In a world where successful businesses attract client communities by marketing experiences, an intimate knowledge of one's target audience provides the best build-out blueprint.
An Ãœber-posh day resort offering every service and amenity imaginable. A
Soho-meets-South Beach space to tempt transplanted suburbanites. A
modern-day jewel-box for Sin City sophisticates. A welcoming Cheers-like setting where everyone knows your name. As the winners of
the 2009 Salons of the Year take their design direction from their own
unique target markets, the only distinct trend this year is
diversity-in size, budget, materials, environments, influence and
inspiration.
2009 Grand Prize Winner |
 1st Runner Up |  2nd Runner Up |  3rd Runner Up |
Salons of Distinction:
Amore' Salon and Spa, Aqua at the Georgia Center Salon and Spa, Arrojo, Christopher J. Salon, Complexions Spa for Beauty and Wellness, Five Salon, Mizu (Boston), Mizu (New York), Phillipostyle Hair Studio, Robert Cris Salon, Salon 124, Scott J. Salons and Spas, Splurge Salon, Square One Salon and Spa, Tangles of Evans, The Salon by Lora Brown.
2009 Panel of Judges
Michele L. Pelafas
With
more than 16 years of experience, Pelafas has provided design services
for hundreds of clients nationally and internationally. Her
full-service interior design company, based in Oak Brook, Illinois,
(salonandspainteriors.com) specializes in salon and spa design. Pelafas
graduated with honors from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago and
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. An educator and an
expert, she has been frequently featured in salon industry trade
publications and has taught design classes at major trade shows across
the country, including America's Beauty Show, Premiere Beauty Show,
ISSE and PBA's Symposium.
David Wagner
As the 2008 Salons of the Year grand prize winner, Wagner certainly knows what it
takes to produce winning salon design. A world-renowned hair stylist,
artist, entrepreneur, educator, and author, Wagner is the founder/owner
of JUUT Salonspas, the original Aveda concept salons. With eight
locations in the Midwest and one in San Francisco's Bay Area, JUUT
Salonspas are continually voted "Best Salon" in their communities.
Wagner is also the best-selling author of Life As A Daymaker: How to
Change the World by Simply Making Someone's Day and the initiator of
the Daymaker Movement.
Katerina Soukhopalov
Born and
raised in Moscow, Russia, Soukhopalov holds degrees in interior design
and architecture from prestigious institutions, such as New York's
Parsons School of Design, Chelsea School of Architecture and Design and
Westminster University, both in London. Her work experience includes
residential and commercial projects, graphic design and print work,
image branding and advertising campaigns. Soukhopalov recently launched
her own New York-based firm, MSK Design Group, (mskdesigngroup.com)
taking on as one of her first clients Vasken Demirjian Salon @ Trump.
Kate Gallagher Cicela
As
soon as she joined Chicago-based Vi Nelson & Associates, a PR and
marketing consultancy firm, Cicela knew the salon industry was the
right place for her. A graduate of the famed School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, with a major in figure sculpture, she immediately
understood the design aspects that hair stylists and salon owners face
everyday. Eight years later, she's totally immersed in the industry and
involved in all aspects, from America's Beauty Show to beauty schools,
service products and science-based salon education.
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The Judging Process
| The cover of June 2009 Salon Today, featuring the results of our prestigious Salons of the Year competition. |
Salons
of the Year judging took place in three phases. First, SALON TODAY
editors and designers reviewed each of the entries, including essays
and photography. Next, a panel of editors and art directors evaluated
each entry in further detail, selecting a group of finalists. Finally,
the panel of expert judges scrutinized essays and evaluated seven to 10
images from the finalists, scoring them in five different décor
categories. Judges' scores were combined and used to determine the grand-prize winner, the runners up, and the Salons of Distinction.
| | Read about the panel of judges and the judging process. Salons of the Year 2009: Judges & Process See the full list of winners. Get results from previous years. Click here Trends from 2009 Salons of the Year. See pictures here |
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