Project: Ypsilon Cruise Ship Project: Ocean Whisper Project O59: Open/Hard Top Yacht From an idea
of the Tigullio Design District
and NauticOne,
here are the winners
of the "Sea Design Award 2026",
dedicated to young students
of nautical and industrial design.
 
 

the jury

The Jury for il 2025 is made up of; Javier Tomás Casabé, Mané Ferrari, Michele Solari, Stefano Bitturini, Tie Ji e Tommaso Piazzola, all professionals in the nautical and design sector, here they are:

Javier Tomás Casabé

Yacht Designer & Naval Architect

Mané Ferrari

Director and Anchor of the Mundo Mar TV Show

Michele Solari

Founder of Barchelettriche srl

Stefano Bitturini 

Project Manager | Verga1958
( Head of the Jury )

Tie Ji

Dean of the School of Design at Hunan University

Tommaso Piazzola

Founder | Nautic One

 winners

Here they are finally, they are the first three winners of the "Sea Design award 2026", we deliver our award to them and entrust them with our hopes for the future, we will immediately give visibility to their talent and wish them all the best, eager to see them soon at the Tigullio Design District, congratulations!!

project: Ypsilon Cruise Ship

First place

Nicolò Porielli | Serena Sole | Lucrezia Spada | Matteo Largiu | Alessandro Fenu | Cristian Rotesi

University of Genoa, La Spezia University Campus

Instagram: @nico.porielli - @lucsword - @phserenasole - @cri_rote - @alessandro.fenu - @matteo_largiu_02

project: Ocean Whisper

Second place

Irene Giannelli

University of Genoa, La Spezia University Campus

Instagram: @ayrins_art

project: O59: Open/Hard Top Yacht

Third place

Francesco Cassarino | Filippo Garota | Claudio Giuliani | Pietro Pignataro

University of Genoa, La Spezia University Campus

Instagram: @francesco_cassarino - @filippogarota - @claudiogiuliani - @pietro_pigna

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