By
Rebecca Gibson |
The 2025 issue of Cruise & Ferry Interiors is out now, offering exclusive insights from key stakeholders across the passenger ship interior design industry.
With the passenger shipping industry now in a think-make-try-refine cycle of innovation to drive further energy efficiencies, stakeholders are now focusing on finding new ways to improve their sustainability performance. In this issue of Cruise & Ferry Interiors, we showcase numerous examples of how individuals and organisations across the maritime interiors community are working to drive coordinated industry-wide action to drive greater environmental sustainability.
The theme of sustainability starts on our front cover, which was created by Emilie Posniak Hansen of OSK Design and Willie Traeger of Holland America Line. It features an ornamental cherry tree with tags displaying wishes for a sustainable approach to passenger ship interior design and refurbishment. The image represents the fragility and beauty of the planet, and the hope that by working together, we can protect it for future generations. Hansen and Traeger echo this message and explain how Holland America Line and OSK Design are collaborating to cut waste in the cruise industry in our cover story.
OSK Design and Holland America Line have drawn on the symbolism of cherry blossom to remind the industry of the fragility and beauty of the planet, as well as the possibility of renewal
In our ‘Stepping forward with sustainability’ feature, signatories of the Sustainable Maritime Interiors Declaration outline their priorities for designing, building and maintaining more environmentally friendly ship interiors.
Cross-industry collaboration will be key to designing and building more eco-friendly ship interiors, according to contributors to our ‘Stepping forward with sustainability’ feature
Elsewhere in the issue, we explore how new sustainable practices are converging with technology advances and evolving guest demands to open the door for interior design innovation. We showcase several examples of teams pushing the boundaries of interior design onboard seven of the newest cruise ships and passenger ferries in our Interior Views section. In addition, we highlight how similar practices are being used by the interior design and outfitting teams working on the latest ship revitalisations.
Good interior design can offer solutions that meet the technological and environmental requirements of passenger shipping operators, as well as the emotional needs of their guests and crew. Provoking an emotional response was a key design goal from the outset for Orient Express Sailing Yachts, which is debuting its first luxury sailing yacht in June 2026. “We want guests to feel the emotion of being onboard a sailboat and to discover the energy of that experience,” says Vianney Vautier, chief operating officer, in our keynote interview.
Orient Express Sailing Yachts
The 220-metre-long Orient Express Corinthian will be the world’s largest sailing yacht and will be powered by three SolidSail rigs, a wind propulsion system and a dual-fuel engine running on LNG
Another highlight of this issue is the ‘Extraordinary Interiors’ feature, where we ask experts across the interior design supply chain what elements elevate an onboard space from ordinary to exceptional.
Plus, we showcase seven newbuilds in our Interior Views articles, share updates on ship revitalisations and offer insights from passenger shipping executives, designers, outfitters and the supplier community in our design perspectives, interior commentaries, interviews and profiled articles. We also report on the latest industry updates in CFI Curated, profile companies involved in the cruise and ferry interiors sector in the CFI Featured Partners section, and celebrate the achievements of designer Greg Walton in our Design Legend interview.
We hope you enjoy the read!
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