This is a little off topic, but since it concerns our artistic culture, I thought it deserved inclusion here.
The new British coins pictured here are the work of a 26-year old graphic designer named Matthew Dent. Out of over 4,000 entries, Mr. Dent's was the winner of the Royal Mint's competition for the new currency design.
The new five dollar bill was created by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The agency is 147 years old, employs 2,500 people, and has an annual budget of $525 million. The agency's daring design choice was the addition of the big, purple 5 in Helvetica, the font familiar to readers of public signs across Europe and the U.S.
The new British coins pictured here are the work of a 26-year old graphic designer named Matthew Dent. Out of over 4,000 entries, Mr. Dent's was the winner of the Royal Mint's competition for the new currency design.
The new five dollar bill was created by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The agency is 147 years old, employs 2,500 people, and has an annual budget of $525 million. The agency's daring design choice was the addition of the big, purple 5 in Helvetica, the font familiar to readers of public signs across Europe and the U.S.
3 comments:
A purple 5! How outré. I wonder what The National Liberty Journal has to say about this; what would the late, great Falwell have said? Maybe Tinky-Winky will keep a wad of these new bills in his purse.
You know, it should have been a deep red: we could refer to it as the scarlet number.
I won four $5's at the bike race last weekend. Only 3 of them had the purple number, though.
Purple is so gay. And by gay I mean fabulous.
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