Tracing Paper Money Remixes 💵 💶 💷

Design Brief

Use tracing paper to create three (3) currency remixes using international currency (or United States currency).

Your tracing paper currency remixes should demonstrate your developing expertise applying the following strategies of communication design:

1. Orientation
   • Activate the diagonal axis and the vertical axis
   • (Not just the horizontal axis)
2. Ink Density (Field/Form)
   • Try to the make the value balance across your composition
   • (50% negative/white space, 50% positive/black space)
3. The Three ’Graphics’
   • Graphic Form (squares, circles, lines, grids, etc.)
   • Typographic Form
   • Photographic Form
4. Typography
   • Variety of type sizes (SMLXL)
   • Variety of type purposes
     • Country name
     • Written Value
     • Numeral Value
     • “Legal tender…” statements
     • Signatures
     • Serial numbers, series numbers
     • Barcodes, scanner symbols, QR codes
     • Icons/Symbols (shields, eagles, pyramids, etc.)

Precedent Example

Technical Requirements

• Hand-drawn with Sharpie (black marker) on tracing paper
• Scan the tracing paper and submit JPEG
• Must use Epson scanner in classroom (close the scanner lid during scanning to improve image quality)
  • (You cannot interrupt classes by using the scanner during class sessions. Please check the classroom doors for room schedules. Do not interrupt a class session without asking the professor’s permission first).

Assignment Submission 📥 📥 📥

UPLOAD your JPEG file to the “Phase 2: Tracing Paper Money Remixes 💵 💶 💷” Google Drive folder

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Learning Outcomes

• Rapid formal ideation
• Iterative process
• Understanding and strategically applying the Elements of Communication Design and the Principles of Communication Design