KEN FREIVOKH
KEN FREIVOKH DESIGN
Working from his studio based on the River Hamble on the south
coast of the UK, superyacht designer Ken Freivokh actually started
life as an architect. Raised in Los Angeles, he studied engineering and
architecture in Peru before moving to the UK to study at the Royal
College of Art, graduating in 1972 with a Masters in Design. It was
while working as an architect that Freivokh first encountered yacht
design, and as an experienced sailor it was when buying his own
yacht – and asking for some changes to be made – that he started to
make the transition to the industry.
Today, Ken Freivokh Design is a multi-disciplinary team renowned for
creating unique “out of the box” design solutions. Among the most relevant
list of core services that this form provides, aside from interior design,
we can include external styling, project management and supervision,
as well as CAD and 3D design. The company has these services applied
to luxury yachts as well as to other projects of architecture, residential
interiors, private jets and industrial design. The innovative design team’s
methodology involves a careful analysis of the client’s brief, examination
of first principles, lateral thinking and formulation of very special designs,
always aimed at raising the bar of excellence. Freivokh himself revises
himself in those feature, and has stated that designing yachts is definitely
his lifelong goal and and achievement.
“Designing yachts combine my fascination and life long involvement
with design, with my love of yachts. There is amazing scope for
innovation, combining technical issues with space and aesthetic
treatment, offering the opportunity to create a floating ‘world’ with its
own individual and unique character. “
Perhaps most famously, Ken Freivokh design the exterior and interior
of US venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ superyacht Maltese Falcon, at
88 metres notable for its innovative Dynarig and still one of the largest
private sailing yachts in the world. That is set to change with the
Freivokh-designed superyacht Dream Symphony, a striking 141 metre
contemporary wooden schooner that is currently under construction
at the Dream Ship Victory yard in Turkey. Some of Freivokh’s most
relevant vessels can also include high performance yachts such as Leopard
and Ocean Phoenix and also some more classic yachts such as Atlantide,
Spada, Saga and Sycara.
When it comes to the type of clients that Ken Freivokh Design usually
has under their wing, they all have one thing in common: success. The
designer stated this word ad a common denominator for the customers,
seen as they have achieved notorious success each of them within their
particular sphere of activity. Thanks to the victories in their career and
in their lifetime, they are people that dream high and manage to achieve
