We have just completed a Christmas installation for Lost Society Dublin. It was tough work but lots of fun and definitely got us feeling festive!! The brief was to create a high impact installation at the two main bars within the club. The building itself is very impressive both in scale and aesthetic so it was very important that the design held its own and grabbed people’s attention straight away. We chose to use over sized, giant props throughout that we made by hand.
The ground floor bar is the first area you experience within Lost Society. It was really important that it had a wow factor as well as being a little bit crazy and fun! This bar became ‘The Candy Cane Bar’. Fusing giant hanging candy canes with over sized, cellophane wrapped sweets and lollipops, it brings out the inner kid in everyone! And if you feel like a real candy cane, there are over 600 real candy canes displayed in gift wrapped jars to get you feeling festive!
Upstairs in the main Georgian bar, we wanted to focus on the main bar display area. Located in the most beautifully christmassy setting of the powerscourt townhouse, between two large Georgian windows, we decided to package the bar display as a giant ripped open Christmas present; a gift to the public from lost society with love. We created a structure to wrap paper, giant bows and of course a giant Christmas tag from lost society.
See the journey of the handmade props, the initial design concept, followed by the finished product, and check it out in the flesh over Christmas if you get the chance!

The sweets…..with quite a long way to go! step 1: foam cylinder painted with glue, step 2: spray paint, step 3: draw out pattern, step 4: paint and step 5: wrap with cellophane!
Lots and lots of cany canes!
quite the drying system!
Testing out the pressies…
Getting ready to pack up!..
Its going to be a full car!…
Romano, a great helper, candy cane hanging can be a tricky task!
The bar before:….
Sue painting the finishing touches on the letters…
Beginning to come together…
The Georgian bar before:
And after….a gift I would very much like to unwrap!!…
even the rhino is feeling festive!!
The finished candy cane bar…
Sue on the bar…
Tada!!….
The christmas cocktail menu we designed…
…mmmmm
Some guests enjoying festivities at the launch, Lost Society’s 2nd birthday….