The Royal London Hospital, commission

The Royal London Hospital Children's wards

Ella Doran was commissioned by NHS charity Vital Arts to design curtains for the Royal London Children’s wards. She worked with young patients, staff, and parents to create the bespoke designs to transform the children’s wards and bedrooms for the Royal London Hospital (RLH), which opened in March 2012. Read more  

In this pioneering commission, Vital Arts and Ella Doran worked closely with NHS procurement on the designs. Ella’s unique sensibility, which finds magic and play in the everyday world, has turned institutional spaces into environments full of colour and intrigue, providing positive distraction for the young patients coping with a difficult situation.