The Three top names in MegaYacht Design will come to most of you not as a shock but as legends for the modern and artistic designs that they have produced over the years they have been in the yacht design industry.
We have Donald Starkey probably the most known of the three. Then we have Espen Oeino who has been at the top of his game for years. The final designer to form the 3 Musketeers of yacht design is Nuvolari Lenard with his sleek and sharp designs.
Donald Starkey has been designing some of the worlds most extravagant and well known yachts since the late 80s and over that time has gone on to win 26 design awards worldwide. This is why owners of yachts look to Donald Starkey for top class design in the interior and exterior of their yacht. one of his newest designs is the Westport 163ft Wabi Sabi, this yacht benefited from the interior design skills of Donald Starkey. Another yacht that Donald designed was the strong and bullish looks of the MegaYacht Luna 377ft built by Lloyd Werft and belongs to the growing fleet of MegaYachts owned by Roman Abramovich see the picture below.
Espen Oeino is a world renowned MegaYacht designer. He started his own design company in the early to mid 90s and has gone on to produce some of the leading yachts from the Lurssen shipyard. Some of his earlier yachts are the infamous Octopus 414ft owned by Microsoft guru Paul Allen and the sharp desgin of SKAT 233ft Lurrsen owned by Charles Simoyni another Microsoft guru.
Some of Espen Oeino's newest designs include CandyScape II 203ft from the Italian shipyard Viareggio and RoMa 203ft from Viareggio. See the picture below.
Nuvolari Lenard Design work alot with Oceanco shipyard and with Palmer Johnson. With these combination some of the worlds most elegant MegaYachts are produced. One of the wolds most famous yachts Alpha Nero 269ft Oceanco was designed by Nuvolari Lenard and the Palmer Johnson 130ft Hokulani. The newest design from Nuvolari Lenard is the newly launched Oceanco Seven Seas 282ft and was built under the yard name of Y706. this yacht will probably be seen around the Mediterranean this summer. See the picture below.
Watch out for new world class designs from these top designers.