American Banknotes Redesigned to Celebrate Science Instead of Presidents

Instantly recognizable, American greenbacks have long been a staple of the public imagination, but design student Travis Purrington at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland thinks it's high time the currency received a makeover. For his master thesis project, Purrington forgoes the traditional route of depicting a past President, instead choosing to follow in the image-centric vein of European currencies such as the Euro or Swedish krona. On each banknote is one side depicting a desaturated ...