The request was to transform and design the first floor of the residency to a private hair salon for reservation-only customers. Hair-salons offer space in which women come in to reset their usual business and be reborn yet more beautifully in order to start a new self. Thus the space to serve for the objectives needs to be as precise and thought-through. The space was designed to create an atmosphere that provides senses of security and trust to customers so that it would put them at ease upon receiving services and treatments on their hair.
Tomonobu Kawakami works in a small town between Osaka and Kyoto prefectures in the west of Japan. Kawakami runs an interior design firm, a café, as well as art gallery from a wood frame building dated at over 100 years old. Kawakami is a designer, gallerist and event director. These activities are all related as the area of “space design” or its extension. For instance, the cafe is used as a space to richly spend "time to tea". Tomonobu Kawakami Space Designs” The core business "Tomonobu Kawakami Space Designs" is ranges from design-related to space to planning and direction such as interior design, architectural design, furniture design, exhibition and exhibition composition. Kawakami’s approach to design work is to gain his clients thoughts, read the characteristics of the place, build a concept, expand the image, organize ideas, and create a unique space. Kawakami contributes to local events by designing event space. These events are core to a town’s development, with the aim of imbuing residents with pride for the place in which they live.
Le Lien is a private hair salon for reservation-only customers. Hair-salons offer space in which women come in to reset their usual business and be reborn yet more beautifully in order to start a new self. the space is an atmosphere that provides senses of security and trust to customers so that it would put them at ease upon receiving services and treatments on their hair. Location:Kamihigashi,Hirano-ku,Osaka-City,Osaka JAPAN http://lelien-hair.com