Eight hair salons that are a cut above
For our latest lookbook, we've collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including a salon with a galvanised-steel sound wall and one with a "dripping shampoo" ceiling.
Located all over the world, from Stockholm to Beijing, these salons have all been decorated in striking colours or materials.
Their designs range from more industrial-style interiors, as in a Japanese salon with exposed-concrete details, to spaces decorated with warm pastel colours and organic shapes.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring interiors with built-in sofas, autumnal living spaces and interiors featuring DJ booths.
A ceiling made from form-cut plexiglass and designed to look like dripping shampoo greets visitors at this Stockholm salon, which has a colour palette of soft pink, peach and turquoise hues.
Designed by architecture studio ASKA for the Maria Nila haircare brand, the salon also features organic shapes "inspired by elements found in nature such as the forest, ocean, coral reefs and caves".
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LIM, Japan, by Schemata Architects
Located in Osaka, Japan, this salon was designed by local studio Schemata Architects to have the feel of an industrial warehouse.
The studio used steel fixtures, clear PVC curtains and mirrors hung on pulleys to create the right industrial atmosphere, and left concrete columns and beams exposed throughout the space.
Curly Lab, Spain, Miriam Barrio
Barcelona's Eixample district is home to the Curly Lab hair salon, which specialises in curly hair cuts and treatments.
The interior has a tactile design, with microcement flooring and terracotta-toned walls. Curved surfaces and gleaming copper tiles underline the salon's organic feel.
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Ego Hair Salon, China, by IS Architecture and Design
Space-age design informed the interior of this hair salon and cosmetic spa in Beijing, which has curved avocado-green walls and ceilings.
"We were looking to create a space that was relaxing and cosy but at the same time vitalising and somehow surprising," IS Architecture and Design founder Fabrizio Gurrado told Dezeen.
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Salt Salon, UK, by Unknown Works
It's all about metal at Salt Salon in London's Borough Market (above and top image), which also functions as an events space and features a sound wall made from repurposed galvanised steel (pictured top).
Designer Unknown Works added sheet-metal furniture and fittings to the salon, using recycled materials wherever possible.
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Little Faktory, Sweden, by Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor
This minimalist hair salon in Sweden has an interior that was informed by architect Carlo Scarpa's geometric designs as well as the muted colours of 1920s swimming baths.
The 220-square-metre basement space, which is more than a hundred years old, was renovated to reveal its original textured concrete walls and exposed steel structure. Circular mirrors and counters in bright colours decorate the space.
Find out more about Little Faktory ›
Qali, Canada, by Studio Roslyn
Designed to invoke the mood of 1980s Miami, the Qali hair salon in Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood has candy-hued furniture and a number of art deco features.
Local firm Studio Roslyn added playful details, such as decorative fringed wall and ceiling decorations and a circular hole in the wall.
Bold mint-green ceilings contrast galvanised-steel details and white brick walls in this Madrid salon by Spanish studio Casa Antillón.
The ceiling was sprayed with insulation foam to create a bumpy finish before being coloured green. The same colour was applied to the salon's support columns and the thick ceiling beam to "accentuate its longitudinal axis".
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring interiors with built-in sofas, autumnal living spaces and interiors featuring DJ booths.
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