THE search is on for someone to think outside the box – and transform a functional but unglamorous green metal cabinet into the latest Minehead tourist attraction.
Wessex Water has agreed that its equipment box near the Jubilee Gardens Café can feature a new cover as part of the Eastern Esplanade enhancement. And a result, Minehead Coastal Communities team is launching a competition for a design on the theme ‘Maritime Minehead by the Sea’.
Minehead’s prosperity was closely bound up with the sea for more than 200 years and budding artists will now have the chance to portray Maritime Minehead in a graphic style that can be transferred to a cover for the equipment box.
The closing date for entries is noon on September 30 and entries will be judged by representatives from Minehead Town Council, the Coastal Communities team and architects Swan Paul
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“This is a great opportunity for local artists to transform it into something that shows more of Minehead’s seaside heritage, whilst retaining its functionality.”
The design will be transferred to flat vinyl, sticky-back panels which will be fixed to the box. Full details of the competition rules and the design layout can be found at https://mineheadcct.co.uk.
Completed entries can be emailed to [email protected] or posted to Minehead Esplanade Equipment Box Design Competition, West Somerset Council, West Somerset House, Killick Way, Williton, TA4 4QA.