![Southgate station art installation for Enfield Winter Lights Festival](http://extraordinarydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Southgate-station-levelled-up-1024x512.jpg)
I was commissioned by Artist Hive to create a light installation for the Enfield Winter Lights Festival. The station building gave me a 38 metre long canvas consisting of 24 windows. Being built in 1933, I decided to take the Art Deco style as my inspiration. I wanted to bring warmth to this iconic heritage building with a sunrise design, complementing Charles Holden’s circular architecture with graduating circles representing planets – the sun and moon. This tied in nicely with a vintage London Underground poster. I used curved stripes to represent train track travelling around the station. Whilst the aim was to create a night-time feel-good spectacular, there was a bonus effect during the day with the sunshine blazing through the windows over the escalators bringing a welcoming vibe to the interior.
![It is warmer below London Underground poster](http://extraordinarydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/extraordinarydesign.com-its-warmer-below-london-underground-poster.jpg)
![Installing window vinyl artwork on Southgate Station, London](https://b2775859.smushcdn.com/2775859/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Southgate-station-artwork-installation.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Southgate station artwork over escalator inside view © Dan Maier](https://b2775859.smushcdn.com/2775859/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Southgate-station-artwork-over-escalator-inside-view-©-Dan-Maier.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Sun blazing through window art over escalators at Southgate Station © Dan Maier](https://b2775859.smushcdn.com/2775859/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Southgate-station-artwork-over-escalator-inside-view-©-Dan-Maier-close-up-1024x376.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Southgate station before installation](http://extraordinarydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Southgate-station-before-installation.jpg)