America…A Rebranding?! Winner Announced
July 5, 2009 at 11:49 am (Art, Branding, Design, economy, Logo, Logo Design, News, print media) (american branding, american icons, Art, bank note, braille, brand, Branding, cash, department of the treasury, Design, dollar, economy, legal tender, Logo, Logo Design, marketing, money, movie stars, News, print media) (america rebranding, redesign money, Richard Smith, space currency, The Dollar Redesign Project, treasury, US Dollar)
The Dollar ReDe$ign Project has concluded its competition, and the results are in. The overall winner is Kyle Thompson who styled his design by “focus(ing) on the philosophers and political thinkers (i.e. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, among others) who inspired the Founding Fathers.” The bills have various sizes and other physical characteristic which would allow the visually impaired to discern the different denominations.
Runners up included: Michael Tyznik, Elias Stern, Istvan Banyai, Jesse lutz, Nate Castiglione, and Gabriel Eid.
Full results of the competition can be found at The Dollar ReDe$ign Project website.