OUGD505 Brief 1 - Hungarian Money Design

http://www.designboom.com/design/barbara-bernat-hungarian-paper-money-design-02-24-2015/

Barbara Bernat proposes hungarian money redesign which features wildlife illustrations.

"for her MA degree project, budapest-based creative barbara bernát has proposed a fictional currency and its banknote design. bernát’s ‘hungarian euro’ sees one side of each note featuring ornately-illustrated european animals, while the other shows related species of botanical life. bernát has used the original proportions of the existing euro for her proposal — as the denomination increases, the size of each note grows. additionally, the colorfully drawn animals and their corresponding size and status in the natural world represent the growth of value."

"five denominations of ten etchings are each imprinted onto separate copperplates, a form of reproduction which enabled the imitation of the original technique used during the production of banknotes — intaglio printing. in their composition, bernát says ‘I only wanted to keep the essential visual elements of a banknote. I wanted to emphasize the animals and plants — the typography and the security marks are secondary on my notes. I left the the unnecessary security graphic elements behind, to get a clear visual impact.’"

The celebration and focus on wildlife is a really beautiful concept, I like this idea of making them the star of the show not only this but the designs are really strong and memorable making them impactful, the money itself is clean and uncluttered this is something I would like to experiment with my designs - I really like the idea of celebrating nature.