Architect Sam Jacob has overhauled a hairdressers-cum-gallery in southeast London, so now customers stare at artworks rather than their reflections while they get a trim.

Sam Jacob Studio updated the DKUK salon and gallery by applying strips of mirror to the slatted walls, and adding vibrant yellow shelves and matching furniture.
He was also invited by the salon's owner, hairdresser and artist Daniel Kelly, to curate the first exhibition in the newly renovated gallery, which is backed by Arts Council England.

For the show titled Make It Real, Jacob displayed a range of his own products, including scarves knitted with woodgrain patterns, T-shirts printed with building's facades and a collection of objets d'art.
The pieces, as well as several brightly coloured prints of windows, offer an alternative to the traditional mirror-heavy salon interior.
"Usually the way we look is conceived differently in a gallery or a salon," said Jacob, who is also a Dezeen columnist. "The design explores the act of looking through the use of frames, translucencies, perforations and reflections. The space also considers how we are seen (or not) just as much as how we see."
"The mirror, often the central feature of a hair salon and filled with our own reflection, is used here as a spatial device," he added. "Mirrors are used to create a sense of infinite space that contrasts with the reality of the interior."

The items hang from shop-style ho...