A Currency That’s Not So Current

I was sitting in a cafe in London, and it had currency hanging up on the wall (Pounds, Euros, Dollars). It was at that moment that I noticed how UGLY the US dollar is. The Pound and Euro have really interesting and colorful designs. And what do we get? A puke green color with random yellow (why yellow??) numbers floating on the back. How is this at all considered good design?

So I took it upon myself to see if I could find interesting redesigns of the dollar bill. Turns out there is an online contest for the best redesign of the dollar bill. Some of the designs are just as hideous as the actual dollar bill, but many are pretty great submissions.

Here are some of my favorites:

Michael Tyznik

Jan Michael Guzman

From ‘Russia’ With Love

Chris Collins

Elias Stern

Michelle Haft

Side note: I think you know you’ve been in Europe too long when you start looking at the dollar bill…and think it’s fake.