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After she's finished creating eye-popping patterns, Keelie Spriggs thinks about how to make our island a little bit more vibrant.
In her job as a Graphic Designer she needs to be creative, particularly for wedding invitations, business logos, promotional artwork and illustrations.
One thing she's worked on is a mural in the market opposite Specsavers, as part of the Skipton Open Studios mural project. Here it is in all its glory:
Pictured: Keelie's strawberry mural
Here are Keelie's ideas for improving the island:
Reduce the cost of travel on buses, this will encourage people to use public transport and therefore reduce the amount of cars on the road in Jersey! Either make all journeys £1 like they are in Guernsey or make the price based on distance.
Pictured: Keelie wants buses to be cheaper- to get cars off the road and because she thinks that it'll encourage people to get out
Sydney in Australia has a great Sunday service where all local transport is capped at $2.50 no matter how much you travel that day, encouraging people to get out and about and put money into the local economy in bars, restaurants and other local attractions.
Provide electric bbqs/hot plates on some of the Jersey beaches for the public to use for free.
Pictured: Keelie thinks that these should be provided on beaches in the summer so everyone can have lots of fun
These are supplied on beaches throughout Australia, they're safe and great for the summer months to meet up with friends!
Jersey milk should be sold in containers that can be recycled. Just improve the islands recycling service in general!
Pictured: Keelie feels that Jersey milk should be eco-friendly
Install drinking water fountains/ refill stations around the island.
Pictured: According to Keelie: water, that's not in single-use plastic bottles, should be more accessible whilst you're out around the island
This is especially great for people out exercising and will reduce the amount of single-use plastics being sold.
Introduce pay-as-you-go bikes like the Boris bike system in London. You could use your card to 'release' the bike from its charging stand and be charged for however long you use the bike. Then when you were finished you would return the bike to any available stand on the island.
Pictured: Keelie would like to introduce a scheme of pay as you go bikes
This will encourage people to go out more, and reduce the amount of cars on the road.
Pictured: (top) Keelie and one of her designs
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