Jonathan Quinn Barnett (born 1964) is an American super yacht designer from
Seattle, Washington
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Jon Bannenberg
Jon Bannenberg, RDI (1929 – 26 May 2002) was an Australian-English yacht designer.
Biography
Bannenberg was born in Sydney, Australia, and educated at Canterbury Boys High School and later at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In the earl ...
for nearly seven years beginning in 1987, and founded Jonathan Quinn Barnett Ltd. (JQB Ltd.) in 1995.
Barnett designed the interior of the 414-foot yacht '' Octopus'' in 2003; the interior of MV ''Kirkland'' in 1996; and the interior and exterior of Caterpillar Financial–funded super yacht ''
Monarch
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'' in 2011.
Biography
Barnett was born in 1964 to Judith Quinn and Neil Barnett, a
portraitist
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mother and
engineer
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father, who were linked to his "creative curiosity" in an interview. In He obtained his degree in industrial design at the
University of Cincinnati
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, completing a thesis on yacht design after originally focusing on
automobile design
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. He worked with
Tom Tjaarda
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(designer of the
De Tomaso Pantera
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) at Dimensione Design in
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Klingon
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for three months (1986–1987), which led to Barnett's apprenticeship with
Jon Bannenberg
Jon Bannenberg, RDI (1929 – 26 May 2002) was an Australian-English yacht designer.
Biography
Bannenberg was born in Sydney, Australia, and educated at Canterbury Boys High School and later at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In the earl ...
for nearly seven years beginning in 1987. Barnett later said of his style that, in his career, "if there was one man who influenced me most, it would certainly have to be the late Jon Bannenberg."
He then moved to
Belltown, Seattle
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, in the
Pacific Northwest
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, where he founded Jonathan Quinn Barnett Ltd. in 1995. His brother Chris Barnett serves as general manager. He has designed exteriors and interiors for yachts of sizes from 50' to 400' and provides related design services.
His firm also performs residential projects such as private home and condominium design. The firm provided designs, decor, and project management services for the exterior and interior restoration of the main residence of the 1890s Victorian
Rubicon Estate Winery
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(now
Inglenook
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The ''Octopus'', the largest private yacht in the world when launched, was built under strict conditions of nondisclosure. Through local ties to the
Paul Allen
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–founded
Vulcan Inc.
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, Jonathan Quinn Barnett Ltd. designed the interior of the 414-foot '' Octopus'' in 2003.
With a submarine, a tender, a dual helicopter hangar with two helipads, nine decks, and accommodations for 60 crew and staff, it is frequently at sea and only occasionally at its homeport in Antibes, France. Barnett also performed the 2014 interior refit of the ''Octopus'' at Blohm & Voss Repair in
Germany
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.
Other yachts
The 122' ''Qué Sera'' (2005) was heralded for "one of the finest interiors to come from elta Marine,featuring light airy spaces accentuated with exquisite woods, and a new elegant and contemporary decor by Jonathan Q. Barnett."
Northern Marine (
Anacortes, Washington
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Yachts designed by Barnett include:
;Ron Holland Design
*''Sensation'', 33.77m, interior design collaborator (1987, Sensation Yachts)
;Bannenberg Designs
*''Coral Island'', 72.54m, interior design lead (1994, Lürssen Yachts)
*'' Limitless'', 96.25m, interior design collaborator (1997, Lürssen Yachts)
;JQB, Ltd.
* MV ''Kirkland'', 110', exterior and interior design (1924, 1996 refit)
*''Sensei'', 127', exterior and interior design (1991, refit, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
*''Ste. Jill'' (''Bolero''), 124', exterior and interior design (1997, Delta Marine)
*''Golden Boy II'', 114', interior design (1998, Sovereign Yachts)
*''Lady Rita'', 114', interior design (1998, Northcoast Yachts)
*''Scott Free'', 120', interior design (2000, Northcoast Yachts)
*''Aerie'' (''Spirit''), 124', exterior and interior design (2001, Delta Marine), winner of the 2002 ''ShowBoats'' Design Award for Best Semidisplacement Motoryacht Under 38 Meters In
*''Rainbow Rose'', 102', interior design (2001, Little Hoquiam Shipyard)
*''C1'', 95', interior design (2003, Bloemsma & van Breemen)
*'' Octopus'', 414', interior design (2003, 2014 refit, Lürssen Yachts)
*Cerulean trideck series, 48'–160', interior design (2005, Northern Marine)
*''Qué Sera'', 122', interior design (2005, Delta Marine)
*''After Eight'', 151', exterior and interior design (2007, Northern Marine)
*''Silver Shalis'', 180', interior design (2008, Delta Marine)
*''Bella Bri'' (''Freedom''), 151' trideck, exterior and interior design (2008, Northern Marine)
*Crescent 144 series, 144', interior design (2010, Crescent Yachts)
*''
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'' (''Just J's''), 151', exterior and interior design (2011, Delta Marine)
Project ''Monarch'' won the 2011 Northwest Design Award for Exotic Retreats, sponsored by Seattle Design Center.