Curved seating, shelving and mirrors feature throughout Goodbody hair salon in Oakland, California, which design studio Homework has finished with salmon-pink accents.
GoodBody, which specialises in cutting, colouring and styling textured hair, is located in downtown Oakland. It takes over a building that was previously host to several dated offices.
To transform the site into a modern salon, San Francisco-based studio Homework had to completely strip away any evidence of the previous fit-out.
Top image: GoodBody is set inside a spacious hall. Above: curved elements are used to break-up the space
As well as removing decorative elements, the studio tore down partition walls and knocked through a dropped ceiling to create a vast, double-height hall. It was initially unclear as to how the space would be organised to accommodate the salon's various service areas.
A semi-circular bench anchors the salon's waiting area
"After rounds of iterations, we developed sinuous millwork curves to promote the service functions while defining the space," explained Ben Work, who runs Homework alongside Susan Work.
Curved elements can be seen as soon as customers walk into GoodBody ? a semi-circular bench has been placed in the salon's entryway to delineate a waiting area.
Arched mirrors accompany the salon's styling stations
The grooved, salmon-pink bench bends round to adjoin a matching desk where staff can stand and check appointments. Overhead hangs a quartet of brass pendant lam...