Recovery Salon in Shanghai Offers High-Tech Treatments with Interiors by Atelier I-N-D-J
In Shanghai, Recovery is a state-of-the-art beauty salon that specializes in high-tech light therapy that treats the skin. Designed by local design studio Atelier I-N-D-J, the interior offers a meditative retreat with a scientific edge. At 1,600 square feet, the L-shaped salon opens onto a cantilevering reception desk that appears to be floating in space. Around the bend, a series of private treatment rooms are lined with vertical strips of crumpled paper at once delicate and rough. Hiding behind this eccentric façade are curved doors that rustle as they pivot open. As I-N-D-J founder Ian Douglas-Jones puts it, this creates “a satisfying noise that breaks the usual quiet, and a visceral addition to the somewhat ceremonial feel of opening these large doors.”
