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

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.

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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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Top Rated Comments

9 months ago
My girlfriend is actually one of the winners and has been invited to today’s switch on !
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9 months ago
That’s just ugly
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9 months ago
Meh, mine was way better!



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TruthWatcher412 Avatar
9 months ago
Looked better with the pig floating over it
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adrianlondon Avatar
9 months ago
I'll have to pop over and have a look. From this video, they look cool. I surprisingly like the brussels sprouts one.

https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/12/apple-unveils-ipad-designed-christmas-trees-lighting-up-battersea-power-station/

The David Hockney one two years ago was also fun:


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