Beauty United Space Salon | Architecture Inspiration
Beauty United Space Salon by John Sun and Renee Zhu

Beauty United Space Salon

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020

This interior space presents a contemporary salon environment viewed along a central corridor extending into the distance. Beginning with overall orientation, the space features an industrial ceiling finished in charcoal gray with exposed pipes, ductwork, and track lighting creating an urban warehouse atmosphere. The left side of the composition is dominated by a striking turquoise-blue steel framework structure, cool like Caribbean seawater, comprising vertical posts and horizontal rails suggesting luggage racks in a transit station. Below this framework, a long bench seat upholstered in matching teal leather, soft and quilted in horizontal channels, offers seating against the white wall. Above the bench, storage compartments with smooth white doors display dimensional lettering spelling partial words. The floor beneath consists of large polished tiles in pale gray, smooth and cool as river stone, reflecting the overhead lighting. Moving to the right side, a large curved structure finished in glossy orange, warm as ripe persimmon or sunset coral, creates an enclosed space with barrel-vault ceiling. White dimensional letters spelling HAIR WASH indicate its function. The surface appears lacquered and smooth to the touch, with gentle highlights revealing its curvature. In the middle ground, a counter surface with speckled gray terrazzo texture, granular like fine beach sand, anchors the composition. Triangular orange graphic elements rise behind it like abstract flames or directional arrows. Tropical plants with broad dark green leaves, suggesting humid warmth and life, provide organic contrast throughout. The lighting is even and bright, creating a welcoming, energized atmosphere without harsh shadows, suggesting daytime commercial illumination with comfortable warmth.

The design uses abstract elements of bus to bring about more topics. The designers adopted the main colors of the brand visual identity to divide spaces so as to form a dynamic color collision. Moreover, personalized modern elements are extracted from "bus", helping to create eye-catching visual effect. Topical and interesting interactive spaces, store appliance attract customers who pursue innovative things. Meanwhile, related products are also displayed here, giving guests a new immersive experience and then better understanding the brand meaning.