Speculative Design
Currency Redesign
Reimagining national currency as a vehicle for cultural storytelling and identity — speculative redesign project.
Overview
Reimagining national currency as a vehicle for cultural storytelling and identity. A speculative redesign of the banknote that treats the note as a printed portrait of its time.
The series shows $50 and $10 notes under the heading “Global leader in Venture Capital, 2025”, each with a halftone portrait, a single-hue palette, and security-style detail such as guilloche patterns and serial numbers.
Currency Redesign — Global Leader in Venture Capital
Money as a portrait.
This speculative series redesigns the United States banknote as a portrait of its era. Each denomination is printed in a single muted hue, with a halftone portrait of a venture capital figure standing in for the usual statesman, and the line “Global leader in Venture Capital, 2025” beneath the issuer.
The notes turn vertical, with the portrait running up the face and the legal text mirrored across the back. A fine guilloche pattern sits behind the numerals and a serial number runs along the foot, in the way real notes carry their security detail.