Have you ever wondered who decides what’s going to be up in lights at Christmas? Well, this year it’s the turn of ‘The Design Works’ – YAY! I’m so excited! We’re presenting our second set of concepts on Monday and I can’t wait to see everything together and flashing.
What I found really interesting was taking a walk through the City of Cape Town’s public lighting workshop in Ndabeni to see how everything gets put together.
This shows the method of attaching rope lights to the metal frame – simple cable ties!
The illusion of movement is created by lighting up the specific image needing to be displayed. In the image below the person would look as though he were dancing when the lights are on.
This is Gordon showing us the star for the top of the Christmas tree at the end of Adderley Street. 
Hooking up the lights to show another lady dancing – very effective!
Justin checking out Winnie the Pooh 🙂
The Design Works 