The Wishing Forest is a series of installations that are playful twists of classic holiday trees. Whether it’s a tree that is lit up with 25,000 individually addressable LEDs that react to an ornament flying through pneumatic tubes, or a 30 foot bell that creates a symphony of chimes triggered by body movement - these are holiday displays that you can interact and create with. This holiday, don’t just walk by holiday displays: run through them, talk like a forest animal, light up the trees, and ring a thousand bells at once.

Created by

Two Things - Creative Agency

Red Paper Heart - Interactive Design Studio

RPH Team

Zander Brimijoin - Creative Director

Daniel Scheibel - Technology Director

Lisa Walters - Executive Producer

Erin Stowell - Sr Producer

Greg Schomburg - Lead Developer

Shuvashis Das - Developer

Andrew Cotter - Developer

Matt K Ross - Developer

Danni Huang - Art Direction, Design & Animation

Nicole DiLeo - Design & Animation

Jiwon Ham - Design & Animation

with David Crumley - LED Systems PiotrWorks - Product Design, Plan 8 - Sound Design, KadaN Productions - Fabrication Standard Transmission - Fabrication The New Motor - Fabrication Machine Histories - Fabrication Joseph Nero Studio - Fabrication Created for Brookfield Retail Properties On View at The Natick Mall, Natick, MA Sono Collection, Norwalk, CT