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Three Degrees of Jon Bannenberg: Tracing Seymour Diamond’s Design Lineage
Press · Boat International Three Degrees of Jon Bannenberg: Tracing Seymour Diamond’s Design Lineage Jon Bannenberg is widely regarded as the founder of modern yacht design, running his own studio, Jon Bannenberg Ltd, from 1972 until 2002 and training many of the designers who would go on to lead the industry themselves. Boat International mapped […]
Designers luxury finishes with Nature squared
Fiona Seymour featured in Boat International’s Virtual BOAT Show “Tell It In Ten” series, sharing career highlights and advice for young designers entering the superyacht industry. Drawing on her years working alongside Terence Disdale before founding Seymour Diamond, she reflected on the projects that shaped her career, including the 164m Eclipse, 140m Al Salamah and […]
Fiona Seymour Champions the Next Generation of Yacht Designers
Press · Boat International, The USA Issue · August 2019 Fiona Seymour Champions the Next Generation of Yacht Designers As the industry’s top designers gathered at Boat International’s World Superyacht Awards, the magazine asked each of them to name the emerging talent they had their eye on. Fiona Seymour’s choice was Irene Focarile, then a […]
Setting the scene: Fiona Seymour on tableware trends for 2019
Boat International spoke to Fiona Seymour about how tableware choices are evolving on board superyachts, drawing on her experience across projects including the 90m Ice. She discussed how today’s owners are seeking flexibility, from mix-and-match sets to versatile accessories, and the practical planning that goes into storage and joinery long before a single plate is […]
Winners of the Boat International Design Challenge 2018
Press · Boat International, The Design Issue · May 2018 Winners of the Boat International Design Challenge 2018 Every year, Boat International’s Superyacht Design Symposium hands a room full of the world’s leading designers and builders one hour, one fictional client and one very real vessel to reimagine. In 2018, Fiona Seymour’s team went home […]
Project Chameleon: Designing a Superyacht in One Hour
Press · FutureYachts, Volume 01 · Boat International Media, 2017 Project Chameleon: Designing a Superyacht in One Hour Boat International’s inaugural FutureYachts publication put some of the industry’s sharpest minds through the Superyacht Design Symposium, a live event that turned designers and yacht builders into competing teams and gave them a single hour to design […]
5 Minutes With Fiona Seymour
Press · Mayfair Magazine, Luxury London · June 2017 5 Minutes With Fiona Seymour Mayfair magazine’s regular quickfire profile, 5 Minutes With, turned its attention to Fiona Seymour, founder of yacht design and project management company Seymour Diamond, for a personal take on the woman behind the studio. Getting to Know Fiona Fiona was born […]
Fiona Seymour Featured Among 9 Leading Female Yacht Interior Designers
CharterWorld featured Fiona Seymour among nine of the industry’s leading female superyacht interior designers for International Women’s Day, highlighting her path from Terence Disdale Design to founding Seymour Diamond in 2010, and her work on projects including Eclipse, Pelorus and Feadship’s Royal Romance. Read the full feature on CharterWorld →
The A List: Boat International Names the World’s Top 50 Yacht Designers
Press · Boat International · May 2015 The A List: Boat International Names the World’s Top 50 Yacht Designers In May 2015, Boat International devoted its Design Issue to a new annual tribute, The A List, celebrating the fifty designers judged to be shaping the superyacht industry. Fiona Seymour was named among them, featured in […]