Aesthetically, the current US currency designs are a work of art, but what if they were given a futuristic makeover? Artist Dowling Duncan has done just that. First and foremost, the “horizontal format of the United States bank note is switched from horizontal to vertical. Duncan told Design Boom, ‘When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally…the majority of people hand over notes vertical when making purchases. All machines accept notes vertically. Therefore a vertical note makes more sense.'” Continue reading to see more.
