Top Yacht: Project 12
Conceived by an experienced owner, the 46m Project 12 was launched this summer after a bit of an interrupted build process. SYD visited the yacht at Cannes Boat Show and talked to interior designer Mark Berryman about the owner's brief and design process...…
Conceived by an experienced owner, the 46m M/Y Project 12 didn’t have the most straightforward build period. Having started out at Cantieri di Pisa, work was halted when the shipyard went bankrupt. After a two-year hiatus, work commenced again under Pisa Superyacht and in July 2012 she was launched. With exterior styling by Carlo Galleazzi and an interior by Mark Berryman Design, Project 12 is a charter yacht that avoids the impersonal feeling that often comes with a charter yacht. At Cannes Boat Show, SYD took a look around the yacht and had a chat with Mark Berryman about her interior.
From the outset, Project 12 was destined to be a charter yacht, however unlike most yachts that are designed with charter in mind, Project 12’s interior stays away from the safety of neutrals. “The owner has an aversion to the neutral interiors of a lot of yachts produced at the moment,” Berryman tells us. “He was looking for a colourful interior, with a slight Caribbean feel.” This was a bit of a challenge for Berryman and his team, who tend to be known for more neutral backdrops, bringing in pops of colour through cushions, artwork and textures of materials.
The concentration on colour didn’t result in a brash, overpowering interior scheme. Subtlety was the key for Berryman. For the carpet in the main salon, for example, Berryman found a way to incorporate colour without taking the focus from the rest of the room. “The owner wanted a blue river pattern running through the main salon,” says Berryman. “The sample looked too dominant so we used a custom carpet company to produce a carved centre section that had highlights of different blues inserted. This technique meant that from one end of the salon you can hardly notice the blue, but from the forward end it is more pronounced.”
“Although this was a charter vessel, the clients tastes were always at the forefront,” explains Berryman, who tells us that as a result, the studio used materials it doesn’t typically use, like leather with wrought iron stud detailing, American black walnut, cracked glazed paint effects and burr oak, as well as pieces with special metal finishes.
Parkway Interiors, a local joinery company close to the Mark Berryman studio, creates pieces that experiment with such metal finishes. “The client always liked the idea of an underwater mural on the panels above the bed, but we were able to produce an oxidised copper material that we could apply to the panels instead,” says Berryman. “They almost look like an aquamarine shot of the ocean, with some added texture to them as well.”
Another interesting design feature is the sun deck. “We needed to find a way of hiding away the rescue tender so it could be launched in time,” Berryman tells us. “We were able to create a raised sun pad area aft of the Jacuzzi with a hinged hatch. The raised area can have the pads removed and can also be used as a dance platform, with the crane hidden to the portside for deployment of the RIB.”
Project 12 is available for sale through Burgess. Q12 of SuperyachtDesign, out next month, will feature six of our favourite yachts from the Monaco Yacht Show in Top Yacht and talk to the interior designers about the owner’s brief and design process. To subscribe to SYD, click here.
From the outset, Project 12 was destined to be a charter yacht, however unlike most yachts that are designed with charter in mind, Project 12’s interior stays away from the safety of neutrals. “The owner has an aversion to the neutral interiors of a lot of yachts produced at the moment,” Berryman tells us. “He was looking for a colourful interior, with a slight Caribbean feel.” This was a bit of a challenge for Berryman and his team, who tend to be known for more neutral backdrops, bringing in pops of colour through cushions, artwork and textures of materials.
The concentration on colour didn’t result in a brash, overpowering interior scheme. Subtlety was the key for Berryman. For the carpet in the main salon, for example, Berryman found a way to incorporate colour without taking the focus from the rest of the room. “The owner wanted a blue river pattern running through the main salon,” says Berryman. “The sample looked too dominant so we used a custom carpet company to produce a carved centre section that had highlights of different blues inserted. This technique meant that from one end of the salon you can hardly notice the blue, but from the forward end it is more pronounced.”
“Although this was a charter vessel, the clients tastes were always at the forefront,” explains Berryman, who tells us that as a result, the studio used materials it doesn’t typically use, like leather with wrought iron stud detailing, American black walnut, cracked glazed paint effects and burr oak, as well as pieces with special metal finishes.
Parkway Interiors, a local joinery company close to the Mark Berryman studio, creates pieces that experiment with such metal finishes. “The client always liked the idea of an underwater mural on the panels above the bed, but we were able to produce an oxidised copper material that we could apply to the panels instead,” says Berryman. “They almost look like an aquamarine shot of the ocean, with some added texture to them as well.”
Another interesting design feature is the sun deck. “We needed to find a way of hiding away the rescue tender so it could be launched in time,” Berryman tells us. “We were able to create a raised sun pad area aft of the Jacuzzi with a hinged hatch. The raised area can have the pads removed and can also be used as a dance platform, with the crane hidden to the portside for deployment of the RIB.”
Project 12 is available for sale through Burgess. Q12 of SuperyachtDesign, out next month, will feature six of our favourite yachts from the Monaco Yacht Show in Top Yacht and talk to the interior designers about the owner’s brief and design process. To subscribe to SYD, click here.
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