Chris Haughton
Animals, 2014
Vinyl, framed prints and Fair Trade Tibetan wool rugs
Children’s Paediatric Assessment and Short Stay Unit, 7th Floor, Royal London Hospital
Rug designer, author and illustrator of children’s book Shh! We Have A Plan and Oh No George, Chris Haughton incorporates his signature characters for his design for ward 7E. Rather than numbering each room Haughton decided to give each room a different animal character; a lion room, a parrot room and a fish room etc.
Each room features the same elements but with each animal, for example the ‘lion room’ has a lion’s face labelled on the door, a framed print of the lion and cub hiding in the grass, a framed woven rug of the lions portrait, and two vinyl stickers of the two lions chatting and running hidden somewhere on the walls.
The framed rugs are hand-woven and made by a fair-trade group which Haughton help set up in Nepal. The rugs add an element of warmth and cosiness in an otherwise clinical and sterile environment. In the corridors vinyl is used to create a gathering of life-sized animals including a dinosaur peering down from the ceiling, all looked after by a monkey dressed as a doctor.
Photography by Jess Bonham
This project has been kindly funded by Barts Charity
Limited Editions Available
As part of his commission for the Royal London Hospital, Chris Haughton kindly created three limited edition prints. The purchase of these prints will support the Vital Arts programme with a percentage of sale price going to the charity Little Village.
