Sail the Seven Seas, Starck Style
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Like many of you, every time I go yacht shopping I’m disappointed that I can’t seem to find a name-brand designer yacht.
Well, our luck has just changed! Philippe Starck has moved into the design of high-end pleasure craft. Above is his Wedge Too, designed for Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and built by Dutch shipbuilding firm Feadship.
At 215 feet the ship includes a complete owners deck, three VIP cabins, 4 guest rooms and facilities for 20 staff members. Stark explains, “I am an environmentalist and a left winger: yachts are among the most daftest capitalist toys imaginable…I decided I might as well at least help her create something different; a yacht that is not a mountain of gold. So I designed something that was timeless and elegant….”
via limited hype
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