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Made to Order
Clean and simple design coupled with an embrace of color, beautifully crafted millwork, and environmentally friendly materials are hallmarks of the work of Campion Platt.
Every project is firmly rooted in the belief that handcrafting a home of one’s own should be a pleasure, and that an individualized, intensely personal interior can be achieved on any budget when an honest conversation is opened with a designer, or yourself, about what is most important in a home, and that this process will yield achievable, comfortable results. To that end, his firm creates spaces that are bespoke on many levels—each residence and all of its furnishings are literally made to order.
This lavish color presentation of over 200 images showcases the results of this unique approach in eighteen projects that range in size and location from demure city pied-à-terres to chic lofts and grand country estates. Conversational, engaging commentary and original sketches from the designer’s portfolio reveal his creative process, explain the inspiration from which each space’s theme is derived, disclose his most valuable tips, and explain how his experience has informed the creation of his own custom furniture, fabric, and carpet lines.
I discovered that Campion was almost obsessively concerned with fabrics and finishes, which resulted in a very visually rich environment.
—Jay McInerney
Every project is firmly rooted in the belief that handcrafting a home of one’s own should be a pleasure, and that an individualized, intensely personal interior can be achieved on any budget when an honest conversation is opened with a designer, or yourself, about what is most important in a home, and that this process will yield achievable, comfortable results. To that end, his firm creates spaces that are bespoke on many levels—each residence and all of its furnishings are literally made to order.
This lavish color presentation of over 200 images showcases the results of this unique approach in eighteen projects that range in size and location from demure city pied-à-terres to chic lofts and grand country estates. Conversational, engaging commentary and original sketches from the designer’s portfolio reveal his creative process, explain the inspiration from which each space’s theme is derived, disclose his most valuable tips, and explain how his experience has informed the creation of his own custom furniture, fabric, and carpet lines.
I discovered that Campion was almost obsessively concerned with fabrics and finishes, which resulted in a very visually rich environment.
—Jay McInerney
- GenresInterior Design
232 pages, Hardcover
First published October 12, 2010
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February 11, 2015
I never mark a book as 'read' if I haven't actually read all of the text, no matter how repetitive the subject matter is to me. This is my first exception. The intro started off strong, extolling the virtues of reading the introductory text in design books for the sake of understanding context. I'm in agreement there. But then one commission in and I'm done. Why? It kicks off with an interior that takes its inspiration from colonialism, and in particular a film called White Mischief, "a guilty pleasure of a movie about upper-crust Brits misbehaving in 1940s Kenya." While reading many of my design books I'm essentially always turning off my inner filter, the one that says , "Eat the Rich", because there's, to my thinking, a bigger picture involved in this type of expression. But sometimes the elitism and the resulting oblivion found therin is too repulsive, and this book is one of those times.
February 4, 2017
I really liked that they shared the floor plans, and details about removing or adding walks. There was so much seating in each layout, who is using all those couches?
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