How designers are “animating the sky” with drones

As the UK rang in the new year 2021, a 100-metre tall pensioner, followed by a giant turtle, lit up the London skyline.
It was the work of some 300 drones flying in London’s first-ever large-scale drone show and had been created and filmed a couple of nights before.
The Mayor of London’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration is just one of an increasing number of high-profile shows in which drone displays have played a role. In the past decade, the technology has emerged from relat