Apple Lights Up Battersea Power Station With iPad-Designed Christmas Trees

[MacRumors]

Apple is today celebrating the winners of Your Tree on Battersea, its festive UK competition that invited people to design digital Christmas trees on iPad.

The 24 winning submissions are set to be projected onto Battersea Power Station beginning today, from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. every day until 24 December.

The winning submissions will be featured on the building's chimneys alongside trees drawn by established artists and notable figures such as Kylie Minogue, Sir Stephen Fry, Maro Itoje, Oliver Jeffers, David Shrigley OBE, and Chawawa.

Apple says the competition carries on the company's tradition of celebrating festive creativity, and it's the first time it has opened the opportunity to the public.

In 2023, artist David Hockney created Bigger Christmas Trees on iPad Pro, and last year, Aardman – creator of Wallace & Gromit – used iPhone 16 Pro Max to create a short animation. Both installations transformed the iconic 101-metre-high chimneys and wash towers that soar above the River Thames.

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[Rissicco]

My girlfriend is actually one of the winners and has been invited to today’s switch on !

 

[davidec]

Gee they loook like alien lollipops. Some congruency with the architecture would have been nice. Wonder what it looks like in person?

 

[cjsuk]

Gee they loook like alien lollipops. Some congruency with the architecture would have been nice. Wonder what it looks like in person?

Most people will see it like this, which is even more bonkers.

 

[Adam089]

That’s just ugly

 

[adrianlondon]

I'll have to pop over and have a look. From this video, they look cool. I surprisingly like the brussels sprouts one.

Apple unveils iPad-designed Christmas trees lighting up Battersea Power Station

This Christmas season, Apple celebrates the winners of its Your Tree on Battersea competition, hosted by British comedian and personality Munya Chawawa.

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The David Hockney one two years ago was also fun:

 

[tomtad]

I'm in awe

 

[iMac The Knife]

Meh, mine was way better!

 

[TruthWatcher412]

Looked better with the pig floating over it

 

[IIGS User]

That’s just ugly

It's certainly a "modern art masterpiece".

I agree, this design is kinda ugly. It stinks, and I don't like it.

 

[justanotherdave]

Looked better with the pig floating over it

I was wondering how long I'd have to scroll before this reference came up.

 

[NMBob]

That’s just ugly

Designed by Siri AI.

 

[haunebu]

That doesn't even look like a tree.

 

[mazz0]

Gee they loook like alien lollipops. Some congruency with the architecture would have been nice. Wonder what it looks like in person?

That’s just ugly

I actually think it fits the building's aesthetics reasonably well, and it looks... fine. My issue with it is they don't look anything like Christmas trees.

That and lighting things up like that is tacky.

 

[Andrea Piazzesi]

Big man, Pig man ... Ha, ha, charade you are ...

 

[whitby]

Being picky, I am pretty sure that the iPad did not design this amazing display. It was designed by someone who 'used' an iPad. I read this thinking I was going to read about AI again, but nope, a real person designed this using an iPad as a tool, nothing more.

 

[rizzo41999]

Pigs on the wing!

 

[svish]

Very nice to see all the winning entries. Would have liked if Apple allowed submissions from across the world.

 

[frifra]

Only possible on iPad with AirPower and Apple Intelligence… 😂

 

[ThomasJL]

Looked better with the pig floating over it

They should have an inflatable Tim Cook floating over it.

Tim Cooks on the Wing