Combining retro furniture and industrial materials, the new breed of barbershops are designed to put hair on your chest while clipping your moustache.
Barber Amsterdam, Ruffians Barber in Edinburgh and Rudy’s Barbershop in New York City have refined the barbershop trend for the discriminating beard-about-town. All three opened in 2012, relying on stylish chairs as centre pieces, with simple materials and accents in concrete, tile, steel and copper.
In New York, WRK Design created a new location for Washington-based chain Rudy’s Barbershop, playing up the industrial theme in their basement shop with concrete flooring and steel countertops. Black and white chairs strike a retro pose, while sea-green tiling lightens the aesthetic.
In a 19th-century shop in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district, Ard Hoksbergen’s Barber design combines concrete, wood and classic leather chairs with snaking copper pipes. Used for both lighting and plumbing, the pipes are designed as a cobweb across the ceilings and walls of the store, while wooden shelving and white tiles give the space a serene, spa-like feel.
Meanwhile in Edinburgh, Graven Images gave the barber a cosier spin, with a blue-panelled shop flush with natural lighting and wooden counters. Instead of checking in to reception, clients sit at high tables outfitted with iPads, and recline in royal blue chairs.
Each store throws in some style for the price of a haircut, updating the on-trend retro barbshop look into a refined and stylish classic.
Rudy’s Barbershop photos courtesy WRK Design.
Barber Amsterdam photos courtesy Wouter van den Brink, Barber Amsterdam.
Ruffian’s photos courtesy Renzo Mazzolini.