The design house of Dowling Duncan has taken a stab at a re-design of the American bank note, and I love them. First off they went with a vertical design which is brilliant and obvious. Really who handles bills horizontally anyway? Secondly you will notice the colours, if you’re Canadian you’ll be familliar with this concept of colour differentiating denominations. And finally the new imagery focuses on more culturally and hostorically relevant people and events. A big improvement over the current collection of old white guys. Love it someone over at the mint hit ctrl+P already.
From their site:
$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.
