tabbs Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Exactly ten years ago the designs of the euro notes were picked: In 1996 the European Union launched a design competition for the new money. If you are interested in the contributions that did not win, have a look at this file: http://www.ecb.int/bc/pdf/banknotes/euro_catalogue.pdf (PDF, about 28 MB!) That is the catalog which accompanied the Euro Banknote Design Exhibition. In 2003 the European Central Bank published the selected and rejected designs in a show that then toured Europe. The catalog of the exhibition was made available on CD and as a printed book. Now you can download the English language version from the ECB website ... if you have a relatively fast Internet connection. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Many beautiful designs. Some just don't work as money for me but I wouldn't mind them as art work in my office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Now you can download the English language version from the ECB website ... if you have a relatively fast Internet connection. Took me just over a minute to get it, so my connection must be relatively fast I like the designs of Inge Madlé (page 60, 61) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbeast1098 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I like the ones on pages 22/23 and 44/45........ Those are my favorites so far....... KFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 There are quite a few designs that I find OK or nice. The following list is not a ranking but goes from the first to the last page. (The page numbers are those on the "printed" pages.) Erik Bruun (abstract-modern) p. 22-23 - except for the two half circles with seven stars each. 2x7 is 14, not 12. Reinhold Gerstetter (a-m) p. 28-29 - interesting because they are "vertical" (remind a little of the Swiss notes); the satellite images are a little difficult to recognize, I think. Inge Madlé (Ages+Styles) p. 58-59 - the mix of horizontal and vertical orientation I do not like much, but apart from that (and the font used for "euro") they look good. Sandrine Jung (a-m) p. 66-67 - a good example of what our notes should not look like IMO. Maryke Degryse (a-m) p. 76-77 - well, OK. Hey, the €20 note has coins! Robert Kalina (A+S) p. 82-83 - a pretty good mix: not as overly decorated as some other designs, but not "deterringly" modern.* Ootje Oxenaar (a-m) p. 86-87 - designs remind of older NLG notes; some denominations (200) look very nice, but others (100) are somewhat odd. Roger Pfund (A+S) p. 88-89 - very interesting but maybe a little too colorful. * I think that many people in Euroland would have found the designs by Pierrette Lambert (p. 70-71), for example, too conservative for modern paper money. Designs like those by Jaap Drupsteen (p. 44-45) or Enric Satué Loop (p. 92-95), on the other hand, would have been hard to accept for people who prefer "traditional" notes. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I think I liked the theme if not quite the actual designs of 74-75 with the children, representative of the future of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb1967 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Thank's for sharing this beauty (I mean for some of the designs...). Of course I would have chosen a different set. This Euro project was a challenge in many ways. Could you imagine the total amount of hours spent to get only one series ? Looking at the pdf file it seems enormous. Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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