When people go to a beauty salon, they all have different feelings. But I think they all expect to refresh their mind along with the new hair style. So my goal was to create the most relaxing place and especially concerned the visual effect of what they see while they get hair done.

When a customer gets seated and looks into the mirror, one sees no lighting equipments through it. The mirror is like a new canvas. Into the canvas, the beautician paints the brand-new style of the customer. When the customer leaves the small salon, I hope everyone is more beautiful in looks and minds.

The client’s expectation was the classical structure based on a black-and-white pattern. I created a fusion of the Japanese simplicity aesthetic called “Zen” and the Western structure and tried to express one of a kind atmosphere. I focused on color and texture, and try not to use too expensive materials.

I feel Japanese is losing the spiritual richness while pursuing the material wealth too much. I seek for the design which brings spiritual richness when people experience my work.

美容室に行くときに人が抱いている気持ちは喜怒哀楽、様々だと僕は思う。

髪を切るコトだけではなく、来客者が視覚から感受される作用を用いて心理的にもリセットされるような効果が得られないかと考えた。

照明器具も何も見えない、真っ白いキャンパスにきりとられた鏡に映る顔。

ここのスタイリストは、いつも美しく新しい自分に変えてくれる。

11坪の心も美しくなる美容室計画。

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categories：Beauty Salon

location：3-4-16 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka

construction type：Interior and exterior, Totally refurbished

client：Yuji Hamasaki

total floor area：37.89㎡

architects：STILE. / Ietsugu Ohara

construction：Smile Smile . / Tomohiro Ito

lighting：Maxray Inc./Hiroyuki Nagatomi

completion date：May 30, 2009

photograph：Hirokazu Matsuoka

2010 JCD Design Award BEST100 Prize（JCD./Japan）

Photograph：Hirokazu Matsuoka

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A beauty salon that makes your heart beautiful.

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