held during the Superyacht Design Symposium in Kitzbühel, Austria on Monday 23 February.
This year will see Sigmund Yacht Design from Austria introduce five new concepts, including the 50m Steppenwolf yacht, as well as the 85m mega yacht Galaxy.
Frauscher shipyard has announced a close collaboration with MennYacht Group for the distribution of Frauscher boats and yachts.
Horizon RP110 super yacht ESTHER 7 has been announced as one of the finalists for the ShowBoats Design Award 2015 in the ‘Interior Design Award – Motor Yacht below 500GT’ category. Winners will be unveiled during the annual Superyacht Design Symposium, which will be held in Kitzbühel, Austria, running from February 22-24th, 2015.
The Superyacht Design Symposium 2015 is expected to feature an inspiring panel of expert speakers, including yacht designers Terence Disdale and Andrew Winch, as well as yacht stylists Espen Oeino and Peder Eidsgaard.
The all-new 60m explorer mega yacht EXCALIBUR concept has been proudly unveiled by Sigmund Yacht Design from Austria, in partnership with BMT Nigel Gee. The vessel boasts sleek, clean and balanced lines.
This year’s Nautic Expo in Paris saw the Frauscher 747 Mirage yacht tender receive the “Nautic Design Award” 2014 and the “Sports & Style” special award. Both prizes were given in recognition of the hard work of Frauscher’s in-house development director Thomas Gerzer and the Austrian design team of KISKA GmbH.
Diana Yacht Design have been announced as one of the finalists for the ShowBoats Design Awards 2015, with motor yacht ALYSSA and super yacht SO’ MAR, both built by Riza Tansu from Turkey.