Olivia Decaris

Designer and illustrator, Olivia Decaris also designs the interior architecture of restaurants and brasseries, whose identity she completely renews. Since 2018, this gastronomy enthusiast and lover of the convivial time that a meal around a table represents has specialized in the design and interior decoration of restaurants in search of a new history.

The art of storytelling characterizes this illustrator, who begins each project with sketches in pen and watercolor, where she embodies the spirit of the place through drawings that borrow as much from fashion sketches as from the caricatures of Sempé, Claire Brétécher or the Englishman Quentin Blake.

From the first pizzeria created in Paris in the 1950s to a typical "bouillon" with an Art Nouveau decor, Olivia Decaris explores the soul of these projects to write a new chapter in their history. With an expressive, abundant style, sometimes even a certain exuberance that reflects her temperament, she creates strong universes, with an assumed identity.

Between the past and the present, she revisits the traditional codes of the bistro, streamlining shapes and bringing her contemporary vision of architecture to bear on vivid lines. The result is a signature at the crossroads of influences, navigating between modernity and the richness of tradition and craftsmanship.

Her watchword? Materials, which she loves to bring to life with textured patinas, ribbed marble, glazed ceramics, brass, glass and curved woods in a wide range of essences... An object designer and admirer of handiwork, she imagines frescoes in lime or ceramic, reflecting her taste for staging.

Instagram account: Olivia Decaris.