W Plus Isalon yeenwele by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweNdawo yangaPhakathi kunye noMboniso Competition Category.

IntsimbiIngaphakathi· 2021

W Plus Isalon yeenwele

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

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The Design

About W Plus Isalon yeenwele

W Plus sisalon seenwele esikwiindlela zokuhlala kwingingqi esempuma yaseTaipei, eTaiwan. Ngaphakathi kucwangciswe ngamanqanaba amathathu alandelelanayo, esekelwe kwingcamango yegadi yelabhoratri. Udonga lweglasi olususela phantsi ukuya phezulu luvula isalon ukuya ngaphandle, ngoxa iqonga lesamente ekungeneni libambe igadi eluhlaza engaphakathi. Isikrini sesamente esizaliswe ngemingxunya erawundi sahlula amagumbi kwaye sigcina umbono uvulekile. Umgangatho ompunga, umphezulu wokusebenza westeyinlesi kunye nezinto ezisetyenziswa kwakhona zinika esi sithuba se-196 iimitha ezisikwere umbala opholileyo. Esi sithuba sikwafanelekile kwiimboniso, iintetho kunye nemicimbi.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award

W Plus Isalon yeenwele ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo okunikwa imiyilo elungileyo eyanelisa iimfuno zobungcali neemveliso ezilindelekileyo kwimveliso ezicwangciswe kakuhle. Abaphumeleleyo beNtsimbi babonisa ubuchule obukhulu, ubuchule obuphezulu, ukuqonda kwengcali namandla okuyila abayili babo. W Plus Isalon yeenwele iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo neyinto entsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award udibanisa iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu zemboleko kwaye unezimpawu zobuchwephesha ezifanelekileyo ezidityaniswe nolwazi netalente. W Plus Isalon yeenwele iyahlonelwa ngenxa yenkcukacha yayo kwaye yacwangciselwa ukunika uphuculo lomgangatho wobomi olunceda ukwenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: W Plus Salon is hidden in a residential alley in the east district of Taipei. With Lab Garden as their design concept, three progressive layers of areas are planned to express spatial appeals, furnishing a sophisticated indoor experience of lavishness.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 196 square meter.
Tags: Hair Salon, Commercial, Interior Design, Space, W Plus
Production Technology: A floor-to-ceiling glass curtain is used for the exterior walls of the salon. The interactions between indoor and outdoor sceneries create a broad, boundless view. When people walk into the entrance, they are greeted with an indoor green garden on a concrete platform. The concrete platform hides the cultivating sight with a sense of natural penetration. There is also a cement wall screen serving as a room divider, and that wall is filled with round holes, creating a penetrating and enticing view through the holes.
Design Challenge: The experimental spatial concept conveys the philosophy of the client, W Plus Salon, which is to make the space continuously improve, and to prompt the borders of different fields to vanish and then stimulate the new possibility.
Research: Everything in the entire space spreads a slightly cool color, with the flooring and the concrete platform having a consistent grey and rough texture, the reception counter and stainless steel work-surface with a cold grey tone, echoing the cold white lighting and the geometric mirror on the wall. The floating plant area scattered at the outdoor balcony is paved with abandoned cement pipes, sand, and gravel, while indoor materials are mostly made of recycled and renewed products.
Inspiration: Haircut is a homonym of subtraction in Mandarin, and this brings out the design concept for this project- subtracting what is unnecessary to give a new look with a beautiful addition relationship. The W Plus Salon space emphasizes the evolution from subtraction to addition, fully elucidating its new brands spirit after its nine years in brewing.
Project Duration: The project finished in June 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: There is no obvious boundary in the space; however, each area is individual but connective harmoniously at the same time, presenting a conceptual experimental space. The space is not only for hair salon, but for exhibition, presentation, party, lecture, or anything that can take place in it.
Team Members: Designer: Millton Yu
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Alvic Han, W Plus, 2020.