Designer Paul Cocksedge has created the interactive installation Kiss, which invites two people to activate a lighting sequence on Covent Garden's 50ft Christmas Tree by kissing under the mistletoe. The moment is marked by 50,000 red and white LEDs and 100 strobe lights which illuminate the Piazza. The launch night on Nov 11 features a performance by Pineapple Dance Studios and a kiss auction with a celebrity (from 6.30pm, auction 7pm).
It's not the first time Cocksedge has explored the idea of human-made circuitry. His lamp Watt? required someone to complete a circuit by drawing it with a graphite pencil to turn it on.
Paul Cocksedge's Drop: London Design Festival at The Southbank Centre 2010
Paul Cocksedge's A Gust of Wind: London Design Festival at the V&A 2010
