UPDATE, JULY 7, 2016: The Moonstone project can display not just white lights along her hull, but now also colored ones. In fact, her hull can mimic a starry sky (below), a sunrise/sunset, and many more patterns.
Pieter Van Geest, her designer, says the first challenge was ensuring the effect from white faceted lights was even across the hull. Once he and the partners proved this possible, color was the next logical step. “The powerful color impact is built in Moonstone’s design for one to curate an ongoing experience with the yacht as a medium. It can be video art to series of images and lighted surfaces, from plain colors to underwater scenes, from vibrant kaleidoscopes to camouflage settings. The possibilities are endless onboard and from ashore.”
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Much like the gemstone she’s named for, the Oceanco concept yacht Moonstone shines and shimmers. She does so thanks to the creativity that her stylist, Van Geest Design, applied to exterior lighting.
Moonstone employs Oceanco’s existing 90-meter hull platform. That platform benefits from a 49-foot (15-meter) beam. So clearly, interested buyers will get abundant relaxation and entertaining space. There’s an entire deck devoted to the owners, for example, including a spa and gym. Guests, treated to four doubles and two twins, get to join you in the cinema. Arriving aboard and departing from Moonstone in style comes courtesy of a touch-and-go helipad, too.
But what sets Moonstone apart is her lighting ingenuity. The megayacht incorporates lighting far more than usual, and in ways few people would ever expect. She showcases the work of UK-based Temeloy Advanced Lighting Design.
Via kaleidoscopes of color, video projections, and more, Temeloy augments storefronts, museum interiors, fine homes, and more. It’s no stranger to yachting, either. The company has created custom lighting plans for megayachts ranging from the classic Nahlin to the modern Vava II. For Moonstone, Temeloy created numerous geometric shapes all along her hull. By day, they reflect the luminosity of the sunlight interacting with the surrounding waters. Come nightfall, though, the results are remarkable, programmable patterns that command your attention, in addition to accent lighting running the length of her decks. The lighting system is fed power from 754 square feet (70 square meters) of solar panels up top.
Because seeing is believing, check out how Temeloy’s technology makes Moonstone magical.
We’ll have more on Moonstone soon.
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