Arts University Plymouth
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Interior Design
My location: Manchester, United Kingdom
First Name: Dannielle
Last Name: Hunter
University / College: Arts University Plymouth
Course / Program: iNTERIOR DESIGN & STYLING
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Interior Design
My Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
70% of Black women feel let down by high-street beauty retailers and salons so I envisioned Kiki. Kiki is a hairdressing and training facility based in Manchester City Centre that aims to empower the 200,000 people of colour within Manchester with curls, coils, and kinks - trying to revolutionise the black hair experience. Particularly pointed towards the 4+ curl type, often associated with the African community that receives the most hair discrimination and lacks understanding and education regarding its unique needs. Inspired by Nigeria’s Yoruba people, who have strong spiritual ties to hair. Believing everyone has an Orisha inside their head, which links to their personality, and so their hair is spiritual too. Oshun, an Orisha (a goddess), has significant links to hair since she is the first Orisha to use a comb. She is associated with hairdressing, water, self-love and the colour yellow. The materials used throughout the space look to African craftsmanship and materials historically used on the continent.