Mirrors on Trees

I absolutely love the use of tree trunks as mirror supports in the Ricort hair salon designed by the architect Teruhiro Yanagihara. Located in a clinical white Tokyo commercial building the space is designed to create the feeling of a fictional garden that leads you into a metaphorical cottage.  I imagine the contrast with the …

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White Wonderland

I absolutely love the beautiful use of all the different layers of white at Kilico hair salon Tokyo, Japan.  It’s so crisp and refreshing. Designed by Makoto Yamaguchi, the salon is built in the basement of a building in the very trendy Daikanyama area. Rather than tearing everything out and starting from scratch Makato chose …

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Black Beauty

I’m loving the beautiful black aesthetic of Gum Salon located in Milan’s stylish Ticanese area.  They’ve used quite a few traditional elements but have created a really modern feel through the monochromatic colour scheme.  The black tile, painted brick and Hollywood dressing room style lighting are all very simple but come together beautifully. Their logo …

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Winter White Salon

I’ve come across sets of photos of this crisp winter white salon from Poland twice this year and thought it was about time I posted it to the blog.  (First seen as a 3d model at Dezeen and then in real life at ArchDaily) Designed for Bartosz Janusz by moomoo architects, the space was inspired …

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Lovely dark and sexy hair spa in Indonesia

Chrystalline Architects have designed a lovely dark and sexy hair spa in Indonesia called Hairu. They offer massage and treatment for hair loss. I love their use of wooden slatting as a screening device. On the inside the white curtains keeps things nice, light and airy. Found via ArchDaily. I can’t find Hairu’s Website if …

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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 : …

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