The deadline for the competition to design Bristol Pound banknotes has been extended until Wednesday, March 14. So get your coloured pens out and your creative juices flowing, as this could be your chance for immortality, or at least the chance to see your scribblings in Bristol for a few days before the notes are purchased by collectors around the world and never actually used.
Four themes will feature on the Bristol Pound banknotes, with the following simple design brief: “Your design or illustration for the city’s own currency should reflect the lives and values of the people who live here and make it what it is today.”
Here are the blank banknotes and the themes required for each:
Community & Diversity – 1 Bristol Pound
Art & Culture – 5 Bristol Pounds
Innovation & Technology – 10 Bristol Pounds
Our Environment – 20 Bristol Pounds
For more information about the design competition and the Bristol Pound, visit www.bristolpound.org.
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You might recall that I ran a blog item about the Bristol Pound before. Here is an update from the excellent Bristol Culture blog. The chance to design the banknotes – what images come to mind when you think of Bristol?
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