Mark Hampton

Mark Hampton (June 1, 1940 – July 23, 1998) was an American interior designer, writer, and illustrator. He gained recognition for his residential interior design work for notable clients such as Brooke Astor, Estee Lauder, Mike Wallace, Saul Steinberg, H. John Heinz III, and Lincoln Kirstein, as well as for three U.S. presidents. In 1986, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and in 2010, Architectural Digest named him one of the world's top 20 designers of all time. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Hampton showed artistic inclinations from a young age and considered himself a designer by the age of twelve.