Dowling Duncan and redesigning the American Dollar:
Why the size?
We have kept the width the same as the existing dollars. However we have changed the size of the note so that the one dollar is shorter and the 100 dollar is the longest. When stacked on top of each other it is easy to see how much money you have. It also makes it easier for the visually impaired to distinguish between notes.Why a vertical format?
When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally. You tend to hold a wallet or purse vertically when searching for notes. The majority of people hand over notes vertically when making purchases. All machines accept notes vertically. Therefore a vertical note makes more sense.Why different colors?
It’s one of the strongest ways graphically to distinguish one note from another.Why these designs?
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.$1 – The first African American president
$5 – The five biggest native American tribes
$10 – The bill of rights, the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution
$20 – 20th Century America
$50 – The 50 States of America
$100 – The first 100 days of President Franklin Roosevelt. During this time he led the congress to pass more important legislations than most presidents pass in their entire term. This helped fight the economic crises at the time of the great depression. Ever since, every new president has been judged on how well they have done during the first 100 days of their term.Okay but couldn’t you have gotten a more flattering picture of Obama there? He looks like he’s saying “why the fuck I am the one dollar bill.”
These are fantastic, the rights listed right there on the ten dollar bill, shit everyone here should know but most people really don’t when asked, the different lengths for the blind…and yet if we ever tried to change over to a new currency half the country would flip out with COMMIE AGENDA BIG BROTHER GLOBAL CURRENCY APOCALYPSE GRAWWWWW
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Richard Wilson - Turning the Place Over (2007)
“An ovoid cut from the façade of a building in Liverpool and made to oscillate in three dimensions. The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing ‘window’, offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours.”
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Tomas Saraceno laid a circular solar foil and pinned it to the ground with sandbags. At dawn, artists were invited inside the inflated foil to experience a sunrise like no other!
Artist Uses Solar Foil to Create the World’s Greatest Sunrise
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Fill balloons with water and add food coloring. Once frozen, cut the balloons off and they look like giant marbles.
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