Presenting a brand new mural in Fitzrovia

Threads in Common: new public artwork in Fitzrovia Quarter

At 67 Mortimer Street, on the corner of Great Titchfield Street, a 13.5-metre-high hand-painted mural is set to become part of Fitzrovia’s streetscape. Commissioned by The Langham Estate as part of its placemaking vision for Fitzrovia Quarter, the new mural, set to be completed in October, celebrates the neighbourhood’s vibrancy, history, and creates a bold new local landmark.

Installation is underway, with the mural set to be unveiled this October at the Fitzrovia Quarter: The Artist's Corner pop-up gallery — marking an exciting new artistic highlight for Fitzrovia Quarter. See more info below.

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Introducing Threads in Common by Oliwia Bober

Located at 67 Mortimer Street, the 13.5 metre-high mural is entering installation, soon becoming a bold new feature of Fitzrovia’s streetscape. Commissioned by The Langham Estate, Threads in Common celebrates the neighbourhood’s vibrancy and history while creating a striking local landmark.

Earlier in the process, as part of a workshop linked to the London Festival of Architecture 2025, the public had the opportunity to meet the artist, learn about her creative process, and contribute ideas that helped shape the design.

Timeline at a glance:

Commissioned: Early 2025
Community workshop: Spring 2025
Installation begins: September 2025
Mural unveiling: October 2025

Meet the artist: Oliwia Bober

At the heart of the mural is Oliwia Bober, a London-based Polish painter whose work explores womanhood, identity, and belonging. Working primarily in acrylics, Oliwia often describes her paintings as “visual tapestries” — layered, intricate compositions that weave together beauty and narrative.

Her practice is shaped by her lived experience: growing up in Poland, moving to London, and navigating life as an immigrant in post-Brexit Britain. These perspectives give her art a distinctive voice, both personal and universal.

Colour, decoration, and excess play an important role in her work. At first glance, her paintings draw viewers in with vibrant palettes and intricate detail. Look closer, and those surfaces reveal stories of intimacy, struggle, and resilience hidden in plain sight — a balance of beauty and rawness that has become Oliwia’s hallmark.

Chosen from a competitive open call, Oliwia was selected for her ability to connect Fitzrovia’s layered histories with the community’s lived experience today. Through Threads in Common, she brings her signature style to one of the neighbourhood’s busiest streets, transforming a blank wall into a landmark that speaks to both past and present.

Learn more about Oliwia here

The meaning behind the design: Threads in Common

For Threads in Common, Oliwia Bober developed a concept celebrating Fitzrovia’s patchwork of intersecting communities and histories. Conceived as a tapestry of overlapping stories, the mural uses threads and ribbons to symbolise a social fabric woven from shared effort, connection, and interdependence — embracing the beauty of collective endeavour.

The design pays tribute to the women who powered Fitzrovia’s garment industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries, while reflecting the neighbourhood today as a thriving hub of restaurants, shopping, and culture. These histories are tied together by ribbons weaving across the mural, set against a backdrop of abstracted ornamental motifs drawn from Fitzrovia’s architecture.

At the centre stand two bold symbolic figures, surrounded by smaller characters engaged in garment-making — cutting, sewing, altering — expressing the rhythm of work, craft, and continuity. The palette, inspired by Mortimer Street’s changing light, captures the warmth of golden-hour evenings, anchoring the mural in Fitzrovia’s streetscape.

Below is the full mock-up of how the design will look:

Bringing the past and future together

Threads in Common sits at a corner steeped in Fitzrovia’s creative history, linking the past with the quarter’s evolving cultural landscape. The mural celebrates the neighbourhood’s vibrancy while creating a bold new landmark, inviting locals and visitors to explore Fitzrovia Quarter and discover the stories, spaces, and creativity that make it unique. Visit Fitzrovia Quarter to see it for yourself.

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