Electric Christmas tree for The Vauxhall Ampera season

Vauxhall Motors and The King’s Cross Filling Station (KXFS) have commissioned, set designer and illustrator Gary Card, to create an Electric Christmas tree that will light up Regents Canal as part of the Vauxhall Ampera Season.

Gary Card’s sets and installations have appeared in the windows of Dover Street Market both in London and Tokyo, Liberty, Topshop and Uniqlo, while his work has appeared in publications such as Vice, POP, Garage, Another Man, Dazed & Confused, V Man and i-D Magazine.

“When Vauxhall approached me to design a Christmas tree, my immediate response was create something mechanical. I really wanted to create a Christmas tree I’d never seen before. I loved the idea of applying the almost alien cybernetic design of the Ampera engine, to the warm, familiar silhouette of the Christmas tree. The overall design is inspired by the angles of the Ampera with a little nod to the robot iconography I loved as a child. I wanted to celebrate the fact that the Ampera is an electric car by having an electrical mechanism powering the Christmas tree. The tree also has a transforming element that I can’t wait to reveal to everyone.” Gary Card said in the press release.

Make sure to pay your visit to KXFS, to see the Christmas tree before January 6th!

Via : Engadget