StudioVafiadis | Imperial Yachts

Their best yacht is always the next

Giorgio Vafiadis started his career in yacht design 35 years ago. In 1980 he found STUDIOVAFIADIS. His first superyacht, the 46-meter, GRAN MUDDER, was delivered 3 years later in 1983, a huge vessel for that time and a great success for the newborn studio. Since then STUDOVAFIADIS has created some incredibly exciting yachts. in 2013 he was joined in his practice by his son Stefano, awarder as the Young designer of the year in 2013.

STUDIOVAFIADIS objectives are clear: not only assisting and supporting its clients through innovative, comprehensive and efficient design, but maximizing the performance of services through the understanding the culture of the client, his lifestyle and esthetics critical issues. Yachts are complex entities which require an optimization and appropriate use of space. Owner and guests must be fully pleased while the crew must be able to provide the service and properly maintain the vessel and its systems. For STUDIOVAFIADIS: “Besides a suitable Owner & Guest Accommodation, a carefully planed crew accommodation should fulfill the crew personal and service needs; it should induce to an improvement of the crew morale and should develop an attitude to good and efficient service.”

As creative and innovative designers, STUDIOVAFIADIS are also committed to the evolving developments and they stand ready to implement the latest technological advances through state-of-the-art techniques, materials and ideas. Interior design should echo the feeling of exterior styling while interior and exterior areas should flow nicely. Their creativity is coming from inside the yachts we design!

Together with Imperial, STUDIOVAFIADIS have a long and successful collaboration in some stunning yachts, such as the elegant RUSH (Mangusta 50m), the graceful new classic OKKO (Mondomarine 41m), the modern stylish PUMPKIN (Mangusta 50m) or the splendidly fabulous ELSEA (Cerri 50m).