Color Camp Manicure Bar

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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COLOR CAMP MANICURE BAR

J. Byron-H

ARCHITECTS
J. Byron-H

MANUFACTURERS
Andrew Neyer

CLIENT
Color Camp

COLLABORATORS
Weekday Studio

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jennifer Chong

AREA
675 ft²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Los Angeles, United States

CATEGORY
Hospitality Architecture, Interior Design

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Architect J. Byron-H teamed up with branding studio Weekday Studio to create the interior design concept for Color Camp, a manicure bar in Los Angeles, California.

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Located on Beverly Boulevard in the Fairfax District, this 675 square-foot space is the first of its kind in Los Angeles.

As an architecture and branding team, we wanted to evoke a sense of playful discovery and avoid the predictable, cluttered environment often associated with contemporary nail salons.

Instead, a bright white space is enlivened with bold shapes. Circles, semi-circles, concave and convex shapes play across bolsters, tables, shelving, doorways and branding. A gradient mural wall and custom bright blue furnishings bring pop accents of color.

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Industrial materials like concrete and steel are cushioned by a vibrant gradient of pinks, oranges and blues, a contrast found throughout LA whenever the roughness of the city's structures finds relief against its brilliant skies.

One of the challenges with this project was to make an extremely narrow existing interior space feel open and inviting without losing the functionality and efficiency of a nail salon.

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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The primary organizational element of the space is the manicure bar: a long, slender, counter height table where guests and artists can choose to sit or stand.

Above the bar is the hanging shelf, a multipurpose utility structure which acts as storage for tools and supplies as well as the provider of lights and audio.

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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The top of the structure is accented with a lush array of tropical plants. Across the aisle are a series 1/4"-thick blackened steel 2-top tables which appear to fold out like paper and hover above the ground.

The bar stools and chairs were customized for the space in collaboration with Los Angeles Furniture Designer, Chris Earl.

Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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Color Camp Manicure Bar
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