Committee Member: Campion Platt

Campion Platt

Palm Beach - Interior Designer

Earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University, Campion Platt sits among the top of his league of luxury interior designers. For the past 20 plus years, Platt has designed many luxe interiors from residential to commercial and everywhere in between. Ranking on Architectural Digest’s “AD 100” list of the world’s top interior designers as well as New York Magazine’s “The City’s 100 Best Architects and Decorators,” Platt has acquired praise from many publications and has the garnished a portfolio to show why the publicity is necessary and deserved.

Q&A:

Hometown?

Cambridge, MA.

Place you call home now (neighborhood etc)

West Palm Beach, El Cid.

Any notes on your education?

University of Michigan

Columbia University

Favorite sport to watch?

Tennis/hockey.

Favorite sport to play?

Tennis/hockey.

Best vacation ever?

Family trip to France, 2X.

Dream trip destination. Why?

Safari, again, with kids this time, it is always magic.

Favorite dinner?

Anything in Bangkok.

Favorite dessert?

Pumpkin pie.

Underrated food?

Jack fruit.

Dish you’re best at cooking?

Baked gluten free crispy chicken wings.

Best meal you've had at a restaurant?

All food in Bangkok.

Road trip - three in the car with you. Living or dead. Who are they? Why?

Five, my family, on the road in Italy.

Favorite TV show as a kid?

Star Trek.

Favorite movies?

2001 A Space Oddessy, 5th Element.

Favorite actress and or actor?

Jean Paul Belmondo.

Favorite bands?

Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Cranberries.

Most impressive live performance you ever saw

Marvin Gaye, Boston – he got the key to the city.

Car you drive now?

Jeep Wrangler/Prius/Ferrari.

Car you’d like to drive?

Rivian.

Best car you've owned. Why?

Fiat 1600, my first.

Motorcycle?

Bugatti.

Wear a watch?

Not much, Apple when I don’t forget where it is.

Got a favorite watch?

Phillipe Patek reverso.

Got a dream watch? Why?

Phillipe Patek reverso.

Winter drink of choice?

Hot cider.

Cologne?

Guerlain.

Favorite beach?

Chocolate Hole St. Johns, 1980s.

On a Saturday, your favorite errand to run is:

Farmers market.

Otherwise, you’ll be busy doing what?

Family time.

Best work advice?

Have a mission.

Best thing about your career?

Always room to learn.

What do you do now for work? Tell us something about your work and career path.

Architect, interior designer, developer.

What does luxury mean to you?

Creating meaningful time.

Got a philosophy to live by?

Buddhism.

Do you have any philanthropic interests/endeavors?

Restoring Bingham Islands in Palm Beach, eco work around climate change.

Add anything else about yourself here that you would like the world to know about you

My real work is just beginning.