Projection Mural Design for Lobbies, Walls and Public Spaces

A painted wall tells one story for years. Add projection, and that same wall can change throughout the day: stars drift across a skyline, a spotlight sweeps over a landmark, or one scene gives way to the next. Even guests who walk past it every morning can find something new.

We design and install moving murals for hotels, venues, brands and public spaces, often alongside the artist who painted the wall. If you have a wall in mind, tell us about the wall and who passes it.

A projection mural can start with a blank wall or build on an existing painting. On a blank wall, projected images and video become the artwork. On a painted wall, we create content that follows the artist's lines and composition, making the movement feel like part of the original painting rather than an image layered over it.

For wide murals, the technical challenge is blending multiple projectors into one continuous image. A single projector may not provide the coverage, brightness and resolution a long wall requires, so we blend several projectors edge to edge. Graduated dimming across overlapping areas keeps brightness even, while matching white point, color balance and gamma helps maintain consistent color across the full canvas. The result is one continuous image without visible seams.

• Planning the wall. We scope the geometry, decide on lensing and projector placement, and measure throw distances, image sizes and rigging positions before anything is mounted.
• Working with the artist. When a mural is already painted, we build custom content around it, so the moving scenes follow the artist's composition.
• Blended projection. We blend multiple projectors into one continuous image across long walls, tall atriums and panoramic lobbies.
• Keeping it aligned. For long-term installations, camera-based auto-alignment continuously adjusts brightness and color so the system stays locked in, and we calibrate on a regular schedule.
• Content that stays fresh. Murals tell stories, carry messages or simply add fun, and the content can change while the wall stays the same.

Painted murals are where projection adds the most character. The artwork gives the content a structure to follow, and the projection gives the painting a second life after it is finished.

Blank walls make the projection the whole artwork. They suit spaces where the mural should change with seasons, campaigns or events.

Long walls and lobbies depend on blending. Where LED is not practical, blended projection delivers the scale and the artistry without visible seams.

When the design wraps a whole room, floor to ceiling, it becomes a 360° space rather than a mural, which we plan as its own project. Floors and ceilings also have their own pages.

• Worldmark by Wyndham, Anaheim: We collaborated with Master Graffiti Artist Robert Gomez to turn his painting into a live mural, a permanent installation in the hotel lobby that guests enjoy year-round. His painting, "Out of this World", features astronauts in space over a Hollywood skyline, and our custom scenes include spotlights on the Hollywood sign, a meteor shower over the landscape and the classic man fishing on the moon. Four projectors, two on either side, were edge blended so the visuals align with the mural.
• Toro Verde Interactive Museum: In Puerto Rico, the Deep Sea Wonders exhibit pairs a custom-designed vinyl mural of printed marine life with projection mapping effects that spotlight parts of the coral bed.

Send us photos of the wall, its rough dimensions, the light in the space and whether there is artwork on it already. We will come back with how we would project it and what the content could show. For the wider range of surfaces we map, see our projection mapping services, or contact our team to start.