By
Zoya
Photography:
Courtesy the designer
Grabbing
eyeballs, bright cubic blocks in colours of red, green, blue and yellow spell
out ‘Kidzappy’, a salon for adults and kids in a prime Mumbai suburb.
Spread
across 750 sq. ft., the salon with its dark grey concrete-finished floor tiles,
peppy lime green walls, dark lilac ceiling and black river-wash granite storage
units, sports a fun, friendly, yet professional appeal.
Aesthetically
designed and creatively styled by Dynamic
Designss’ Aanuu V. Thaakur - who has
over 15 years of experience working for “corporate clients and homeowners
who’re in search of innovative, low-cost solutions” - the place is both
sophisticated for adults as well as funky for kids.
Keeping in mind the two sets of target customers,
seating caters to the grownups with conventional, comfortable, black salon
seats; while the kids get to sit in especially imported “styling chairs, which are in the shape of their
favorite cartoons such as Angry Birds, Barbie Mustang and Lightning McQueen
cars, which even go up and down”.
Adding
further appeal for the young patrons, colourful bulb-holders in the shape of
bees and birds hang on the walls and large sunflower-shaped ceiling lights anoint
the kids’ styling section. In contrast, simple halogen ceiling lights are used
for the adult customers. Besides the artificial lighting, the place has a lot
of full-length windows for direct daylight.
As if
the vivacious colour palette, animated lighting and an aquarium wasn’t enough
for the kids, a playroom with a Jungle
Book-themed wallpaper and laminated wooden flooring has a brightly-painted
open cabinet, which resembles a wooden Lego blocks structure that stores books, iPads and games, besides and
over-head plasma TV for children to entertain themselves with while their
parents get their services done.
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Kidzappy
is quite a fresh concept and has been innovatively designed, keeping in mind
fine little details - from clean lines, vibrant colours and matching cushions
in the waiting lounge to thought-provoking behavioural
tenets
at play in design.
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