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Trafalgar Square robots kick off London Design Festival

Wadds — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:04:00 +0000

If you’re in London before Thursday head to Trafalgar Square and check out Outrace, an installation that is the centrepiece of the London Design Festival. In front of the National Gallery you’ll find eight industrial Audi robots tracing messages in the sky using a powerful light source is positioned at the tool head of each robot.

If you fancy your chances of having a message played out by the robots head to Outrace. Long-exposure cameras capture the messages and relay them to the project website and social media platforms.

Nelson reunited with HMS Victory in Trafalgar Square

Wadds — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:46:43 +0000

HMS Victory has been reunited with Vice Admiral Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square. The giant ship-in-a-bottle sculpture is the creation of Yinka Shonibare and will remain on the Fourth Plinth for 18 months.

Sky News on #arcticmyarse stunt in Trafalgar Square

Wadds — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:05:06 +0000

Sky News’ David Williams has posted a Qik video of Speed staffer John Brown’s (@brownbare) lunchtime #arcticmyarse stunt.

@brownbare takes direct action with #arcticmyarse stunt in Trafalgar Square

Wadds — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:46:46 +0000

It started as a discussion yesterday in the office about the UK’s over reaction to the recent snow flurries in the South East and the impending “arctic conditions”.

Today self-proclaimed attention seeker and Speed staffer John Brown (@brownbare) took direct action by sunbathing this lunchtime in Trafalgar Square.

He inevitably caught the attention of citizen journalists, bloggers and innocent passersby as well as the local Heritage Wardens. And the odd hack.

More images on my Flickr site.

Trafalgar Square Ghost Forest exhibition

Wadds — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:53 +0000

If you’re in London and near Trafalgar Square in the next week go and have a look at the graveyard of tree roots called Ghost Forest. Its been put there by artist Angela Palmer in a bid to raise the issue of deforestation of the world’s forests.

Gormley’s One and Other project

Wadds — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:19:46 +0000

Here’s a panoramic shot of Antony Gormley‘s One and Other project round the corner from the Speed office in Trafalgar Square. What really struck me is how the plinth and its occupant are dwarfed by its surroundings and the other statues in the square.

Flickr: One and Other, Trafalgar Square, London (left of shot)