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Future euro banknote design proposals

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Re: Future euro banknote design proposals

#5
For me, across all of them only two felt actually decent for a bank note (B & E, I is okay, just not used to bank notes in that orientation, same for J, but that one should be more monochrome). Either they were too vibrant or the design was too busy/had unnecesary elements.

I also feel like the notes that had buildings (like we have now) are just.. better. The initial run of 2002-2013 remains the best aesthetically, imo.

Re: Future euro banknote design proposals

#6
Why is it all either the same people or the same birds?

Was that an explicit part of the brief artists were given?

I feel like the selection of motifs is more interesting and where more of the creative process in defining a representation of Europe lies than just how to draw and layout those motifs.

Re: Future euro banknote design proposals

#7
post #4

A better link might be https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/ht... , which has all of the proposals on a single page for easier browsing.

Not sure if it is much better, the images are tiny on that version and the companion text explaining the designs seems to be missin (though that sort of text you can usually do without).

Re: Future euro banknote design proposals

#9
post #6

Why is it all either the same people or the same birds? Was that an explicit part of the brief artists were given? I feel like the selection of motifs is more interesting and where more of the creative process in defining a representation of Europe lies than just how to draw and layout those motifs.

Yes, the motifs were selected ~1.5y ago: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr2501...

Re: Future euro banknote design proposals

#10
post #6

Why is it all either the same people or the same birds? Was that an explicit part of the brief artists were given? I feel like the selection of motifs is more interesting and where more of the creative process in defining a representation of Europe lies than just how to draw and layout those motifs.

The people and birds (and I think the buildings as well) were selected by a committee beforehand, to make sure they represent all of the EU, aren't controversial, yadayada...
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