Yacht Designs Worth a King's Ransom

Earlier this week we posted some of our favorite designer-friendly yachts from Wally Yachts. This post is for Core77's burgeoning Somali pirate readership. Fellas, have we got some exciting design news for you: A UK-based company called Yacht Island Design is working on a host of enticing concepts for gorgeous, innovative and most importantly slow-moving pleasure craft.

Their Streets of Monaco yacht concept lets you stroll the byways of the fabled principality like a lucky gambler, sidestepping go-karts buzzing around the actual on-board racetrack. You've heard of the Grand Prix, and once you take this boat, you can try it!

The Tropical Island Paradise yacht combines the charms of an exotic village retreat with its own on-board volcano and waterfall! Best of all it features a glass-walled swimming pool facing the boat's wake, so you'll get to see the passengers' expressions as you approach from the rear.

There's even a deployable beach deck that seems tailor-made for your boarding skiff.

Both of these boats are projected to top out at just 15 knots. Once one of these comes steaming through the Gulf of Aden, you'll have more than enough time to get your skiffy in a jiffy!

Core77 Design Awards Thanks Its Amazing Team

Phu Hoang Office and Rachely Rotem Studio, Exhale Pavilion, Professional Winner, Interiors/Exhibition Category

Awards programs are both about getting recognized by your peers and crediting your team and contributors. Ours was truly a collaborative project and we'd like to call out the talented and dedicated people who helped us build our first year from the ground up. Alex Lin of Studio Lindesigned our novel awards identity (created from a typeface by Dries Wiewauters) and produced our stellar call-for-entries poster and invitation.

Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alexander Williams of design studioRich Brilliant Willing explored different concepts for the trophy and designed the final artifact, an elegant mold that encourages creativity and recognizes teamwork.

Mark Noordmans and his team at Motorola Prototyping Servicessponsored and manufactured the trophy and we are grateful for their support and expertise.

Lucas Roy and Nate and Kirk Mueller of Studio Mercury produced our amazing awards site that not only presents the award-winning work, video testimonial gallery and jury line-up, but provided the stage for our 15 live jury announcement broadcasts.

Last but not least, we acknowledge and thank the following individuals who were pivotal to the creation and execution of our program from start to finish: Barbara Eldredge (fearless assistant extraordinaire), Mark Wieczorek (logistics and live broadcasting whiz), Deb Aldrich and Laura Des Enfants of D'NA Company (marketing and partnership geniuses), and Beth Dickstein and Karen Brooking from BDE (PR pros). From all of us at Core77 and the Design Awards Team, thank you for your inspiration and hard work, and for helping make our entry in the awards sphere a dynamic, meaningful and enjoyable one!