Define Design have a carefully selected team of professional fine artists who work with them on specialist jobs requiring tromp l'oeils. Tromp l'oeil, literally translated means "trick-of-the-eye" and as these pictures show, it requires a great deal of talent and technical ability to create a 3D space on a 2D surface. A tromp l'oeil can can add interest to an unoccupied wall space and can add light and the illustion of extra space to a small or dark room. Please click on either of these examples to see an enlargement.