The Young Designer of the Year Award, sponsored by Feadship, celebrates the original concepts of student and trainee yacht designers all over the world. The winner receives critical acclaim in front of an international audience of superyacht owners, designers and industry leaders.
The task
This year, the judges invite students to envision themselves as recent graduates working at Feadship. Your task is to design a yacht for an existing Feadship owner who wants to explore beyond the Mediterranean. This owner seeks a new yacht capable of navigating remote regions and high-latitude areas, such as the Northwest Passage. Additionally, the client wishes to support ocean conservation by accommodating scientists on board during these remote cruises. As such, the yacht must be a highly seaworthy, long-range, helicopter-carrying expedition vessel equipped with research facilities. At the same time, it must maintain the comfort and luxury synonymous with the Feadship brand. With this challenging set of requirements, can you meet the client’s brief?
READ THE TASK IN FULLWho can enter
If you will be 28 years old or under on 1 January 2025, have a deep interest in yacht design, and have never been employed in yacht design for financial reward (excluding living expenses covered during an internship at a shipyard or design studio), then you are eligible to enter.
The Young Designer of the Year Award will be returning to Kitzbühel in 2026 as part of the Superyacht Design Festival on 1-3 February with limited early-bird tickets available. For more information, please email the events team.
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