Rebrand the US Dollar – Dollar ReDe$ign Project
Aug 20th, 2010 by capitaladmin
the Dollar ReDe$sign Project is advocating a redesign of U.S. paper currency to make it more, um, current.
The design firm Dowling Duncan created a whole set of bills, coded by color and size (click for a larger view):
The folks at Dowling Duncan write:
We wanted a concept behind the imagery so that the image directly relates to the value of each note. We also wanted the notes to be educational, not only for those living in America but visitors as well. Each note uses a black and white image depicting a particular aspect of American history and culture. They are then overprinted with informational graphics or a pattern relating to that particular image.
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