Alia’s latest custom superyacht was designed to meet its owner’s every wish. The 148-foot Genie Blu was built for a “visionary” with a very distinctive brief, according to the Turkish shipyard. They decided to buck marine conventions; the objective was not to maximize gross tonnage as is typical with many contemporary yachts, but rather to focus on design and lifestyle. “Genie Blu turns traditional ideas of yacht design on their head,” Alia president Gökhan Çelik said in a statement. “Rather than maximizing interior volume for its own sake, this project is about purity, proportion and the owner’s experience of the sea.” Alia’s in-house design office worked closely with Italy’s Luca Dini Design & Architecture on the interior and exterior. The yacht cuts a striking silhouette, with clean, architectural lines and a long, low superstructure. That minimalist design extends to the interior, with remarkably uncluttered living quarters. “The project is based on subtraction rather than addition,”..
