create living refuges
For nearly ten years, Marion Derrien has been writing alongside us the sensitive lines of a lively and unique design, through shared projects and a trust built over time.
A designer who listens to the place, uses and materials, she is one of the voices that today shape the identity of BonjourSauvage's signature accommodations: Capsule, Studio, Suite and Mini Villa.
Beyond private spaces, her gaze also crosses our shared living spaces, such as the Wild Club, revealing an aesthetic that is both precise and generous. In this short interview, Marion gives us her approach and her inspirations, through the design of accommodations that invite you to live fully, feel and remember.
To create is to look first
Creating a place means listening to what it has to say before it even exists. For BonjourSauvage, I started by observing the brand's universe: a simple, true luxury that is rooted in and nourished by nature.
Colors that come from life, but in their most subtle nuances: the deep green of the pines, almost black in the shade; the Basque red patinated like an ancient tile; the mineral blue washed by the wind; the golden sand with straw reflections; the softening creams with a touch of pink at sunset.
A palette in motion
Nothing flashy or forced. Colors that breathe, that give way to silence, to light, to the passage of the seasons.
Each accommodation is designed as a variation around this palette, with striped ceilings as a common thread, interpreted in different tones depending on the site, as a signature that moves and adapts to its environment.
The matt-varnished poplar plywood walls envelop the space in an almost tactile softness. The zelliges splashbacks, the handmade details, the raw and warm materials punctuate the whole like bursts of sincerity.
Woven to last
The textiles are custom-designed: blackout curtains with a linen look, natural shades, aerial veils that filter light like foliage.
Each piece is made with care, in a spirit of French craftsmanship, to last and to have a graceful patina. Light, on the other hand, is never neutral: variable warm light that touches the ceilings, built-in reading lights, punctual touches that reveal textures without crushing them.
Create so that, long after departure, a fragment of the place remains anchored in the memory.
My role was to create, to draw, to create a dialogue between technique and emotion. To link each choice to an intention, to coordinate the artisans, to harmonize the materials so that the whole speaks with one voice... but with an accent specific to each place.
