Salmon-coloured surfaces, curved furnishings and a cooking-themed wall mural appear inside high-end restaurant Hélène Darroze at The Connaught in London, which has been recently refreshed by Pierre Yovanovitch from France. To mark its 10-year anniversary, French designer Pierre Yovanovitch was tasked with overhauling the dining space to more acutely reflect the "refined yet comforting" style of chef Hélène Darroze's cooking.

Keen to strike a balance between "tradition and newfound contemporary soul", Yovanovitch refrained from making any significant alterations to the restaurant's architectural shell. Instead, the existing dark-wood wall panelling has simply been stripped back to a lighter hue. A butterfly-print panel by British artist Damien Hirst that was mounted in the dining room before the redesign has also been left in place.

Surrounding surfaces like the ceiling, window frames and ornate cornicing have been painted a complementary shade of salmon-pink, an attempt by the designer to represent chef Darroze's "femininity and light spirit".