OUGD505 Studio Brief 1 - Alternative Banknote Research

OUGD505 Studio Brief 1 - Alternative Banknote Research

Daniel Berry - Great Americans of the 20th Century

This is a concept played around by most designers, using modern day influential figures with a contemporary design. This designs really appeal to me as they're so simplistic yet so striking and visually stunning. It certainly captures the importance of each figure by using a close up shot of each members face. Each note also uses two colours which is useful to look at how a successful design uses a two tone colour scheme. 

Hanna von goeler - My money, my currency

The title of the project partially references Warhol and walter benjamin with the phrase ‘my money’ but this body of work is not entirely about the reproduction of money. rather it is about the concept of currency what it is and who has it.
For the artist currency implies a general acceptance prevalence and trend. currency is about the exchange of something whether that be ideas, ethics, culture etc.






Elvin Wong - Innovators

"It's based on what I think we should pursue everyday as Americans," wrote Wong. Through daily use, money will serve as a reminder to us "to seek those ideals like how the heroes we immortalize on our currency had done."




Gardiner Moody - Beginning With Liberty

"My idea was to enshrine on our money the concepts that have made America great: Liberty, Equality, Justice, Human Rights, Creativity and Science. Having liberty as the 'basic' principle seemed fitting," said Moody, so he assigned it to the $1 bill. "From my perspective, without liberty there could be none of the latter." Consequently, each bill's theme sets up the next, higher bill: liberty begets equality, which begets justice, etc.: "This metaphor even goes so far as to say, 'Without creativity there could be no science.'"


                



Magen Farrar - Influential Women

Chicago-based designer Magen Farrar wrote that she wished to pay tribute to some of the most influential women of the past century, including aviator Amelia Earhart and civil rights trailblazer Rosa Parks.

Notgeld

Notgeld is a goldmine for typography enthusiasts. Many of the designs, such as the one above, created by Wenzel Hablik, were purely typographic. They came from various artistic movements that either began or moved forward during that time, including Expressionism, Dadaism, New Objectivity and Modernism.