January 2012
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Let's Get Crazy! Rebranding Greece : Listen and...
December 2011
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In Denial : GOP Candidate Ron Paul Denies New...
via dailymail.co.uk A letter signed by GOP candidate Ron Paul urges readers to subscribe to Paul’s newsletters so that he could ‘tell you how you can save yourself and your family’ from an overbearing government. It also warns that the U.S. government’s redesign of currency to include different colors - a move aimed at thwarting counterfeiters - actually was part of a...
November 2011
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Peace is the Word : Aehad Haque : Dollar ReDe$ign
“Let’s spread peace in the USA with Peace Dollars.” Aehad Haque, Somewhere, Planet Earth © Copyright 2011 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved.These designs are NOT legal tender.Visit: http://www.DollarReDesign.com/submitto learn how to submit your ideas.
October 2011
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Tumble !!! : Jeanne Verdoux #OccupyWallStreet
Greek It Out : New Greek Banknote Design : Pavlos...
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In For A Pound ... : Aehad Haque : Sterling...
Aehad Haque, location unknown.© Copyright 2011 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved.These designs are NOT legal tender.Visit: http://www.DollarReDesign.com/submitto learn how to submit your ideas.
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Spread The Word : James Klum : Dollar ReDe$ign :...
“What if people started making their own designs and distributing them with legal tender as a backing? People could also share designs, trade them, and use them in a variety of situations. In one way, it can be used to challenge the monetary status quo; it can also convey a political message and represent a shift in power from the bankers to the people. This could be a constructive way to...
Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes : David Bowie Takes a Pounding
See the full gallery on Posterous London Boy: The official David Bowie Brixton Ten Pound note is revealed. Learn more here.
July 2011
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Moon Money : Vladislav Novikov-Barkovsky : via...
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Chopped $alad : Mark Wagner : Currency Collages
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Ker-Ching! : Guido Mocafico : One Thousand Dollars
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James Joyce : Illustrating the Dollar
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Money and Life | A story about money that will...
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Dollar ReDe$ign : Brownies For The Dead :...
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A Sense of History : Paul Nylund : Dollar ReDe$ign
“I wanted to create a design that wouldn’t completely do away with all the history that helped to bring the original design into existence. It is not very easy to counterfeit and has a simple, modern, and recognizable look with much aesthetic appeal.” Paul Nylund lives in Los Angeles, CA, and is in 10th grade. This is a link to his blog http://ciktproject.blogspot.com © Copyright 2011...
It's Not Rocket Science : Andrew 'the genius' :...
‘Instead of really changing banknotes, I just wanted to move things around a little. If I were to do all the bills, I would color code them, say, 5 red, 10 yellow. For security purposes, my Dollar would have a magnet (like on a credit card) in the white space.’Andrew ‘the genius’ is a middle school student from Missoula, MT.© Copyright 2011 The ‘Author’. All rights...
June 2011
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The Obama Wallet : Scott Michalik : Dowling Duncan...
Scott Michalik makes wallets based on currency designs. Inspired by last year’s winning entry designed by Dowling Duncan (featuring an image of Barack Obama on the one Dollar bill), Michalik produced ‘the Obama wallet’ above. Some might say he’s cashing in but Michalik’s ideas are really a mark of true respect and we hope to see them available at Target stores...
Something Boring is Going on Across the Boarder
New Canadian $100 Bill Unvelied. The Bank of Canada has just released a new $100 bill design that is about as dull as Canada’s reputation but at least it’s made of plastic. Fantastic! Watch the video to learn bore …
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Age Appropriate : Julia Perry : Dollar ReDe$ign
See the full gallery on Posterous “As a student I participated in a Dollar Redesign project at The Pacific Northwest College of Art here in Portland, Oregon. For each denomination I chose an American of corresponding age. I relied on my background in American Cultural Studies to make gender and nationality choices that didn’t reinforce negative stereotypes. I chose to create...
May 2011
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Rogue's Gallery : Make Your Own Benjamin Project
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April 2011
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Want : Dorothy : Yankee Doodle Dollar
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Familiar Faces : Julie Gratz : Dollar ReDe$ign :...
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Fantastic : Hoyt Haffelder : Dollar ReDe$ign : via...
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There's More! : AJ Getz : Dollar ReDe$ign : via...
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Rachel Brunette : Dollar ReDe$ign : via Behance...
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Is It Time (Again) To Rebrand The Buck? : New York...
One of the questions hanging over our politics today is whether President Obama appreciates the impact on his own legacy of the collapsing dollar. The futures market yesterday was putting the value of the dollar below a 1,500th of an ounce of gold on what the Bloomberg News attributed to concerns about “escalating U.S. debt.” There’s a lot of blame to go around in respect of the debt, including...
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Be There or Be Square : Baltimore B-Note
via baltimoregreencurrency.org Today the Baltimore Green Currency Association is set to officially launch Baltimore’s first local currency called the B-Note. Follow the link for details.
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Nick Smith : What Have You Done Lately ? : Dollar...
© Copyright 2011 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved. These designs are NOT legal tender. Visit: http://www.DollarReDesign.com/submit to learn how to submit your ideas. See the full gallery on Posterous
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Raymond Sizemore : Presidents Only : Dollar...
“With the exception of making sure Washington was on the 100, I had no set bill for each President. I just gathered Presidents I thought deserved to be on the currency and put them on it. I believe that only our Presidents ought to be on the money. For the background of the front I chose an important event that the President played a major role in, either during his presidency or some other...
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Yenny Rua : Bon Voyage : Dollar ReDe$ign
“The basic idea behind my currency is a voyage through American history, beginning with its colonial roots illustrated in the one Dollar bill, continuing with the revolutionary war when we became the nation we are now on the five Dollar bill, on the twenty I placed Abraham Lincoln in front of the emancipation proclamation as yet another milestone in American history, and lastly on the one...
Scott Michalik : Cash Cow
“I work with leather and often use the artwork of banknotes on my products. All the products are 100% leather and the image is printed on to them.” See the full gallery on Posterous
Paper vs Coins : The Hidden Cost of the Dollar :...
via bloomberg.com On March 9 the US Government recommended replacing the $1 bill with a coin! Watch & Learn …
March 2011
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Just For Fun : John K Addis : Dollar ReDe$ign
John K Addis is a national award-winning web designer and video producer from Lansing, Michigan. © Copyright 2011 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved. These designs are NOT legal tender. Visit: http://www.DollarReDesign.com/submit See the full gallery on Posterous
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Power of Invention : Justin McTurnan : Dollar...
It is definitely a fact that currency represents art from specific countries. Our money is very artistic. Over time it gets boring though. So I decided to make my own set of money. It includes inventors I feel that shaped the United States as it is today. The Dollar bills also include a Braille strip for those who can’t see. Justin McTurnan is a 20 year old glazier from St. Louis...
February 2011
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Class Act : South Hills College, PA : Dollar...
Students at South Hills School of Business & Technology, Pennsylvania, decided recently to take matters into their own hands and rise to the Dollar ReDe$ign challenge en masse. Luciano Sormani The theme I picked for my dollar redesign is: America, its women and its ships. It focuses on strong, iconic women and their naval counterparts. My goal was to make money sexy again, do away with the...
January 2011
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Greece Is The Word : DRP Hits Panic Stricken Euro...
Greece, a country in massive financial crisis, turns to the DRP for inspiration: “In this age of depreciation of money, the American brand strategist Richard Smith attempts for the second time to renew the face of dollars together with Dowling Duncan studio, which depicts critically the history of the USA.”
October 2010
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Going Dutch : Holland's Design Legend Jaap...
Dutch newspaper “Het Financieele Dagblad” ran an in depth feature about our humble competition a few weekends back. The article included a mini history of the Dollar as well as the story behind the bald eagle – apparently Franklin wanted a Turkey (?) – gobble gobble. The article also included some other “fun currency facts” and they even roped in Dutch graphic design...
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The Value of Money : One Man's Grapefruit, Another...
“I’m interested in the way photography is used to deceive. Millions, if not billions of advertising dollars are spent annually photographing food and obfuscating reality. Fast food conglomerates are certainly the worst culprits, but everywhere we see glamorized versions of what we eat. Food is clearly a potent symbol of wealth, power, health, and globalization for the 21st Century. ...
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Micah Perez : El Paso Pound Local Currency Project
Right now, there is some consideration being put into the creation of a local currency for El Paso County in Colorado. It would operate in a similar manner to Berkshares, the Plenty, The Lewes Pound, and The Icatha Hour. Please contact me if you have any ideas suggestions or comments, please email me. If you are from el paso County, tell me what you think and what should be done in order to...
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Big in Chile : Dollar ReDe$ign Project Goes South...
We made it into Chile’s biggest daily newspaper, El Mercurio, thanks to Big Magazine! ¡Bakan! Download now or preview on posterous •026.pdf (222 KB)
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Moving Along : John Koenig : Dollar ReDe$ign
“I say bring on the color. I grew up with the rainbow science posters that are the Swiss franc notes, so let’s move beyond pale green. The swatch in the upper left would distinguish denominations in a wallet or a stack of cash. Each one of the Bill of Rights appears in the white space. I chose National Parks for the obverse because they have more to say about why the United States is...
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Hot Stuff! : It's Not ABC but It's Brilliant :...
via podrobnosti.ua Ukranian national TV station, Inter+, came by our campaign headquarters in New York the other weekend to chat about the Dollar and reminisce about the Ruble – they were even kind enough to give us a few samples of their own currency, the Hryvnia, as a gift. Judging by the production on this segment we think these guys rock, sure beats ABC any morning, day or night.
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Battle of Britain : Dollar ReDe$ign 2010...
We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Dollar ReDe$ign contest. FIRST PLACE – Dowling Duncan – 7,380 votes SECOND PLACE – Ani Ardzivian – 4,688 votes THIRD PLACE – Sean Flanagan – 4,496 votes SPECIAL MENTION – Lee Willet – 4,059 votes – Dan Swenson – 2,910 votes OTHER RESULTS AND NOMINATIONS POLL RESULTS (you can view all the results here) Should we...
September 2010
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Bringing Up the Rear : Daniel Acuna : Dollar...
“My design respects a world tradition: they are not neutral or impersonal like the Euro, and believe George Washington and Ben Franklin must be there, after all this is the US Dollar, no matter what happens to our future economy. Today the British Empire does not exist, but the Sterling Pound remains, so it will be the same for the American Dollar, even if the Yuan or the Rupi or whatever...
Baltimore Local Currency Design Contest : Enter...
The Baltimore Green Currency Association hosted an informational booth at Hampdenfest this year, launching the design contest of Baltimore’s very first local currency. Artists are encouraged to submit a candidate design for the BNote by November 11th, 2010. Submission details can be found at the website listed below. The BNote buzz keeps growing, but what’s up with the new...
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Watch Aol Interview with Dollar ReDe$ign Founder...
via walletpop.com The Dollar ReDe$ign Project’s Campaign President, Richard Smith, gets to talk Greenbacks and Gilders with Aol’s roving reporter Jason Cochran on Wallet Pop. Read full story here.
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13 : Robert Nyquist : Dollar ReDe$ign
© Copyright 2010 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved. These designs are NOT legal tender. Visit: http://www.DollarReDesign.com/submit to learn how to submit your ideas.
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Continental Combo : Spencer Lunsford : Dollar...
“My inspiration for this $100 Dollar design is from that of the modern day Euro. Though I wanted to keep the integrity of the current design of the bill. So I combined them both to make a modern looking $100 bill. Many security features are included - 3D 100 In God We Trust - small print United States of America print around Ben Franklin’s portrait - geometric design along the edge of the...
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Astonishing! The 'Art' of Bank Note Design (by...
Watch this snoring podcast from the Treasury Dept on how the new $100 bill was ‘designed’ (by committee). It’s astonishing the amount of time and effort the Bureau and the Treasury spent on developing their ideas. Really. But what did the research show? That people can’t deal with change and are unable to let go of the past. Get comfy now because this really is a...
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Value for Money : Kenneth Wilkins : Dollar...
“I wanted to redesign the bills to reflect what means the most to Americans and what defines the country. I wanted to modernize all the bills from the founding fathers to more modern American values and ideals.” Kenneth Wilkins is from Raleigh, NC, and works in collegiate sports marketing. © Copyright 2010 The ‘Author’. All rights reserved. These designs are NOT legal tender. Visit:...