London's Christmas lights

London's Christmas lights have recently been not very good.

This year they are good.

There are these lovely colour changing things on Regent Street sponsored by Nokia and created by w+k. Much more about that over on the consistently good w+k blog. Ideally I'd like them to be a bit bigger, but that's being a bit picky. Incidentally they are nothing whatsoever to do with Apple, I just thought that made a cool photo.

There are these paper chain things on Carnaby Street which look fab in the bright sunlight. Seven Dials in Covent Garden are always worth a mention too.

And there's this graphic Christmas tree device from John Lewis.

Not that exciting, but they've used it well in the stores.

Especially as it gets more abstract.

There's still lots of dross around, obviously. Top of the list is this lacklustre effort from Oxford St which is an uninspiring advert for this rubbish from Disney.

Comments

[Brian(US)]

Hey, at least you can still use the term "Christmas" over there. Enjoy reading your blog, keep it up.

[lauren]

wow! i never thought city christmas decorations could possibly be good. but they really are aren't they? wow!