Ivan Salas Jefferson

Iván Salas Jefferson is the founder of Iddes Yachts a Naval architecture, superyacht design & project management company based in Palma de Mallorca. Iddes was shortlisted for the Concept Yacht Over 40 Meters Award in The International Yacht & Aviation Awards with their superyacht HOP in 2019 and their Class 55 won a Red Dot Award and the German Design Award in 2020. Ivan and his team are behind the groundbreaking Earth300 design, a 300m Molten Salt Reactor-powered exploration & scientific vessel.

3 words to describe Nature?

Revitalizing. Self-Ruling. Vulnerable

3 things Nature taught you?

To stop

To let go

To trust the unknown

3 most treasured Nature spots?

The Andes

The Mediterranean Sea

Any spot with a good wave.

When you look at the OCEAN, it makes you feel...?

Nomadic

When you see a FOREST, it makes you feel...?

Oxygenated

When you see a VOLCANO, it makes you feel...?

Powerless

When you see a SUNRISE or SUNSET, it makes you feel...?

Untroubled

When you hear THUNDER, it makes you feel...?

Enchanted

When you hear the WIND HOWLING, it makes you feel…?

Restored

Are you an OCEAN, MOUNTAIN, FOREST, or DESERT person?

All of them

On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is Nature to your well-being?

10

Share with us a childhood nature memory?

Feeling the take-up and energy of a wave at my local beach in Palma de Mallorca

 


Snorre Stinessen

Snorre Stinessen is one of Norway’s leading architects. His company has become the go-to firm for contemporary cabins in the Arctic. His recent project, the Efjord Cabin was featured in DWELL magazine and became an Instagram sensation. Over the years, Snore has received multiple awards including the Wallpaper Design Award, the A+ Award, the Opplyst Award, the Iconic Award, the German Design Award, the American Architecture Prize, the American Architecture Prize, the International Design Award, the WAN Award and many more. His work has been featured on CNN, the Wallpaper magazine, Dezeen, D2, Financial Times, The Guardian, Architectural Digest, IW magazine, Interior Design magazines and many more.

3 words to describe Nature?

Calm. Quiet. Presence.

3 things Nature taught you?

That we are just a small part of this world. 

To appreciate the difference in the different seasons. 

Where to find myself.

3 most treasured Nature spots?

Difficult to choose 3, perhaps the following: 

Cross country skiing in the sun across an empty snow-covered landscape, 

Running along a grassy hill, 

Laying on a smooth rock by the sea.

When you look at the ocean, it makes you feel...? 

Depends on the state of the sea..

When you see a forest, it makes you feel...? 

Calm

When you see a volcano, it makes you feel...? 

Small

When you see a sunrise or sunset, it makes you feel...? 

Happy

When you hear thunder, it makes you feel...? 

Worried

When you hear the wind howling, it makes you feel...? 

Alive

Are you an Ocean, Mountain, Forest, or Desert person? 

Not sure, perhaps mountain, but I am not interested in the highest peaks.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is Nature to your well-being? 

10

Share with us a childhood nature memory? 

A summer trek to a snowy ice-capped mountain top where we started out in the sun and walked into the fog around the top – for the decent we decided to slate on each our plastic bag. I picked up speed fast and got quite a bit ahead, but suddenly decided to stop because of the low visibility and the others stopped just behind me, seconds later the fog opened up and I found myself standing on the very edge of a deep, deep massive pothole in the icecap – we were lucky that day, or perhaps destiny was on our side...

Learn more about the Efjord cabin here, in DWELL magazine.