'Your proposed banknote design should be presented as a finished print that makes use of any of the varied analogue print processes available within the college's workshops. Submissions should additionally be created using a minimum of two colours/finishes. Paper size for completed work will be 21cm x 26cm with banknote designs displayed landscape. The size of the actual banknotes are to be determined by the student when based on their design rationale. It is up to the student whether they choose to display one or two sides of a banknote on the print. Each 21cm x 26cm print is to be submitted by 21st April 2016 for inclusion in a Level 4 and Level 5 group show.'
I will also have to consider the stock that the note is printed on, the colours that are used and also the methods that are used to print. These could including letterpress, screenprinting and monoprinting, and additionally embossing, foiling, hand drawn sections of the design, hand sewn sections of the design, using neon or glow in the dark inks etc. As my research into other existing banknote designs shows, both portrait and landscape orientations are in use and so I will have to decide which is the most appropriate for my ideas. There is a relatively traditional layout for banknotes - images contained within a square or rectangular box with the numbers in the bottom or top right hand corners - which allows for a uniform aesthetic across all global currency, so adhering to these existing rules might allow for a faster acceptance of the new designs. Designs also need to be recognisable quickly and without the user taking in much of the detail, and so the use of colours, shapes and patterns are very important markers to for identification and ensuring each design is distinct.
Aside from the production methods I will also have to consider many of the practical aspects of creating a new banknote. Will I change the value of each note, or keep the standard use of £5 and £10? Following on from this, how many notes will be produced - will all values be used or will only the most used values be reproduced under this new design? And where will the currency be used - within the UK, or further afield in Europe, or even globally?
Aside from the production methods I will also have to consider many of the practical aspects of creating a new banknote. Will I change the value of each note, or keep the standard use of £5 and £10? Following on from this, how many notes will be produced - will all values be used or will only the most used values be reproduced under this new design? And where will the currency be used - within the UK, or further afield in Europe, or even globally?