Say cheese! Yet another vibrant splash of color will soon be added to Carmel’s Midtown Plaza in the form of a “selfie station” mural. Applied to the back of the BIG SCREEN at Midtown Plaza, the 45-foot illustration by Wilkinson Brothers Design will face Elm Street.
The design of the selfie station mural was inspired by vintage travel postcards. (Photo provided by City of Carmel)
“We built Midtown Plaza in order to bring people together from all walks of life, from nearby residents to the hundreds of workers along the Monon Greenway,” Mayor Jim Brainard said. “It is nice to see these public spaces filled with so many who are creating memories that can now be captured with this new selfie station.”
“We were inspired by vintage travel postcards that welcome visitors and promote local tourism,” Corey Wilkinson said. “Our goal was to create engaging public art, but also creatively represent what makes the City of Carmel a welcoming draw for residents and visitors alike.”
The Carmel-based illustrators created vignettes that feature Carmel’s architecture, parks, art scene and entertainment culture inside the letterforms and oversized postage stamps. Similar to the selfie stations seen in other tourist-friendly cities, the intent is to give the tens of thousands of visitors to Carmel an opportunity to chronical their time in the community.
Passers-by are encouraged to take a picture with the selfie station, post it on social media and tag the City of Carmel on Facebook and Instagram. A decal indicating where to stand for a picture-perfect selfie will be placed on the sidewalk on the south side of Elm Street, just outside Java House Coffee Bar and Penn & Beech Candle Co.