No matter how old you are, making a trip to a doctor’s office can give you that anxious feeling in the pit of your stomach. After check-in, you’re prompted to sit in the uncomfortable chairs leaning against the stark white walls, outdated magazines scattered around the room, and lifeless, mass-produced art staring at you with muted colors and zero originality. The whole experience can be unsettling, making you even more uneasy about your appointment.

How Does Nature-Based Art Affect Patients?

Spending time in nature has been proven to benefit your overall health and well-being. It can lower blood pressure and stress hormone levels, reduce nervous system arousal, enhance immune system function, increase self-esteem, reduce anxiety, and improve mood. So you can imagine that even the mere sight of a natural scene can help promote stress relief and relaxation of the mind.

The Center for Health Design preaches that physical environment impacts patient stress, patient and staff safety, staff effectiveness, and quality of care provided in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Therefore, implementing nature-based art into healthcare facilities can only improve the overall experience for both patients and staff.

What Types of Imagery Work Best in Healthcare Facilities?

Not all scenes in nature produce a sense of peace and calm. A cloudy thunderstorm scene or a wild animal attacking its prey will leave viewers feeling stressed and uncomfortable. Open landscapes, peaceful skies, growing flowers, and water scenes all produce a relaxing atmosphere that people need while sitting in a busy waiting room for their loved one to come out of surgery or having a root canal in a dentist’s office.

What Kind of Art Applications Does Parallax Offer?

Part of the appeal of our healthcare graphics is their versatility. Our vinyl graphics have been used for MRI machines, ceilings, walls, floors, and more!

Large Panoramic Wallcoverings

• Dimense: Textured wallpaper incorporated into your interior design adds another level of experiential harmony. This cutting-edge technology allows for complete customization in the structure of the textured design as well as the visual design.
• Wall Murals: Bring your space to the next level with a wall mural. Our standard high-quality wallpaper materials are rated for commercial applications.

Fine Art Prints

• Materials: We have a variety of giclée and fine art materials, including canvases, textured watercolor, and professional photographic papers.
• Finishing Services: We also provide finishing services such as mounting and laminating.

Graphics

• Vinyl Graphics: Our extensive selection of quality vinyl allows us to print vibrant colors or soft semi-opaque designs. Frosted window vinyl is one of the highest in demand for office and lobby spaces, but we can also create custom environmental graphics for your walls, ceilings, floors, cabinets, doors, or machines that are temporary or permanent.

From doctor’s offices and clinics to large-scale hospitals and specialty medical facilities, we can transform your space into a relaxing and comforting atmosphere for patients and staff with nature-based art using one of our top-of-the-line application systems!

Contact us at (800)756-3566 to begin planning your next project with Parallax Digital today.