Hotel Chocolat x Sea Containers

Bespoke Festive Model Making for the “Hotel Chocolat x Sea Containers” Takeover

MACHINESHOP engineered and fabricated a collection of highly specialized, handmade practical props for the Hotel Chocolat x Sea Containers festive collaboration. Commissioned to bring a whimsical and luxurious aesthetic to London’s South Bank for a complete holiday brand takeover, our special projects workshop turned iconic product designs into intricate, scaled holiday displays.

Our prop-making team focused on delivering high-fidelity, meticulously detailed visual assets designed to decorate a magnificent 14ft centrepiece Christmas tree in the hotel lobby. The final, camera-ready pieces successfully merge the hotel’s 1920s transatlantic cruise-liner charm with the magical, imaginative branding of the luxury chocolatier.

Advanced Prop Making & Miniature Brand Replications

Replicating household consumer electronics and organic plant life at a miniature holiday scale requires advanced workshop precision, high-resolution prototyping, and premium material finishes:

• Miniature Velvetiser Prop Engineering: Utilizing precise workshop modelling pipelines to construct scaled, perfect replicas of Hotel Chocolat’s iconic Velvetiser hot chocolate machine.
• Glimmering Custom Cacao Pods: Sculpting and casting cacao pod ornaments treated with shimmering metallic and pearl coatings to catch festive ambient hotel lighting.
• Tiny Branded Imaginarium Ornaments: Fabricating miniature, high-fidelity tokens styled after the chocolate brand’s signature storefront architectures and pearl-dressed pod cups.
• Macro Close-Up Ready Detailing: Applying meticulous hand-painting, sanding, and clear-coating to eliminate artificial tooling lines, making the miniature prop assets completely ready for high-definition social media photography and guest interaction.