Tristan du Plessis

Tristan du Plessis is an internationally recognised award-winning interior architect based in South Africa with offices in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.

His bold, distinctive design has been serving international luxury hospitality, dining and tailor-made residential design spanning from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Tristan Du Plessis Studio was founded in 2015 with a focus on collaborative groundbreaking projects throughout the world. Since inception, the studio has accumulated a number of awards including Best Global Restaurant Designer at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards in 2019 The Hotel Of The year at the 2019 Ahead awards (Middle East and Africa) Best Luxury Design (Middle East and Africa) Restaurant & Bar Design Awards in 2021 and GQ's Man of the year, to name a few. Most recently, he was selected as Head Judge for the prestigious Accor Design Awards in 2022.
To date, he is the most awarded designer to come out of South Africa.

Born and raised in Johannesburg, Tristan currently splits his time between Cape Town, Johannesburg and Dubai with his two golden retrievers, Nobu and Mischu.