Philippe Starck: motor yacht A
Philippe Starck designed motor yacht A with Martin Francis for Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko. Built by Blohm+ Voss motor yacht A is 119 meters long and weighs approximately 5500 tonnes. Reminiscent of a submarine warship the mega yacht's name is a tribute to Andrey Melnichenko and his wife Serbian fashion model Aleksandra Nikolic.
| Philippe Starck is famous in the yachting world for being involved in the famous superyacht SIGMA. Philippe Starck is a French yacht interior designer and one of the most famous designers in New Design styles. Born on the 18th of January 1949 and in 1968, he studied at the Ecole Nissim de Camondo in Paris. Philippe has established his first firm design that specializes in | objects that are inflatable and became an art director in his own firm in 1969 with Pierre Cardin. In fact, he is well known when it comes to contemporary designs. He doesn’t only accept public commendation because of his amazing structure interior designs; he also proved that he is one of those who accomplished product and architect design. |
| Philippe Starck’s design collections range from impressive interior designs to mass production of consumer goods like chairs, toothbrushes and houses as well. Philippe’s profession has started to rise in 1982 when he worked in the President Francois Mitterrand's private apartments where he worked alone as a product and interior designer ever since 1975. | In 2002, he created products design that are inexpensive for American retailer stores. These products include optical mouse for Microsoft, beer companies and yachts beer companies. In fact, the Virgin Galactic in New Mexico or what they call spaceport was specially made by Philippe Starck. |
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Philippe Starck’s works produced in 1980’s and in 1990’s were influenced by novelty and fashion but in the turn of 21st century, he decided to change his designs. In recent time, he promotes the philosophy that integrity and honesty should be the primary foundation of the design. Philippe Starck also believes that designers that we need should be both objective and honest. |
The yacht has 3 pools, one master suite, six guest suites and 42 rooms for staff members. The side gate seems large enough to hold a dozen torpedo boats. The fuel tank used in this Yacht is so big that it costs over $1.4 million to fill up. Source: Design Boom |
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