IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design

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IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design

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  • Completion year: 2012
  • Gross Built up Area: 59 sqm
  • Project Location: NA
  • Country: Japan
  • Clients: Daisuke Nishioka
  • Contractors: Takakura Construction
  • Photo Credits: Yoshiro Masuda
  • Others: Graphic:UMA design farm, Lighting:Ushio Spax
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Excerpt: IRO is an interior design project designed by Reiichi Ikeda Design in Japan. The graphic design including the logo design was by Yuma Harada of UMA/design farm. The two companies shared the concept with each other, and comprehensively directed the hair salon together.

Project Description

[Text as submitted by architect] This is an interior design for a hair salon in Osaka, Japan. The interior design was by Reiichi Ikeda of reiichi ikeda design, and the graphic design including the logo design was by Yuma Harada of UMA/design farm.The two companies shared the concept with each other, and comprehensively directed the hair salon together.

IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN Co
IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN Co
IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN Co

Generally, a hair salon has a conventional traffic line of waiting, shampooing, cutting, and so on. To specially add the uniqueness as a spice, I dotted with some visually standardized box-shaped objects such as furniture and a spot that have roles.The angle of the diagonal lines which constitute the facade and the interior visual effects follows the concept of the logo “IRO”.“O” in the logo “IRO” is rotated 23.43 degrees to be parallel to the axis of the earth.Even though the Japanese word “IRO” means colors in English by ordinary, we considered it as what gives us the seasonal indications with the Sun instead of as being colorful.

IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© Yoshiro Masuda
IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© Yoshiro Masuda

The light streaming through the diagonal lines and its shadows are shifted from season to season.Additionally, the moire effect caused by the overlapping lines helps to bring out the visual movement in the design.

IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© Yoshiro Masuda
IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© Yoshiro Masuda
IRO | Reiichi Ikeda Design
© Yoshiro Masuda

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