Sternwake Yacht Design
Bow of a white superyacht emerging from a construction shed

Drawn ashore. Made for the horizon.

Dark-hulled superyacht cruising on open water

Exterior Design

Profiles, decks and hull forms drawn around how owners really spend their days at sea.

Saloon sofa with panoramic sea-view windows

Interior Design

Interiors shaped around light, craft and the way a yacht moves through the day.

White galley with coffee maker and drinks fridge

Interior Architecture

Space, material and light, resolved as one design.

Sunset clouds glowing over a rolling ocean wave

Open brief

Every commission starts with a blank sheet and a long conversation.

Sternwake designer sketching yacht lines at a studio desk

The studio

A small team of naval architects, interior designers and visualisers who stay close to every build.

Meet the studio

Yachts drawn from the shipyard outward.
Sternwake is a Treviso design studio working with shipyards and private owners on exteriors, interiors and complete fleets. We start from how a yacht is built and lived, then draw the lines, rooms and details that make it feel inevitable.

A good yacht is more than a pleasing profile. It is proportion, the routes through the boat, the quality of daylight and the way a crew really works, and we test each of these before a single line is fixed.

A studio grown inside the yards.
Sternwake began beside the building sheds of the Veneto coast, learning the craft from the people who laminate, join and finish hulls. It has since grown into a multidisciplinary team of exterior stylists, interior architects and technical designers who share one drawing table.

Today the studio works with leading shipyards and private clients around the world, from first concept sketches to final outfitting reviews.

Details owners notice every day.
Every Sternwake yacht is resolved down to the handrail, hinge and light switch. Beyond hull and superstructure we design bespoke furniture, specify materials and shape the spaces guests and crew move through.

Whether the brief is an explorer built for long passages, a sleek cruiser or a fully custom interior, we work shoulder to shoulder with owners, captains and builders so the finished yacht reflects how it will be used.

Drawn to last.
Our aim is simple: yachts that look right on launch day and still look right twenty years later. We keep pushing on engineering, materials and comfort, always in service of a vessel with a point of view.

Humpback whale breaching beside a yacht during an ocean crossing

Marine Design Review
2023

Shortlisted

Concept over 40 metres

Atlantic Yacht Design Prize
2020

Winner

Emerging Studio of the Year

Harbour Heritage Prize
2018

Special Mention

Harbour heritage


Tell us about your next yacht.

info@sternwake.co   |   +39 0422 971 430
Via del Cantiere 24, 31100 Treviso (TV), Italy

Ocean wave curling under a Venetian light