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YDS Studio · Healthcare environments
Bring a sense of nature, familiarity and welcome into the spaces where people receive care.
We design and make immersive wall murals and custom graphics in New Zealand for mental health spaces. From beaches to native forest, we help your team choose imagery for waiting areas, shared lounges, consultation rooms and spaces for whānau.
The role of the environment
When you are decorating a mental health facility, the way a room feels matters alongside the way it functions. Thoughtfully chosen graphics can soften a clinical interior and offer something welcoming to look at. A mural is one part of that environment, alongside lighting, acoustics, privacy and access to the outdoors.
An open beach or a quiet landscape can offer a visual pause. The aim is an image people feel comfortable spending time with, rather than a wall that demands attention.
Familiar coastlines, bush and local scenery can help a space reflect its community. We encourage your team to explore which places feel meaningful to the people who use the room.
From a single feature wall to a coordinated series of graphics, nature imagery can give shared spaces character and help them feel more personal.
Thoughtfully chosen nature imagery can help create a calmer, more welcoming environment for people receiving mental health care. Research in an acute psychiatric setting suggests that realistic landscape imagery can help ease anxiety and agitation by providing a positive visual focus.
Our beach and native forest murals bring the character of Aotearoa indoors. We work with your team to create spaces that feel more comfortable and connected to place, supporting the environment in which care, rehabilitation and recovery happen.
Explore the research behind nature imagery in mental healthcare.
Inspiration for your space
These beach and forest scenes show the possibilities for your space. Your commercial mural is specified for the room, its users and the wall surface, with the artwork and finish developed as part of your project.
Coastal spaces
Open horizons, coastal light and pōhutukawa can bring a recognisable sense of Aotearoa into a waiting area or shared lounge. We consider the view from where people sit, the scale of the image and how it works with the rest of the room.
Native forest
Native bush offers layers of greenery and a connection to familiar landscapes. Together, we consider the amount of detail, colour and contrast that suits the people using the space, whether it is one feature wall or a coordinated interior.
Immersive environments
A panoramic mural can give a space a completely different feel. We plan the composition around doors, furniture, corners and sightlines, so the artwork belongs in the room and supports the way it is used.
See how nature-inspired wall murals can change the look and feel of an interior. These examples of our work show the scale, detail and atmosphere that wall graphics bring to a space, from installation through to the finished result.
For your mental health environment, we work with you to choose imagery, colours and materials that suit the people using the space and the way it needs to function.
Watch the videos below to explore what’s possible.
A completed forest mural wraps around a doorway, bringing depth and greenery into the room.
Watch our team install a detailed native forest scene, one panel at a time.
Forest imagery and suspended bird forms create a connected design across a larger interior.
Follow the installation as plain walls become an immersive forest setting.
Made for healthcare environments
A mental health mural needs to work beautifully in the space and stand up to everyday use. We specify each project around the way people interact with the room, the volume of traffic, the wall surface and the facility's cleaning requirements.
We assess the application surface, its condition and the activity around it before recommending a mural system. A busy circulation area, a quiet consultation room and an inpatient environment can each call for a different approach.
For suitable healthcare applications, we recommend a securely bonded mural with an additional protective matte finish. This helps protect the printed artwork from everyday contact, softens reflections and provides a surface that can be cleaned using the agreed care procedures.
Ask us about a Group 1-S rated mural system for your project. The classification relates to the tested system and its specified installation conditions. We can discuss the fire-performance information your project team needs and confirm its applicability to the proposed wall surface and finish.
A smooth, cleanable protective surface helps support routine healthcare cleaning. We consider the finish, joins and edges alongside the facility's cleaning products and procedures. Suitability and approval are confirmed with your infection prevention and control team for the proposed installation.
For technical information on materials, fire performance and cleaning, get in touch with our team.
Request technical informationChosen with care
Immersive does not have to mean covering every wall. It can be one well-placed landscape, a quieter focal point or a connected series of images through a space.
We recommend involving staff, people with lived experience and whānau in image selection. Where local landscapes, cultural stories or Māori design are involved, include the appropriate mana whenua and cultural advisors in the process.
Our wider healthcare and commercial work gives you a starting point for discussing your project. Explore our commercial projects.
From an idea to your walls
Whether you are refreshing a community mental health centre or planning graphics for a larger facility, we start with the purpose of the space.
Share your location, room use, wall measurements, photos and timeframe. Include any cleaning, material or procurement requirements.
Develop a beach, forest or custom graphics concept with our team. Agree the imagery, scale, placement and performance requirements with the people responsible for the environment.
We make your graphics in New Zealand. For commercial projects, we recommend our nationwide installation partners, with site requirements and timing agreed as part of the project.
Your mural is designed and produced in our Hawke’s Bay studio. We’re a family-owned New Zealand business, with our design and production team working together to bring your project to life.
Working directly with us means you can discuss the artwork, materials and details with the team making your mural.
Planning a mental health space
YDS Studio designs and makes custom wall murals and graphics in New Zealand. We welcome enquiries for community mental health centres, consultation rooms, shared spaces and inpatient facilities, and recommend our nationwide installation partners for commercial projects.
Nature imagery may help create a more welcoming environment and provide a gentle visual focus. Research in one acute psychiatric setting found promising results, but murals are not a treatment and individual responses vary. We recommend choosing imagery with your clinical team and the people who use the space.
There is no single best image for everyone. A beach may offer open space and a simple horizon; forest imagery can offer familiar greenery but more visual detail. Review the actual image, its scale, contrast and personal or cultural associations before deciding.
Talk to us about the place or story you want the space to reflect. We can discuss a custom design and image options with you. Any supplied photography or artwork needs suitable print quality and permission for its intended use.
Suitability needs to be assessed for the specific room. Ask your clinical and facilities teams to confirm requirements for safety, cleaning, durability and installation. We specify commercial murals for their intended environment. Contact us for technical information on the proposed system.
For commercial projects, we recommend our nationwide installation partners. Pricing depends on the wall area, design work, specified finish, preparation and installation requirements. Send us measurements, photos, your location and a brief description of the space so we can prepare a project quote.
Talk to our New Zealand team
Tell us about your facility and what you have in mind. Whether you have a wall ready to go or are just exploring ideas, we'd love to hear from you.
Call us0800 33 22 57
Email usinfo@yourdecalshop.co.nz
Have photos or plans? You can email them directly to our team.
