The interior design of beauty, health and wellness clinics plays a vital role in the image and experience they want to project. VICAL is well aware of this and expresses this principle in its interior design projects, where the senses and distinction are the main premises.
The way we understand beauty clinics and healthcare spaces has changed over time: from cold, empty spaces dominated by a serious tone and white in all rooms, to clinics that evoke relaxation, comfort and even sophistication. As a result, clinics are now seen as a place where clients go to for a little me time.
Interior design plays an important —some might say essential— role in designing beauty, health and wellness clinics. Each project is prepared depending on the type of treatment and services offered by the clinic. We can provoke different types of sensations in visitors thanks to a selection of furniture in line with the clinic’s style and what it has to offer. The clinic’s target must also be clear as a nutrition and diet clinic is not the same as a beauty clinic. This creates a stimulus and bond with the client from the moment they walk in the door until they leave.
Comfort and convenience is one of the primary goals when starting this type of project. The client ultimately visits the clinic for treatment or a consultation that can take some time, so interior designers in charge of the project always keep their comfort in mind.
Lighting is key since, depending on the type of lights used and their placement, the look and feel of the clinic can change substantially. To achieve greater comfort, the use of white light —so popular years ago— is reduced, opting to create cosier spaces with warm light and strategically-placed lighting; indirect lighting creates an enveloping and more welcoming effect. Decorative elements with colours and shapes in line with the clinic’s identity are used to break up the severity, along with bright, attractive furniture, to form a space that matches the clinic’s brand.
Entrena con Ainhoa Clinic in Madrid
The Entrena con Ainhoa training and nutrition clinic located in Madrid and Ibiza turned to VICAL to transform its spaces and find a completely new take on what nutrition clinics are supposed to look like. Pink in all its hues was the starting point for this project with velvet, gold and pastels contrasting with more vibrant tones to create a different feel; nobody would think they were walking into a space for training and nutrition as it looks more like a beauty clinic.
Dr Carla Barber Clinic in Madrid
A 4-storey mansion in one of Madrid’s most exclusive districts is the location where Carla Barber set up her aesthetic medicine clinic. The premise was that each room in the clinic had to have a different aura so beige, purple and gold were used for consulting rooms;
bright blue contrasting with mustard for waiting rooms; orange for reception areas, and green with a pronounced exotic influence in the booths.
EHC Clinic Alicante
VICAL’s latest project was the interior design and decoration of the EHC Clinic in Alicante. This aesthetic medicine centre is much more than just a clinic, it’s a space for dedicating time to yourself where, thanks to the chosen furniture, this essence is conveyed in every corner.
By selecting VICAL CONCEPT furniture and combining golds, reddish tones, pastel pink, black and aquamarine in the different areas, each room represents and evokes something different.
One of the keys to achieving projects of this calibre, and one that VICAL is aware of, is not to think of it as a project for a beauty, health or wellness clinic, but to listen to the clinic, their interests and the values they project as a brand and clinic. It is essential that we know why they created the clinic in the first place, what their mission is and what they seek to improve in people’s lives. All of this helps us to choose the right furniture and décor to convey that essence and mission at each point of contact.
