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Martin Francis has designed yachts since 1988 and is the creative design force behindsuperyachts enses! "nig#a$%atana$"co! and technica& e'pert for Yacht A( )n *+1*!he was se&ected to co&&aborate with i&ver Arrows Marine to bui&d a new yacht under

the creative direction of Mercedes,-en. ty&e(

-orn and raised in the /%! he is a Furniture Design graduate of Centra& t( MartinsCo&&ege of Art and Design in 0ondon(

/pon graduation! he wored with architect 0ord Nor#an Foster for *+ years! afterwhich he founded 2F2 with Peter 2ice( As an innovative construction andengineering fir#! 2F2 pioneered the use of g&ass wa&&s in architecture! #ost notab&yon 0e 0ouvre3s g&ass pyra#ids designed by )( M( Pei(

Martin Francis3 first #otor yacht co##ission was "co! since rena#ed %atana and"nig#a! for "#i&io A.c4rraga in 1991( 5er reputation for innovative design andspeed for her si.e was the springboard which &aunched subse6uent #otor yachtdesigns by Francis Design Consu&ting(

5is wor spreads across a variety of creative discip&ines and he continues his pursuitsin vi&&a architecture! as we&& as his passion for photography and fine art outside ofnava& architecture(

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Me#bers of 2F2 regu&ar&y &ecture internationa&&y on g&ass structures and newgeo#etric app&ications! inc&uding the Pisa university! >echnica& /niversity Bienna!Austrian Acade#y of ciences :IA7;! and "co&e pcia&e d3Architecture! Paris!France(

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