POUTx by Studio Author rethinks the injectables clinic as a place you enter to be seen, not hidden. On a compact footprint under 800 square feet, the Toronto space swaps hushed corridors for an open plan that stages the entire ritual of arrival, consultation, and treatment in plain view. The message tracks with the brand line “maintained, not changed”: care is not a secret; it’s part of a public routine.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Studio Author anchors the interior with a rigorous palette that reads as both clinical and theatrical. Floors, walls, and ceiling wrap in a continuous micro-cement pink, creating a uniform field that holds the eye and sharpens edges. Against this, lipstick-red interventions,colonnades, acrylic partitions, graphics, set the rhythm, while surgical stainless steel delivers the necessary tactility for surfaces that need to work hard. Nothing here feels incidental; the limited materials keep the room coherent and prevent the square footage from fragmenting.
The first move after entry is the longest: a nineteen-foot stainless-steel welcome desk that operates as command center and social bar. Guests gather before and after procedures; conversations spill toward the treatment zone. From this vantage point, sightlines open to two treatment pods, deliberately visible through layered red acrylic walls that float off floor and ceiling. That small detail matters. The shadow gap lets light wash around the planes, softening their presence and keeping the pods from reading as boxes dropped into a room. It also underscores a core idea: privacy here arrives by consent and choreography, not by hiding.
Lighting carries much of the spatial drama and the clinical function. Vertical neon tubes line the storefront like a beacon, then continue around the perimeter to elongate the room and lift the ceiling. Oversized convex mirrors catch and curve the glow, multiplying both light and color without resorting to gimmicks. Inside each pod, adjustable surgical fixtures handle the precision work, while large circular consultation mirrors frame the face at a humane scale. This hierarchy, city-facing glow, ambient field, task accuracy, keeps the interior photogenic and fit for purpose.
The millwork earns equal credit. Custom stainless nurse stations integrate sinks and tool surfaces with the right clearances; concealed workstations hide a freezer for product, sharps disposal, and everyday storage. The red colonnade facing the desk isn’t just rhythm, it hides closets and cabinets, a clever move that protects the room from clutter. With so few materials, any loose ends would show; by absorbing storage into the architecture, the designers preserve the clinic’s clean read through actual organization, not just styling.
POUTx courts a small controversy by making treatment activity legible from the public zone. For a clientele that prefers discretion, the openness might deter. For POUTx’s audience, it works: the visibility destigmatizes procedures and introduces a social dimension to maintenance culture. The design doesn’t trivialize the clinical aspect, it sharpens it. Steel feels honest, the acrylic is easy to sanitize, and the micro-cement wraps resist wear. The palette’s intensity isn’t for everyone, but in a market saturated with beige wellness, the commitment to color feels purposeful rather than loud.
Studio Author delivers a clear thesis on how small commercial interiors can carry brand ethos without bloating the brief. Limit the materials, tune the light, let the plan communicate values. POUTx reads as a complete environment, confident, efficient, and precise, where the experience starts at the sidewalk and never loses focus inside. It rejects the backstage model of beauty care and, in doing so, defines its own stage.
