The Parlour

Avant Garde Inspiration

One of my all time favourite movies also happens to have some of the best outrageous avant garde hair styles! Edward Scissorhands still stands out today as an exceptional film filled with exceptional hair. The topiary inspired hair styles are fantastic as is Edward’s own hair style, my personal favourite.

July 16th, 2010

Great customer service idea from Griffin

My brother forwarded me this great support email he received from Griffin when he was having problems with some headphones from them. It’s not often that a defective product issue ends in a positive customer experience that the customer shares with their friends. Thumbs up to Griffin for thinking creatively when it comes to product […]

July 7th, 2010

Naturally ventilated salon

The Kaze Hair Studio in the Kaze Moóca Building in Sao Paulo Brazil is pretty neat. Its facade is designed as part of a controlled ventilation and passive temperature control system. It also has a great central atrium with a beautiful wall of ceramic panels by the artist Fábio Flaks. Seen at: http://www.noticiasarquitectura.info/noticiasEn/news4967.aspx And : […]

June 11th, 2010

Great ceiling: Boa hairdresser’s salon

Check out this amazing ceiling at Boa hairdresser’s salon in Zurich Switzerland by Claudia Meier. It does an incredible job of evoking the feeling of hair and apparently moves with the air from the hair dryers. I love that the concept behind the renovation was to give the salon a hair cut. Check out more […]

May 27th, 2010

Tools we use A LOT: GoogleDocs

We thought it would be kind of fun to profile some of the tools that we find ourselves using on a regular basis here at SalonMonster. We work in a distributed office with people based in various cities and thus rely a lot on our software. So, with this in mind we’ll probably mostly be […]

May 6th, 2010

Taking our vision for granted.

I’ve been reading a great travel book called “To Timbuktu for a Haircut” by Rick Antonson, the CEO of Tourism Vancouver. It’s fascinating to read about his travels in Mali, it’s such a different world to here in Vancouver. Last night I was reading a section talking about the ravages of river blindness (Onchocerciasis) on […]

April 10th, 2010

The Benefits of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing has become incredibly popular of late and here are just a few reasons why it should interest you. To start, with web based applications like SalonMonster, you no longer have to back-up your important information because it is saved for you on a secure server online automatically. Next, you don’t have to have […]

March 30th, 2010

Binder Clips as Cable Holders

How simple and useful is this idea courtesy of boing boing. I’ve set this up in my office and can’t believe I never thought of it before.

March 23rd, 2010

The tradition of the stretched numbers in appointment books

I’ve often wondered why salon appointment books always use such bad stretched numbers for the hours column. For someone interested in typography and graphic design it drives me crazy. I guess it must have started as a way to keep the columns narrow to fit as much on the page as possible, but it must […]

March 16th, 2010

Good Hair

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly recommend watching Chris Rock’s “documentary” Good Hair. It’s a truly fascinating look into the World of black hair, relaxants and the infamous extensions. Here’s the IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213585/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-4qxz08So

March 15th, 2010

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