When the new counterfeit-resistant $100 bill was introduced last week I lamented how ugly our money had become. Today I found even more reason to be discouraged: I see what should have been.
Designer Michael Tyznik offers an alternative design that is as beautiful as the real bill is homely.
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The braille on the holographic strip is a nice touch but my favorite feature is the quote from the Bill of Rights on the back:
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The Bill of Rights is carried over into the other conceptual designs for the $5, $10, $20, and $200(!) bills that Tyznik created.
(Via: Evangelical Outpost)
May 5th, 2010 | 9:52 am
Those are great.
And while we’re indulging the eurofantasy let’s switch to metric system, start playing soccer and rebrand the Democratic and Republican parties as Social and Christian Democrats.
May 5th, 2010 | 12:24 pm
That looks like a Danish bill.
May 5th, 2010 | 1:33 pm
I have to say that the idea of putting the Bill of Rights on the currency is absolutely brilliant. Although each bill should contain versions with different amendments, because otherwise no one will ever see the 10th amendment, which would be a real shame.
May 5th, 2010 | 1:59 pm
I’m with Brian.
May 5th, 2010 | 2:19 pm
I’d prefer that the bill of rights be tattooed on the foreheads of our elected officials.
Imagine them, standing between the teleprompters, their mouths spouting violations of those rights, with the indelible reminder just a few inches above.
Give their propensity to stand before mirrors, it might be wise to tattoo them twice; once for others to read and again, as mirror image.
May 5th, 2010 | 3:22 pm
Stick with theology. The actual bill is far more attractive than this one, which from here looks more like a Metro ticket than currency and is also a typographic monstrosity.
May 5th, 2010 | 3:23 pm
And the remainder, at the link, are even worse. Speaking as a designer myself, you *must* be related to this guy.
May 5th, 2010 | 4:58 pm
Doesn’t look like American money, which is to say: it doesn’t look like money.
May 5th, 2010 | 6:17 pm
[...] First Things alerted me to the designs submitted by Michael Tyznik. They keep the telltale green of traditional US money, which has been shifting to Canada-like colors over the past decade. [...]
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