Did you spot my Telephone Box print on the London Underground recently?
This summer, my London Telephone Box design appeared at Hyde Park Corner Station in Central London. The design was selected for a special installation to coincide with some of London's major summer art exhibitions including the Royal Academy Summer Show.
My design at Hyde Park Corner Station, London.
"Ring, ring!"
As a brand celebrating all things London, it was important for me to include the London Telephone Box in my collection. Once an essential part of everyday life, the telephone box was a familiar fixture of London’s streets, offering a vital way for people to communicate over distance. While mobile phones have largely made the traditional phone box redundant, these iconic red structures have taken on a new role as makeshift noticeboards, continuing to reflect the changing ways we communicate.
The red telephone boxes in Soho have long been known for their distinctive, somewhat chaotic appearance, covered in business cards, seedy adverts and calling cards. Rather than depicting a pristine, picture-perfect phone box, I chose to capture this familiar, layered aesthetic in my design. It’s a little slice of real London street life.
You can own your very own London Telephone Box print by clicking the product link here.
Red is such an iconic colour in London - telephone boxes, the London Underground roundel, London buses, post boxes... I love seeing my Telephone Box design displayed alongside the instantly recognisable London Underground logo on this stunning Art Deco platform at Hyde Park Corner Station.
There’s also an interesting parallel between the telephone box and the Underground platform. Both have become spaces where messages compete for attention, from advertisements and business cards to posters and promotional campaigns. They are not only practical spaces, they now serve as bustling hubs of communication, with commercial clutter competing to be seen.
I loved seeing my London Telephone Box design become part of the city’s daily rhythm, bringing a little piece of London-inspired art to the Underground. Thank you to everyone involved in the project and I hope you got to see it :)
The London Underground art exhibition is part of Art Below, an initiative made possible by AdLib Gallery in Wimbledon, South London. The gallery curates art exhibitions including London Underground stations, bringing artists’ work into the everyday journeys of thousands of people.