Hasta La Ideas

Since the beginning of this year, Unit9 has been inviting visual artists to use their office windows in London’s Hoxton Square to showcase their work and (hopefully) inspire the local community. The latest artist to take part in the project is Simon Spilsbury…

The film above (shot by Tamas Olajos) documents Spilsbury’s creation of his artwork. Stills below show the finished work. Of the project, Spilsbury said: “Big location, big canvas. And, the best thing about painting on a 16m window is you can’t scan it in and arse around with the results in Photoshop.”

Previous contributors to the Hoxton Window Project include McBess, Paul Ryding and Jon Burgerman. Films of their designs are all shown below.

McBess

Paul Ryding

Jon Burgerman

More on Unit9’s project can be found online at thehoxtonwindowproject.com.

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