Contraste, the acclaimed starred restaurant by Matias Perdomo, Thomas Piras and Simon Press, is changing its skin: after nine years, the space has been completely renovated thanks to an impressive restyling entrusted to Debonademeo Studio. The facelift, which lasted three months, was structured on three conceptual approaches: the recovery of the historical-artistic heritage of the building, the operational functionality of the restaurant and the emotional experience.

What you see at Contraste is closely linked to what you taste. The contrasting flavours of the dishes find their counterpart in the alternation between warm and cold tones, rough and opaque surfaces, antique and contemporary furnishings. Debonademeo Studio transformed the spaces by taking inspiration from nineteenth-century landscape painting and entrusting each room with the task of celebrating the elements of nature: earth, water, fire and air, all expressed through a palette of primary colours. “We needed to renew ourselves”, explains Perdomo. “We wanted to bet on ourselves again, focusing solely on Contraste. We were reborn: now we play like adults” (photo Serena Eller).