Interior Design
The kitchens and dining room of Thierry MARX’s restaurant, ONOR, Paris
For ONOR, Thierry Marx’s latest restaurant, Mathilde de l’Ecotais—in collaboration with Bobo Design Studio—has created a complete design scheme in which the image becomes the conceptual thread of a committed and responsible space. Zero plastic, zero tablecloths, 100% made in France, and vintage objects given a second life by ONOR.
Before becoming ONOR, this space was once home to La Marée restaurant. To honour that history, Mathilde de l’Ecotais imagined a design that weaves a link between past and present. Starting from a photograph of a crab, she captures the vaporous textures of its shell, transforming them into shifting marine forms. Almost immaterial, these forms suggest breath, the sea and life. They permeate the entire space with a soothing organic presence.
From this source image emerge the walls, the menu, the tables and even the kitchen’s finish. Printed on leather and integrated directly into the tables, the pattern replaces cotton tablecloths. Lacquered onto recycled aluminium panels, it takes the place of paint and becomes a lasting element of the décor. This choice reflects ONOR’s strong commitment to reducing water consumption and promoting durable materials, while giving the objects that inhabit the space a second life.
A rare and singular gesture: here, the kitchen is not a hidden space, but a visual territory extended and elevated in dialogue with the dining room.
This balance between culinary and artistic creation makes ONOR a place where sensibility flows everywhere—from worktop to wall, from the chef’s gesture to the artist’s.
The table thus becomes the stage for an encounter between nature, material and memory.
