Art may be money for some but some money may also be art

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 26 February, 2010 to the design and art subset

30 examples of dollar notes that have been artistically modified.

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Boosting your face value with some cold hard cash

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 7 December, 2009 to the trends subset

A new way to add monetary value to your, I don’t know, personal brand… incorporate the well known faces on dollar notes into photos of yourself.
There’s a new craze going in the world – folks take pictures of themselves partially covered with folded banknotes in the foreground. The result is combined faces of [...]

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This dollar note artist is in it for the love not the money

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 9 April, 2009 to the design and art subset

Artist Mark Wagner works with a somewhat expensive medium… dollar notes, and has no problem incorporating $100 notes into his works if need be.
I was making a lot of collage and artists books using Camel Cigarette packages. To a large extent it was the familiarity of the pack for people that made the work effective. [...]

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I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself… for just $3

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 5 November, 2008 to the design and art subset

A collection of space vehicles from the Star Trek and Star Wars movies… made origami style, out of dollar notes, including a model of the Millennium Falcon which is composed of three one dollar notes.
Via SimpleBits.

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Message to my girl on a twenty dollar note

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 August, 2008 to the design and art subset

This could start something. A blog that documents notes and messages written on dollar notes. And how’s the above image for a little guerrilla marketing for The Dark Knight… now that could start something.
de-noted is a blog to see what would happen if you release a question written on a bank note. There is no [...]

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Paper money unfair to blind

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 22 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Paper money unfair to blind
This story has been featured in a few places but I thought it was worth relinking here, as there are usability and accessibility lessons for web designers in it.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2006 district court ruling that could force the United States [...]

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