Posted in general on Apr 10th, 2012 Comments Off on Scott Campbell: Tattoos and Money
“Scott Campbell is a sort of semiotician, studying the signs, symbols, and text, commonly found in tattoo culture. His work investigates a familiar lowbrow vernacular, and points out the irony existing within that imagery. His precise technique and masterly of his particular style is only matched in strength by his concern for the human condition. […]
Posted in general on Apr 10th, 2012 Comments Off on Money Portraits by Senseteam
Big Business 3 is a book and poster series by Chinese creative agency Senseteam. Very reminiscent to embroidered patchwork, this series cuts apart and reconfigures currencies from countries around the world in the hopes of examining identity and cultural desires that link wealth, branding, human expressions and ethnicities. [ via http://strictlypaper.com ]
Posted in general on May 27th, 2011 Comments Off on deface some money
yes, it’s legal. pretty much. Make your Franklin is a community art project. Make your Franklin is international, bearer of a cultural reflexion. With this mind, Make your Franklin suggest each of you to re-create a symbol of modern society : the 100$ banknote. The bare-bones Make Your Franklin website is based in Paris. It […]
Posted in general on Aug 20th, 2010 Comments Off on Rebrand the US Dollar – Dollar ReDe$ign Project
the Dollar ReDe$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 […]
Posted in general on Jun 25th, 2010 Comments Off on You say Rupee, I say Rupee
The Rupee (abbreviated as ₨, Re.(Singular), Rs. (Plural) or रू.) was originally an Indian silver coin. Today, it is the name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Indonesia, Maldives, formerly Burma and Hyrule (a fictional land from the video game “The Legend of Zelda”) – gotta’ love […]
Posted in general on May 27th, 2010 Comments Off on Harry Eccleston: artist and banknote designer
Harry Eccleston worked for more than 25 years as a banknote designer at the Bank of England and was best known for the series D notes, issued in 1978 and the first fully pictorial series. Eccleston’s portrait of the Queen was on the front of the notes and his drawings of Isaac Newton (£1), the […]
Posted in general on May 18th, 2010 Comments Off on Piles and piles…
Piles of paper money… papercraft money for printing. Canadian banknotes are the banknotes of Canada, denominated in Canadian dollars (CAD). In common everyday usage, they are called bills. Currently, they are issued in five, ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar denominations. All current notes are issued by the Bank of Canada, which released its first […]
Posted in general on Jul 21st, 2009 Comments Off on Origins of the Symbol
U.S. Dollar ( $ ) As it turns out, the symbol ($) comes from Spain. The II upon the S represented the Pillars of Hercules, upon which rests the Spanish coat of arms. The S came about from the plural for Dollars or Pesos. In Spanish 1 Dolar, 2 Dolares, 1 Peso, 2 Pesos etc. […]
Posted in general on May 21st, 2009 Comments Off on Ten Thousand Cents (Revisited)
“Ten Thousand Cents” which has also been around the web quite a bit. For Ten Thousand Cents, 10,000 people were paid one cent to draw 1/10,000th of an image of a $100 bill. This digital artwork creates a representation of a $100 bill. Using a custom drawing tool, thousands of individuals working in isolation from […]
Posted in general on Oct 6th, 2008 Comments Off on Displaying Coins and Paper Money
I have a large collection of money from around the world – from various travels over the years. The paper money of different countries is so unique and colorful. I would like to find a way to display it in my home. I was thinking of framing it, but can’t find frames of the right […]
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