As a child, every single summer I went sailing on my family yacht around the Mediterranean Sea. Passion for sailing is almost like family heritage, passed down from my father to me. One summer in the mid-’80s, when I was nine, we were anchored in a bay close to Castellorizo, a remote island between Turkey and Greece. I remember looking at the other yachts around us and complaining about how they were so ugly and weird. So instead of swimming I spent many afternoons in the dinette of our boat, sketching ideas to improve the designs. My father was shocked!
— Alberto Mancini
There’s definitely a kind of Mediterranean style in my design: some details are recognisable from exotic Italian cars, or a touch of car design is always there on any project I do. Especially the long platform on the back of the stern, the volume of the cockpit.
— Alberto Mancini
I’ve been passionate about cars since I was a child. I grew up sketching cars everywhere. At age 18, I went to Turin to learn how to design cars but then realised that designing a yacht was much more fascinating – an automobile without wheels. The dynamism and elegance you see when looking at a beautiful car is enhanced in a beautiful yacht.
— Alberto Mancini
Alberto Mancini was born in 1978 in Trieste, Italy, and He has graduated from the I.E.D school of Transportation design based in Turin, Italy.
His yachts design creations are shaped by his long experience of the sea, Alberto Mancini has salt in his veins, and passed his summer on board the family ketch, sailing around the Mediterranean.
His professional growth and background has been characterized by 4 main design work experience: The first one, in the 2000 with Officina Italiana Design, where he has been involved in such prestigious projects as Aquariva 33 and Rivarama 44 and he had the opportunity to learn yachts proportions, and styling by Mauro Micheli official Riva’s designer.
Then a second yacht design adventure came, and Alberto Mancini joined Ken Freivokh design team in the south of England, where he has been involved in the design process of the famous 86 meter S/Y for Perini Navi Yard called “Maltese Falcon“, at this time, he had the chance to learn a lot about technics and management on the design process.
It was 2004 when Alberto met Carlo Nuvolari and Dan Lenard to collaborate on a sport Open yacht series for the prestigious boatyard “Cantieri di Sarnico“, Nuvolari & Lenard Studio has been a very important step to “learn by doing” and a manual training inside the shipyard.
In 2006 Alberto Mancini started up a own studio as a designer and managing partner of Team For Design studio, where he has the chance to design a completely new series of Flying Bridge Yachts from 20 meters up to 39 meters, custom and series production for Dominator shipyard. (Dominator 780S Best Design Award Cannes / Festival de la Plaisance 2009).
After 3 years , the combination of these experiences makes him aware of his yacht design skills and finally, in springtime 2009, Alberto Mancini decides to set up and open a new private design Studio :“Alberto Mancini Yacht Design” once based in Trieste and now in Monaco, in order to follow his main target and philosophy: “Absolute pure and sleek design inspired by nature and research technology“
He has collaborated with Overmarine, Azimut Yachts, Baglietto, Fairline Yachts, Magnum Marine, Tankoa, Otam and Revolver.
For Overmarine Mangusta , he designs the exterior and the interior of the Oceano and Gran sport lines, the 54 mt Gran Sport has been awarded as “Best exterior design ” and “Best Interior design” at several gala events.
For Azimut Yachts he designs some yachts that have impressed with their strong innovative power, such as Azimut Grande S10, Azimut S8, Azimut 78 Flybridge, Azimut 53 Flybrige and the Trideck.
Last but not least he collaborates with the world renowned British shipyard Fairline yachts, for wich he has designed the latest Squadron and Targa models as well as the F-line 33 considered one of the best sport boat of the market .
I find my inspiration from my travels, and I travel a lot, art and nature are the main source of my inspirations, when I have time I visit museum of contemporary art as much as I can, paintings and sculptures attract me as much as vintage cars and airplanes.
— Alberto Mancini
