Beauty salon by Yusuke Seki features crimped screens and golden curtains
The Nail Salon is designed with iconic triangle division as it reflected the meaning of "Kolmio". A crimped wooden screen with a triangular hole through its centre divides the spaces of this beauty salon in Osaka by Japanese designer Yusuke Seki.
Yusuke Seki used a simple palette of wood and white paint to make the interior of the Kolmio+LIM salon reflect colours of natural skin tones, then added a selection of pastel colours reminiscent of nail polish.
"We designed the zigzag wall in white to represent the basic skin tone," Seki told Dezeen. "Through shadow and light it creates more definition."
The crimped wooden screen cuts the space into two sections, but also folds around a corner to line the edge of a sidewall. "The zigzag wall catches the natural light and evokes differences, like the skin and nail tone does," added Seki.
A blue-painted feature wall provides a backdrop for the reception area, which features small wooden seats made from tree trunks and a wooden bookshelf.
This space opens into a main room with six wooden tables for nail treatments and two reclining chairs positioned off to the side for pedicure treatments.
Customers have to step through the triangular hole of the crimped wooden screen to access the beauty treatment area at the rear of salon.
Eyelash treatment chairs are separated by shimmering gold curtains that are partially transparent, while a pale pink feature wall with additional mirrors creates an extra seating area.
The pastel colours chosen for the walls reference coloured buildings in the surrounding neighbourhood, while a linear grid of wooden blocks creates a parquet floor. All of the design methods are inspired by the environment, and the actions all happened surroundings.
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