I have to say, when I got my U.S. passport I found it striking. My Canadian passport is pretty bland even though it has the same format (backdrop image and a quote).
Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
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Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#52The new passports will not be issued until April 2018. I just realised I'll end up with one of the first ones - my current spare passport expires on March 31st, 2018.
More likely you'll end up with one of the last ones. Generally it is good to keep at least 6 months of validity on your passport if you plan on using it. Depending on the country, it might be more difficult to renew it after it has expired than shortly before.
It is not my main passport; I carry a 2nd one (Also issued by my country of origin, Norway) - as I travel a lot for work, one passport may be in some consulate somewhere waiting for a visa while I go somewhere else on the other.
However, there's a bit of a calm period in my industry now, so I manage well on only the main passport (which doesn't expire until 2026, I got a new one last year - your 1st passport is issued for ten years, the spare for two.)
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#53Along the same lines as this new passport here are some cool design proposals from Metric[1] and Snohetta[2] for Norway's new banknotes. And a couple of concepts from US based designers[3][4] for US currency designs. [1] http://www.metricdesign.no/work/norges-bank [2] http://snohetta.com/projects/200-design-proposal-for-norway3... [3] http://www.travispurrington.com/2014-usd-proposal [4] http://tyznik.com/currency/ E…
The metric designs look A LOT like the Euro notes.
Nah, it's way prettier than Euros.
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#54Interesting that the pass just has Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) and English -- no French. Is French no longer the Lingua Franka? My kid's German passport still has German / English / French and my Australian one is still English / French.
I've used French in some weird remote corners of the world where English didn't work.
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#55I've been thinking that the security function served by a passport is very rapidly becoming obsolete (or at least redundant) for travel to most countries in the world. It could be replaced by a plastic photo ID card -- which you could then call a "passport" I suppose. And with strong biometrics, it could be replaced by nothing. Let me explain this with typical cases where a passport is used: (1) You're entering your…
The history of passports is quite fascinating:
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#56I find it hilarious that the related articles includes this: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design... , which basically details how the UK government has managed to make an utter mess of the same exact design space.
We seem to have a knack for including portrait drawings that look like a bad DeviantArt fan-art. That Shakespeare picture is pretty goofy, and the Clydesdale Bank 20 GBP note has a particularly awful depiction of Robert The Bruce, for example: http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/news_and_info/scottishlatestne...
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#57Interesting that the pass just has Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) and English -- no French. Is French no longer the Lingua Franka? My kid's German passport still has German / English / French and my Australian one is still English / French. I've used French in some weird remote corners of the world where English didn't work.
French hasn't been the been the modern lingua franca for some time, it's obviously English (well, actually many variants of English) now.
The ICAO still recommends to issue passports in English and French _or_ in the national language plus English or French although using the national language(s) plus English and French is still common in Europe.
European Union passports even use all official EU languages as far as I know (I cannot check right now).
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#58Along the same lines as this new passport here are some cool design proposals from Metric[1] and Snohetta[2] for Norway's new banknotes. And a couple of concepts from US based designers[3][4] for US currency designs. [1] http://www.metricdesign.no/work/norges-bank [2] http://snohetta.com/projects/200-design-proposal-for-norway3... [3] http://www.travispurrington.com/2014-usd-proposal [4] http://tyznik.com/currency/ E…
Outside of the US the green dollar bill is one of the most known incarnations of her, changing it would be sad, to say the least. It'd be like painting the Statue of Liberty pink.
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#59Along the same lines as this new passport here are some cool design proposals from Metric[1] and Snohetta[2] for Norway's new banknotes. And a couple of concepts from US based designers[3][4] for US currency designs. [1] http://www.metricdesign.no/work/norges-bank [2] http://snohetta.com/projects/200-design-proposal-for-norway3... [3] http://www.travispurrington.com/2014-usd-proposal [4] http://tyznik.com/currency/ E…
The metric designs look A LOT like the Euro notes.
And the new Swiss Francs, which I find the most beautifully designed notes I have ever seen. Some of the following notes are not out yet, Switzerland has been replacing the old notes slowly for the last couple of years.
I wasn't able to find an image of all the notes, here is the new 50 franc note:
http://www.snb.ch/n/mmr/picture/3a29e64cf82f471d00257f8d0021...
Re: Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's still an important component of human-oriented societies, to permit the individual to inform you of who they claim to be. You rob individuals of agency, when you start dictating to them who you've declared them to be. If two identical twins appear becore you, wearing sunglasses and gloves, are you going to demand that they remove their accessories, so that your special machine can declare them honest? Sounds lik…
On several occasions I have been rather nearly killed by reckless drivers. In each instance I recorded the license plate number and phoned the police. In each instance the police said they could not be sure who was driving therefore could not even begin an inquiry. In your quasianonymous utopia, which twin is to blame when one of them comes to my country and injures someone? Neither?
Your anecdotes seem scary. So anyone can get away with reckless driving?
Over here the owner of the car needs to identify the driver. If that person refuses to do that/cannot do that, they might be required to have a "journal" (think: like a cab) for each and every ride with the car..