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There is a new survey with some design proposals for the themes “European Culture” and “Rivers and Birds”.
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WTF why is just birds or people? These all suck. How very uncreative …
Team birds checking in. There are a couple of people designs I like but birds have a much higher hit rate.
We used to have birds on our money in Canada. Now it’s mostly monuments and buildings. The fiver has the Canadarm on it though, so that one’s cool.
Why so many birds? Why even animals?
The only thing is to make sure trump does not photobomb the session.
Would be cool to put food on the bills. Imagine a bowl of spaghetti on the 200€ bill.
Birds! 🐦⬛
H and J for me. I prefer birds much more than people on the design and those two designs are actually colorful and distinct from the current more bland colors.
I would completely remove people and would add fish, plants and monuments.
I am kind of in love with F and H.
F because it’s the only design that really tries to be differnet, fun and daring. I love the color combinations and how expressive they are. I am aware that this probably isn’t going to be the one that’s picked, but man, would it be cool it this was what the Euro looked like in the future.
H because they are, in my opinion the prettiest animal notes. Again, lively colors that are combines beautifully, and I like that they are horizontal. The tenner with the kingfisher is so pretty, I would frame it and put it on a wall.
I’m not voting, though, because I’m Danish and we still use our own currency. We probably will make the shift to Euroes someday, but until then, I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to vote for the design of a currency that isn’t used in my country.
I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to vote for the design of a currency that isn’t used in my country.
Why all the birds? We need at least a cat and a dog.
House cats are an invasive species that kill all the birds. Hardly an animal worth putting on a bill. Large cats were however once native to Europe, which is why you see so many lion crests, but putting that on there would hardly seem progressive.
Ok then we should have wild animals like squirrels, moose and beavers. There are so many beautiful animals in Europe. No reason to restrict the collection to birds only.
That, I can agree with. I don’t know why the picked birds.
Birds don’t belong to a single country or person, yet are very noticeable and something a lot of people can associate with.
That is true for many other wild animals too.
@Halcyon @Quittenbrot
What would you suggest? (Apart from cats & dogs, that aren’t wild.)(I would opt strongly for the essential honeybee.)
And at least to me, they symbolise freedom, and more specifically freedom of movement. They go wherever they want, whenever they want, with no restriction. And this is a fundamental idea of the EU.
Yeah they should’ve had different animals.
The most popular notes in Denmark were the ones with different animals. Pay me squirrel, I can’t give a fish back on your lizard.
I don’t understand why they included vertical designs and suddenly want pictures of real people on the banknotes when they used to say it is better to have something neutral on there. From the comment here I like B and D most, but I don’t know if the images from the comment are the same as the ones in the survey because I think there were more designs. Still B and D are worse than the current designs.
Keep it abstract! I love the windows and bridges current theme. Couldn’t we make a new design with the same colors and prompt?
No famous people!
Abstract doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t evoke any feeling or being European or make it stand out as a European bank note. It could be money from some children’s game set.
50 guilders note would like a word. As loved as a banknote design can be
I’ve voted; but basically all designs are beautiful: colorful, optimistic, modern.
Some designs are quite decent, but I’m not sure the individuals, birds, activities and buildings depicted, resonate with most Europeans. The individuals are of select member states, the birds might go completely unrecognized, the activities are rather academic, and the buildings of EU institutions? WAY too much self-praise. I would rather see subjects that are more broadly applicable, over ones focused on specific individuals, birds, activities and buildings, like: cultural achievements, landmarks spanning multiple member states (seas, mountains, rivers), infrastructure connecting member states, cultural diversity, cultural values, etc.
It would also be neat if these flashy new notes were actually accepted in physical transactions…
Birds help people get started on their birding journey
One of the stated design goals with the existing design is to make them as generic as possible so as not to show favouritism towards a particular country. If you asked me for famous European figures to put on the notes, I’d probably name Beethoven, Curie and Da Vinci, but by including them you’re highlighting a Germany, France/Poland and Italy. The building designs are boring but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The birds are cute, but I’d like to have seen broader nature themes: birds, fish, mammals and biomes would have been nice.
I would have loved a fauna / flower note. Fauna being bird, fish, butterfly (palatable insect), reptile, whale, land mammal.
Bridges were a great idea and maybe other infrastructure like railroads and tunnels as a symbol of connecting countries.
