The Monaco Yacht Show has revealed more of the designers and technical specialists joining its 2026 Designer Gallery at Port Hercule from 23–26 September.
The Monaco Yacht Show has revealed a further group of designers, naval architects and technical specialists set to appear in its new Designer Gallery when the show returns to Port Hercule, Monaco from 23 to 26 September 2026. The waterfront platform is intended to bring owners, representatives and industry professionals into direct conversation with the people shaping future custom-yacht projects, while giving design a more prominent position within the show's Dockside Area.
The Designer Gallery replaces the former Yacht Design & Innovation Hub with a single, unified exhibition platform. Monaco Yacht Show says the change is designed to make it easier for visitors to compare different creative approaches and discuss future new-build and refit projects directly with designers, rather than treating yacht design as a separate activity from the yachts and shipyards exhibited around the harbour.
The 27 August MYS newsletter continues an earlier Designer Gallery introduction with another group of participating studios. The individual studio profiles are identified by Monaco Yacht Show as sponsored content, so company descriptions and staffing figures in those profiles should be read as exhibitor-supplied information rather than independent claims by the show.
Argo Navis says its operation combines marine design, engineering, prototyping and production, with 42 design professionals, 110 craftsmen and 20 logistics staff, and that most of its work is carried out in-house in Belgrade. Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design describes a 360-degree approach spanning naval architecture, exterior styling and interior design, with more than three decades of experience and current activity in large multihulls.
Espen Øino International brings more than 30 years of experience in bespoke motor yachts and a multidisciplinary team of about 30 professionals. Frers Design, represented by Germán “Mani” Frers, draws on a family yacht-design tradition dating to 1928 and experience across sailing yachts, America's Cup projects, superyachts and increasingly motor-yacht commissions.
The range of disciplines represented matters because yacht design now extends far beyond exterior appearance. Propulsion choices, efficiency, weight, interior volume, access to the water and the intended cruising programme increasingly influence the creative process from the earliest sketches, requiring designers to work closely with naval architects and technical specialists.
Lateral Naval Architects will bring the engineering side of yacht creation directly into the gallery. The MYS newsletter points to its work following SAN and the recent unveilings of Y726 and Leviathan, while saying the company is preparing a technical platform intended to enable new design possibilities.
Philippe Briand Yacht Design and Vitruvius Yacht Design add experience across sailing superyachts and motor yachts, while VPLP Design works across racing, leisure craft, superyachting and wider maritime projects. Together, the studios illustrate the continuing movement of ideas between high-performance sailing, multihull development, naval architecture and the custom-yacht market.
Alongside the Designer Gallery, the MYS Immersive Experience developed with VBH will allow visitors to step inside virtual yacht concepts and explore their dimensions, proportions and onboard atmosphere before construction begins. The official MYS Designer Gallery announcement says the interactive 3D experience is being developed with participating designers and shipyards, extending the design conversation beyond drawings, renderings and scale models.
VBH is also presenting a multi-sensory approach in which technology can influence sound, light, atmosphere and other aspects of life aboard. That positions integrated technology closer to the initial architectural conversation, rather than treating audiovisual, lighting and control systems solely as equipment to be added after the yacht's major spaces have already been defined.
The 2026 format is intended to put prospective owners closer to the creative teams who influence a yacht long before construction starts. Choosing a designer determines far more than styling because it affects how an owner's cruising plans, lifestyle, performance expectations and technical priorities are translated into a project that may take several years to design and build.
By placing designers, naval architects and technical specialists together on a waterfront platform, Monaco Yacht Show is making those early-stage conversations a more visible part of the event. The Designer Gallery will operate during the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show from 23 to 26 September at Port Hercule, alongside the superyachts, tenders, shipyards and specialist companies assembled throughout the Dockside Area.