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Blue Design Summit honours Italian innovation
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Custom Line and Azimut were among winners at the awards night during the four-day Blue Design Summit in Italy.
Custom Line 50
The Custom Line 50 superyacht and Azimut’s Seadeck 7 were among award winners during the four-day Blue Design Summit, which was held in La Spezia on Italy’s west coast from May 13-16. An annual event focusing on yacht design, innovation and culture, the Blue Design Summit again attracted industry leaders, top companies, designers and international shipyards.
The Blue Design Awards gala dinner was held at Teatro Civico on the event’s second evening. Custom Line’s 50m aluminium flagship won the Living Innovation category “for the architectural vision behind a revolutionary interior layout that introduces unprecedented living solutions in this market segment”, according to the Ferretti Group brand.
Custom Line 50 owner’s suite
“What convinced the panel of judges was the deck devoted entirely to the owner, with a 75sqm suite at the bow featuring a private terrace, spaces flooded with natural light, and separated crew and guest flows to ensure maximum privacy,” Custom Line stated. “This exclusive design approach revisits the onboard lifestyle through a contemporary lens.”
Azimut’s full-hybrid Seadeck 7 won the General Concept award by embodying the series’ ‘Gentle at Sea’ philosophy, which focuses on an “authentic experience in close connection with nature with the best solutions to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 40 per cent”, the shipyard stated. The yacht features a full-hybrid system developed with Volvo Penta, advanced naval architecture and extensive use of carbon.
Azimut Seadeck 7
Alberto Mancini’s exterior design includes the line’s signature ‘Fun Island’ beach club area, while Azimut’s focus on natural, recycled and recyclable materials led to the choice of Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez to design the interiors for both the Seadeck 6 and Seadeck 7.
