Trend Alert: Draw On the Walls

Since I am currently at work on my interior design senior thesis project, I have been looking high and low for inspiration, products, furnishings, technology, etc. As I have continually kept my eye out for inspiring spaces, I have noticed that designers have begun to create spaces featuring walls with hand drawn/painted murals that actually look like hand drawings or sketches.

For me, this concept was perfect since my thesis project is an art/design incubator facility. Below is one of my initial sketches showing the entry way to a retail space with a giant wall mural of sketched hands. This becomes a literal translation of art into space and shows the importance of the hand - an artist's most valuable tool.

I was initially inspired by the Leo Burnett Office by Ministry of Design (Singapore)

• Painted mural of the company's founder
  

And before I knew it, I began to notice all of these other spaces...
School of Life by Susanna Edwards (London, England)

• Hand drawn by Charlotte Mann
  

The Smokehouse Deli by The Busride (Delhi, India)

• Hand illustrated over a 25 day period
  

Gift Shop by Belenko (Odessa, Ukraine)

• Painted onto walls and furniture
  

I find the literal translation of a drawing into space or playing with the concept of 2D versus 3D really intriguing and I also think that it creates quite an impact . What do you think of this trend?