YOUTH LAB 2.0
Aesthetic Medicine Design
Client: Youth Lab
Location: Claremont, Western Australia
Photography: Dion Robeson
Media: The Local Project, Australian Design Review
In the affluent Perth suburb of Claremont, a 1930s heritage building hosts Youth Lab’s second clinic—a sensorial counterpoint to the typical white-box of aesthetic medicine. The interior pairs clinical precision with the atmosphere of a luxury home: composed, tactile and quietly dramatic. The brief called for an experience that elevates the client journey while expressing the brand with elegance and warmth.
Arrival sets the tone. Leadlight doors open to a concierge-style reception anchored by an off-centre, book-matched Calacatta Viola marble counter set against a hand-finished, corrugated metal wall—an elevated nod to familiar clinical materials. A sculptural pendant by Christopher Boots and a Kelly Wearstler sconce introduce a softened glow. Hand-trowelled plaster in pale grey moves into a deep Bordeaux accent that complements the original jarrah floorboards, while a custom table creates a playful vignette around the rituals of beauty.
The waiting room reads as salon rather than anteroom. Smoked-mirror panelling forms a refined backdrop to art by Dina Broadhurst, a studio Acropolis side table and Pierre Paulin Pumpkin chairs; sheer drapery and a soft rug temper reflections so the space feels composed and intimate. The language continues into treatment rooms, where Broadhurst pieces sit above custom joinery and Calacatta Viola surfaces.
Throughout, aged-brass and alabaster luminaires by Christopher Boots—subtly configured in a “Y” as a quiet brand reference—collect light on stone, metal and velvet.
Materiality carries the narrative: tactile plaster you want to touch; graphic veining in stone; softened reflections in smoked mirror; and a disciplined mix of metals. The composition hints at 1970s New York glamour—hotels and uptown apartments—translated with restraint so the clinic remains calm and highly functional. Edges that hold structure are tightened; touchpoints are softened; light favours glow over glare.
Designed to heighten experience while absorbing the practicalities of care, Youth Lab’s second clinic aligns brand, ritual and clinical performance in one environment—welcoming, rigorous and unmistakably elevated.