5 Things We Learned... Tristan du Plessis

TRISTAN DU PLESSIS, FOUNDER OF TRISTAN DU PLESSIS STUDIO

JOHANNESBURG, ZA

Tristan du Plessis’s eponymous studio caters to international luxury dining, hospitality, and tailor-made residential design. He has won awards both locally and internationally for his work and personal style, including global restaurant design of the year in 2019 at the Restaurant and Bar design awards in London and the Hotel of the year at the 2019 AHEAD awards (the Middle East and Africa). His work has been featured in the Wallpaper*’s list of best urban hotels for the best hotel in Africa and the best hotel in Rome. He was also named in GQ's 10 most stylish men, and called out as one of GQ's game-changers alongside the likes of Elon Musk.

Here are 5 Things We Learned about Tristan.

What made you...you?

Finding my passion and deciding to strive to get better at it with each given opportunity

When are you happiest?

When I’m a stranger in a new city

Would you rather have a muse or be a muse?

Have a muse

Who do you admire?

My grandfather

What is important?

Find your own personal set of values and live them


Check out Tristan’s work here and follow him on instagram. Portrait and all images provided by Tristan du Plessis Studio.