Christmas design round-up

Lego Christmas tree

Made from 600 000 Lego bricks and standing 12.2m-high, the giant Lego Christmas tree is currently dominating the main arcade at London’s St Pancras Station.

The tree has been designed by Duncan Titmarsh of Bright Bricks, who is apparently the UK’s only certified Lego professional, meaning Lego has recognised him as a professional partner.

The 1200 Lego baubles hanging off the branches have been created by children from Edith Neville Primary School in Camden and Copenhagen Primary School in Islington.

Design Museum Christmas tree

While the St Pancras tree is claimed to be the world’s tallest tree made from Lego, over at the Design Museum they’re preparing to erect what could be the world’s tallest cardboard tree (apparently an application has been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records).

Set to stand at a relatively modest 6m high and made from 3600 individually cut and handmade pieces, the tree, designed by Giles Miller, is set to hang in the museum’s public auditorium.

The tree will be adorned by woodland animals, including foxes, birds and squirrels, designed by illustrator Daniel Heath.

It’s going up tomorrow, and Miller has also a range of smaller cardboard Christmas trees (pictured), to be sold at the Design Museum shop.

Royal College of Art Christmas card

And continuing the tree theme, the Royal College of Art’s Christmas Card features an image of a Christmas tree produced by the RCA’s RapidformRCA facility using bonded A4 paper sheets.

Designed by RCA alumni Kellenberger-White, the cards have been cut using a computer-controlled knife.

The cards cost £1.50 each or £10 for eight and can be ordered from the RCA Shop at college-shop@rca.ac.uk.