Zucci Salon by Breathe
Working to a brief inspired by wellness spaces like spas, saunas and yoga studios, Breathe designed Zucci Salon in South Melbourne as a space where customers can relax. The pointof-sale zone is centred around a lush tree, which has been integrated into the custom cutting bench, A long pill-shaped piece in blackened steel, cement and timber composite panels, it forms the salon's grounding centrepiece and also embodies the material palette. To align with the sustainability-minded approach of both client and designer, Breathe chose natural materials that are simple, durable and non-toxic, like floating timber shelves to display the salon's stock of Aveda products.
One unusual design feature is the colour bar. Typically, this space is located back-of-house – but Breathe moved it to
