Cool concepts

The task? To answer an imagined brief for a 90-metre explorer yacht. A stellar panel of superyacht designers whittled the entries down to six finalists. Here we reveal their insightful concepts.

You are a junior designer working for a small studio. A client is in the market for a new 90-metre yacht that will allow high-latitude cruising. During the period of lockdown the client and captain have been quantifying their needs and, alarmed by global warming, would like to include facilities for meaningful scientific research, as well as for the tenders, helicopter and other equipment necessary