SILENCIO DES PRÉS
to be his favourite and has in the interim variously been utilised as a cabaret space and bar under previous owners , the family Henochsberg . Like the Metrograph , the East Village , New York cinema with which it shares some pared back aesthetic , the ghosts of great cinema live in the ether here . If Belmondo and Truffaut have touched the walls , why reconstruct them ?
It is in the restaurant where the major changes have occurred , under the instruction of the finest Parisian design minds of their moment . The mighty interiors duo Studio KO , Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty have brought back home to Paris their vertiginous skill for defining a city ’ s most prestigious yet relaxed social space . The talents they ’ ve honed at the intersection of elevated comfort and sophistication in Los Angeles , during the ongoing reconstructions of the Chateau Marmont , and London , at the Chiltern Firehouse , now finds a brand-new home tucked below the Seine .
The Studio KO delivery at Silencio des Prés is already making myths prior to opening . When Louis Vuitton ’ s head of menswear , Virgil Abloh swung by for a visit and first saw the signature , bespoke carpet design by Pierre Frey he instinctively reached to take a series of pictures . The instruction to Studio KO was simply to make the circulation work for a space which could facilitate a gregarious table of shared creativity or a hidden corner in which secrets could be swapped .
The graphic identity of Silencio des Prés brings another iconic Parisian duo to the table , M / M ( Paris ), who quickly solved the naming problem for Frisch , on declaring the Ibizan outpost of Silencio should be El Silencio and it ’ s St Germain wing , Silencio Des Pres . The tableware has been especially crafted by ceramicists , Marion Graux , Camille Esnée and artists Suzie Lapierre D ’ Argy ( Forma ).
THE CHEF At the heart of the vision for the restaurant is the food , under the progressive thinking of classically trained radical , Guillaume Sanchez . The restaurant will feature a permanent menu with ingredients that will change based on the stock of Silencio des Prés ten small-scale produce providers .
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