arts + science
Whenever possible, 8:15-9am is “me” time. Usually it’s quiet time spent catching up on my RSS feeds, but once in a while something grabs my attention for longer than a headline or save to delicious bookmark.
Today’s inspiration: Paula Scher gets serious
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Dowling | Duncan redesign the U.S. banknote.
“When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally. You tend to hold a wallet or purse vertically when searching for notes. The majority of people hand over notes vertically when making purchases. All machines accept notes vertically. Therefore a vertical note makes more sense.”
I remember trying to create a similar typographic video for a university multimedia class. The results were nowhere near as catchy.
