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The cover story • No. 01

Interiors beyond expectations

Crafting the art of living at sea.

Ten projects. Yacht interiors, residential commissions, and design concepts developed by Maison Azure across the Gulf and the Mediterranean. Each one begins with the same question: not how it looks, but how it lives.

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Solaria salon with linen banquette seating and a travertine table in warm afternoon light
The featured essay
The Refit • 4 min read

How modern owners are redefining luxury at sea

In the world of superyachts, design evolution rarely happens overnight. It shifts quietly — first in the expectations of owners, then in the priorities of shipyards, and finally in the spaces themselves.

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A note from
the editor.

I have always been drawn to water. Not in a dramatic way — but in the way some people are drawn to silence. To the horizon. To the space where things slow down.

Maison Azure is not about decoration. It is about atmosphere. About restraint. About creating environments that allow people to breathe.

This journal is for those who, like me, are drawn to both the peace and the power of the sea — who are inspired by the ocean’s colors, depth, and movement, and who are captivated by the effortless, refined lifestyle that yachting embodies.

Alexandra Kraft
Founder & head designer
Alexandra Kraft, founder of Maison Azure, on the aft deck of a yacht at sea

Also in this issue.

the case for fewer, better things

A yacht interior, unlike most residential ones, gets specified once and then lived in for years without the natural churn that keeps a house evolving — no moving, no renovation triggered by a change in family size, often not even much visiting furniture from other rooms.

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marble and stone at sea

Weight is the constraint everyone mentions when the subject of marble on a yacht comes up, and it's real — a standard 2x1 metre slab can weigh over 100 kilograms, a genuine liability on a vessel where every kilo affects fuel consumption, stability, and top speed.

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monaco, from a gulf owner's perspective

Monaco and Dubai are often compared as rival playgrounds for the same clientele, but the comparison works better as a study in opposite strategies than as a competition. Monaco's entire value proposition is built on scarcity.

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Fort Lauderdale to the Gulf

The global superyacht fleet has run on a two-hub rhythm for decades: Mediterranean summers, Caribbean and Fort Lauderdale-based winters, with the fleet crossing the Atlantic each direction on a schedule almost as fixed as the seasons themselves.

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refitting for charter vs. refitting for yourself

The question that changes almost everything about a refit — more than budget, more than yard choice — is one many owners aren't asked until well into planning: is this yacht going to earn its keep, or is it staying private. The two answers lead to genuinely different projects, not variations on the same one.

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the galley nobody sees

Guests rarely think about the galley at all, which is precisely the point — and precisely why it's one of the hardest spaces on a yacht to design well. A galley that's working properly is invisible.

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