Taipei Eros Lauulu by Stephen Kuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ArioTotonu· 2020

Taipei Eros Lauulu

by Stephen Kuo

Client: Materiality Design

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Taipei Eros Lauulu

O lauulu e faʻavae i luga o le laufanua o lanu uliuli, paʻepaʻe, ma efuefu. O gaioiga o lauulu-sasaina ua faaliliuina i totonu o le tele o le au faʻatagata. O le tafatolu tafatafa e faʻataʻitaʻiina ia poloka aoga ma vaalele mai luga o le fola i luga o le fola e ala i gaioiga o le tuupo, tipi, ma le suisui. O moli malamalama o loʻo faʻamauina i laina vaeluaina e fesoasoani i le tele o fulu moli, e aoga e avea ma moli faʻapipiʻi aʻo fofo le tulaga o le faʻalo i lalo o le taualuga. Ua latou faʻalautele ma faʻasolosolo ma le faʻataʻuina mai o le faʻata tele lava, tapuni saoloto i le va o vaʻalele ma le taʻi tolu foliga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Taipei Eros Lauulu, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Taipei Eros Lauulu e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Taipei Eros Lauulu o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: In order to make it an innovative, fashionable, and enduring place, They integrate regional characters into the design. The geometry of black, white, and grey colors transform the layers of the space while ensuring its functionality. Here the framed landscape becomes a diorama with flowing junctures of inside and outside that echoes the essence of hair design.
Dimensions & Packaging: An area of space is 198 square meters.
Tags: salon, innovative, fashionable, white, light, art
Production Technology: The triangular motif shapes the functional cubes and planes from ceiling to floors through the actions of piling, cutting, and sewing.
Design Challenge: They also extend and meander with the reflection of the large mirror surface, shuttling freely between the planes and the three-dimensionality.
Research: As a leading brand among the hair salons, they treat the physical space of the shop as the embodied identity at the fringe of the downtown Taipei.
Inspiration: The whitewashed background refers to the pure motivation of the brand. The gestures of hair-cutting are translated into the massing of the sculptural entities. Here, light defines the threshold between the tangible and the intangible realms and therefore becomes the index for circulation and division in the space.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2016 in Tapei city and finished in June 2016 in Tapei city.
Operation Flow: In contrast with the stability of the seating area, the layered and displaced vision integrates and enriches the space. The juxtaposition of the movement and stillness defines the singular dynamics of the hair salon.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Stephen Kuo, 2016.
Team Members: Stephen Kuo
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #2: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #3: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #4: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #5: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.