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Preston: A Colorful Canopy for Downtown

A summer-themed installation to transform public spaces

With the arrival of warmer weather, cities are looking for new ways to revitalize their downtown areas, shopping streets, and public spaces. Today, urban summer decorations are a powerful tool for boosting a city’s appeal, helping to create memorable experiences for residents, visitors, and business owners.

In Preston, United Kingdom, Blachere Illumination UK partnered with Preston BID to create a spectacular, colorful canopy spanning one of the city’s main shopping streets. This immersive installation transforms the street into a unique visual journey where hanging flowers, decorative foliage, and illuminated elements invite visitors to stroll and explore.

Spanning nearly 700 meters, this urban design creates a strong identity and helps make the downtown area a place for people to gather, enjoy lively activities, and socialize.

Beautiful by day and by night

Urban summer decorations imagined to be contemplated day and night, the suspensions come alive in the light of day and become poetic patterns of night.

An urban scenography
colorful and joyful

BOLD DETAILS
OUR SECURE DECORATIONS FOR PUBLIC PLACES

Our decorations meet the strictest safety standards. Designed to be as resistant as aesthetic, they enhance parks welcoming a wide audience, in complete serenity.

TIMELESS DESIGN

Thanks to our timeless and high-end lines, our decorations adapt to the seasons and the different festivities. This allows the illuminations and urban decorations to last for several years and allows municipalities to invest in the long term.

DYNAMISER LA VILLE

Durant l'été, c’est tout le dynamisme local qui s’anime ! Les places, les rues et les commerces s'animent avec les festivités en journée mais aussi la nuit. Pour cela nous avons imaginé une gamme urbaine qui s'adapte à vos évènements. Des décors au sol et des suspensions inoubliables et photogéniques qui ravit petits et grands.

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Summer decorations and urban scenographies at the service of city centers

Urban summer decorations are now a strategic lever to strengthen commercial attractiveness, improve the visitor experience and enhance public spaces. Through suspended decorations, colorful canopies, floral arrangements or immersive installations, communities, business associations and shopping centers can create differentiating environments that encourage attendance and prolong the time spent on site.

Associated with a sustainable development approach and the use of eco-friendly materials, these scenographies make it possible to reconcile aesthetics, territorial performance and environmental responsibility. They help create memorable events, encourage sharing on social media and contribute to the influence of city centers throughout the summer season. 

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