Dutch Bank note design

In this 5 minute film, you can get some lovely insight into the mind of Dutch graphic designer and banknote designer Robert Deodaat Emile (Ootje) Oxenaar (we’ll call him Bob from now on). Incredible to think how he managed to sneak in some very personal artefacts to some of these notes which were then carried around in everyone’s pockets.

There’s some Modern UI style design aspects here too, the use of colour, bold type, space, later incorporating imagery. That his medium of choice is small print such as stamps and bank notes, reminds me of Erik Spiekermann talking about screens as ‘bad paper’.

Enjoy.