The Mayfield Clinic

Client

Nettl of Edinburgh

services

Branding

sector

Healthcare / Medical Aesthetics

Year

2022
01 — The challenge

The Mayfield Clinic brings together a multidisciplinary team across private healthcare, surgery, women's health and aesthetic medicine.

The private healthcare and aesthetics sector is visually crowded, often divided between sterile clinical branding and overtly cosmetic, lifestyle-led identities. For The Mayfield Clinic, neither direction felt appropriate. The challenge was to create an identity that communicated medical credibility and premium care while remaining warm, discreet and distinctly human.

The Mayfield Clinic brings together a multidisciplinary team across private healthcare, surgery, women's health and aesthetic medicine. The identity needed to reflect this breadth while positioning aesthetics as part of a wider approach to health, wellbeing and patient care. It also needed to feel appropriate for the clinic's new, luxurious setting without becoming overly exclusive or decorative.

The outcome needed to feel measured, intelligent and quietly confident, establishing a premium presence without relying on the visual conventions typically associated with either medical or cosmetic brands.

02 — The solution

A refined identity built around precision, confidence and restraint

During my time at Nettl of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I was tasked with developing a premium identity for Dr Nestor's Mayfield Clinic as it relocated to a luxurious multi-million-pound estate. The resulting identity combines a bespoke monogram with refined typography and a restrained visual system, creating a distinctive brand that sits comfortably between medical expertise and modern aesthetics. The solution The identity is built around reduction and control. A bespoke monogram was developed as a distinctive, ownable mark, constructed through interlocking letterforms to introduce a sense of craft while retaining the precision expected within a medical environment. The wider identity system uses refined typography, considered spacing and a clear visual hierarchy to establish a composed and authoritative tone. Rather than overtly signalling either "medical" or "aesthetic", the identity deliberately sits between the two, reflecting The Mayfield Clinic's broader approach to health, wellbeing and aesthetic medicine. This positioning remains consistent with the clinic's current emphasis on clinical excellence, patient-centred care and natural-looking results.
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03 — The Results
  • Bespoke monogram creating a distinctive and ownable brand mark
  • Interlocking letterforms combining craft, precision and sophistication
  • Premium visual language designed to complement the clinic's luxury setting
  • Refined typography with considered spacing and hierarchy
  • Balanced positioning bridging medical expertise and aesthetic medicine
  • Minimal visual system allowing the brand to communicate confidence without unnecessary decoration
  • Multidisciplinary identity designed to support the clinic's broader healthcare and wellbeing offering