INTERIOR: KLINIKA

A Unique Space

Soft shapes, surprising textures, and a contrast of light and dark invite you to explore Dr Nik Davies’ new clinic, Klinika.

After many years of being renowned as one of Australia’s top Cosmetic Doctors, Dr Nik Davies has taken the plunge and opened his own clinic on the New South Wales Central Coast in Erina. Together with his wife Steph and interior design firm ‘Something More Design’, Davies has created a unique space unlike any other clinic in the area. “We saw a gap in the market on the Central Coast which we have filled,” says Davies. “We wanted to create the most high-end clinic in the area without making it an overtly clinical space. We achieved this with the decor and the staff who have filled it. Klinika is a warm, inviting space where our guests feel comfortable and looked after. We have the only dermal clinician on the Central Coast and our other staff are excellent at what they do. This has allowed us to attract the best people in the industry and the clientele that we seek.”

The space when you walk in is light filled and dominated by shades of white and cream, with shapes and textures contrasting to create moments that capture your eyes. There are many curves that lead you through the clinic, with hardly any harsh edges in sight. Indeed it was those curves that became somewhat challenging in the build, explains Davies, “there are always hiccups,” he tells us, but overall the experience of creating Klinika was a positive one.

Dr Nik Davies wanted to create a space that reflected his attention to detail and passion for offering only the best, both in terms of products and practitioners. “We are a doctor-led clinic. All our treatments are carefully curated and have the patients’ results and comfort in mind, but are backed by scientific research and literature.

For example, we offer a pico laser which requires extensive training and experience in order to see results. Moreover, both our injectors are national clinical trainers who live and breathe aesthetics,” he explains.

As a point of difference, Davies put a ‘Skin Bar’ in the reception area, a curved ‘nook’ with built-in rounded shelving displaying Klinika’s skincare brands and a stunning Anna Charesworth pendant light sitting above in a plaster finish, inviting everyone to browse the products and receive a customised skincare prescription from one of the many qualified staff. In fact, the Skin Bar is Davies’ favourite corner in the clinic. “It was a bepoke, custom designed structure where patients experience a formal or informal discussion with one of our professionals talking all things skin,” he explains, and another room worth mentioning at Klinika is the infrared sauna room, whose dark walls create a moody, cozy feeling, which sits in stark contrast to the bright interior of the rest of the clinic. Davies offers a holistic approach to aesthetics, including nutritional counselling, sauna therapy, and functional medicine.

Unique lighting fixtures, surprising shapes, and sculptural elements throughout almost evoke a sense of this being an art gallery rather than a clinic, truly setting it apart from what most patients are used to when seeing a doctor. Davies is proud of what he has created – rightly so – saying although it has been stressful, “it is worth it in the end and I feel it is the best thing I have ever done. Having said that it can’t be too bad as we are already looking for our second space.” We can’t wait to see it.