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NE by Teruhiro Yanagihara
Here's another hair salon by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara, this time located in central Osaka, Japan, featuring free-standing mirrored boxes.
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Called NE, the project hides different areas of the salon so as not to reveal the function of the space.
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A hair washing area is located inside a brick room with concrete steps sitting in front of it.
![NE by Isolation Unit NE by Isolation Unit](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/01/dzn_NE-by-Isolation-Unit-4.jpg)
The steps double up as a waiting area, providing seating and display surfaces.
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Lights and doors to the storage rooms are flush with the walls and fold out to reveal their functions.
![NE by Isolation Unit NE by Isolation Unit](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/01/dzn_NE-by-Isolation-Unit-11.jpg)
Photographs are by Takumi Ota.
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The following information is from Yanagihara:
NE, located in central Osaka, is a hair dressers shop for a young couple that started up their own business.
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The small space doesn't reveal it's actual purpose and is conceived as a narrative sequence of abstracted objects and volumes.
![NE by Isolation Unit NE by Isolation Unit](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/01/dzn_NE-by-Isolation-Unit-8.jpg)
An iconic stair, that contains the wash- and backroom, marks the waiting area and serves as seating accomodation and display.
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Free-standing mirrored screens are positioned in the otherwise empty cutting area like sculptures.
![NE by Isolation Unit NE by Isolation Unit](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/01/dzn_NE-by-Isolation-Unit-10.jpg)
The lights and doors to the storage fold our of the walls and let them appear like made of sheets of paper.
![NE by Isolation Unit NE by Isolation Unit](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/01/dzn_NE-by-Isolation-Unit-13.jpg)
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