🏢 Barbershop · Yarraville, Melbourne
A Yarraville institution
Research Phase
Before writing a single line of code, our research agent studied Henri's Barber Shop — their current website, social presence, reviews, team, and services. Here's what stood out.
Walk-in only barbershop in the heart of Yarraville village — 'No online booking system. No loyalty app. Just a proper barber who knows your name'
4.9 Google rating with a refined navy and brass aesthetic — pinstripe patterns and brass rule dividers echo classic gentlemen's grooming heritage
Services displayed with pricing and duration — the design philosophy mirrors the shop: unhurried, elegant, and built on the craft of conversation
Design Phase
Every design decision was intentional — informed by the research, not pulled from a template library.
Visual Direction
Deep navy with brass gold accents, Playfair Display headings, pinstripe backgrounds, grain overlay, and brass rule dividers throughout.
Design Rationale
Henri's is about old-school charm and personal service. Navy and brass evoke a classic gentleman's parlour — the design is as unhurried as the haircut.
Build Phase
Site Architecture
// Next.js App Router
Methodology
Spark (research agent) scraped Henri's Barber Shop's current website, Google reviews, social media, and business listings. Every piece of real data — team names, service pricing, business hours, unique details — was extracted into a structured profile.
Based on the research, a bespoke design direction was created specifically for Henri's Barber Shop. No templates — the typography, color palette, layout patterns, and visual effects were all chosen to match this business's personality and industry.
Pixel (design agent) built the entire 5-page Next.js application from scratch — 2 custom components, real content from the research phase, App Router with proper routing, and production-grade code.
Sentinel (QA agent) verified the build compiles cleanly, checked for placeholder content, validated all routes render correctly, and confirmed the design is unique (not recycled from another demo).
Additional Notes
Research sourced from public sources. All business data extracted and verified.
More from the experiment
This case study is part of the AI Web Lab — a 30-day experiment where AI agents build bespoke websites for real Melbourne businesses. Every site is researched, designed, and built from scratch by a team of five specialist AI agents. The full methodology, code, and results are documented transparently.
This study is being prepared for publication as part of a research paper on AI-assisted web development at scale.
We built Henri's Barber Shop's site in 4 minutes. Same process, same quality — a custom website built for you, not a template.