There is a new survey with some design proposals for the themes “European Culture” and “Rivers and Birds”.
The only thing is to make sure trump does not photobomb the session.
European website for euro banknotes and I can’t enter because of CLOUD FLARE
Birds! 🐦⬛
Would be cool to put food on the bills. Imagine a bowl of spaghetti on the 200€ bill.
I would completely remove people and would add fish, plants and monuments.
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.
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 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.
Aye, I can do that.
Granted, it’s a bit of a silly issue for us Danes because we really, really, REALLY like our currency which is why we voted no to the Euro back in the day.
I understand that people in some countries don’t really get countries like ours and our love for our royal family, but we were very attached to our former queen’s face on our coins 😆 now we have a king and her face is slowly being replaced with his so maybe we will be more agreeable when it comes to switching to Euros now, lol. He’s not a bad king, but he is no Daisy. She ruled for 52 years and is the longest reigning monarch in our history and she was and is very beloved.
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.
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…
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.
Bridges were a great idea and maybe other infrastructure like railroads and tunnels as a symbol of connecting countries.
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.
Birds don’t belong to a single country or person, yet are very noticeable and something a lot of people can associate with.
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 find the backsides with the EU buildings too self-praising. I think the European people have more things that unite, than the buerocratic institutions.
The backsides of the people bills are also too general, I would like to see more of the people’s work or achievements.
Generally I like the current design with fictional bridges and buildings, so no country is preferred.
I also think most of the back sides are just generally uninspired - bland, almost AI-like look, no interesting (or even aesthetic) themes. Many of the front sides I liked, so this is disappointing.
I don’t like the building at all. These are modern building which are not build for millenials.
I really like design D. F is cool as well, really unique design, but I think I prefer the birds because they’re more inclusive than people from specific countries.
D was really nice, but I absolutely loved the colourful stork on I. Maybe cause I’m Bulgarian and biased, but it was my favourite one. In any case I agree - hope they pick the birds over a whole bunch of central/western European people.
edit: added missed word, removed extra space
