Insight

Dinner Gala at Dining by Design

Campion Platt & Architectural Digest's Dining by Design table for DIFFA, was inspired by the Romanian abstract sculptor, Constantin Brancusi. The Gala dinner on March 30, kicked off with cocktails and table hopping, and was followed by a seated dinner, dancing, dessert and silent auction. We were seated with Architectural Digest's media department, along with notables from Calvin Klein & Kate Spade! Whoopie Goldberg was even walking around taking in all the amazing tables!!! READ MORE

04.01.2009, Pier 94, New York City

Philanthropy

The Official Filthy Rich HANDBOOK

REMEMBER WHEN HAVING A COUPLE MILLION dollars meant something? Neither do we. Particularly when we recall (with just the slightest of tingles) that over 30,000 Americans are now sitting on at least thirty times that. This crew includes every entry on the Forbes 400 (who, at last count, were worth a combined $1.54 trillion, more than all the money held in commerical U.S. banks) right on down to that guy back in B-school who first told you what a hedge fund was. They're not all famous, or even well known, but these 30,000 do have much in common. Relative to the average citizen, they can travel where they want, do what they want, and even screw who they want - both for business and for pleasure. Thier money allows them to be truly free, and isn't that what our forefathers were getting at? READ MORE

03.31.2009, New York City

Books

Green Design at The Greenbrier

Campion Platt teams up with DPS Development to help bring ‘green’ living to The Greenbrier Sporting Club’s newest neighborhood. READ MORE

03.10.2009, White Sulphur Springs, WV

Green

Spectacular Homes of Metro New York

Weather he is designing a custom residence, a home-away-from-home boutique hotel or a line of furniture, architect and interior designer Campion Platt has one thing in mind: "Luxury is about both materiality and contrast," he explaines, adding that context might mean creating clear, open spaces within the confines of a Manhattan apartment, or selecting opulent READ MORE

03.09.2009, New York City

Books