Prix du Design 2010

The Prix du Design is regarded as the super yacht industry's Oscar. Many celebrity owners attended the award ceremony staged in the port of Monte Carlo on 23 September. The trophy, a volute bowl designed by Ted Muehling and handcrafted at Nymphenburg, was presented to the Perini Navi Shipyard by HRH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

With a total length of 56 metres, the "S/Y Panthalassa" is one of the largest yachts ever completed by the Perini Navi Shipyard in Italy. The internationally famous architect and designer, Norman Foster, was responsible for the interior.

Previous winners of the "Prix du Design" from Nymphenburg's master workshops have included among others: SY Nirvana, Vitters Shipyard (2008), MY Salvaje, Rodriguez (2007), Maltese Falcon, Perini Navi (2006), Blue Moon, Feadship (2005), Ocean of Love, Kaiserwerft (2004), Syl, Barcos Deportivos (2003).

Nymphenburg's reputation in the yacht industry is based on its unique history because, at the beginning of the grand age of transatlantic shipping, Nymphenburg was the first address that outfitters of luxury liners turned to. The luxurious services with their sophisticated hand-painted designs were particularly popular with luxury liner shipbuilders. First customers included the Hamburg-Amerika line with its "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria" steamer – at the time – in 1905/1906 – the largest ship in the world.

Aristoteles Onassis had the table services for his yacht, "Christina", the first privately owned super yacht ever, produced by Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg – and, to this day, the company remains the manufacturer of luxury items for the super-yacht industry: the craftsmen and -women at Nymphenburg's master workshops do not only produce individualised services but also light objects, tiles and exclusive specialities for these queens of the oceans.