Color Harmony: Layout

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This project presented an interesting design opportunity. The Mexican

government asked Origin Design of Houston to create a series of scrips

that would function in place of peso-denominated paper money. The

scrips function much like coupons, allowing bearers to secure food,

clothing, or gas, depending on specific designation.

The design problem was to create a currency system that would work

in its own world, replete with a visual language. Each of the different

scrips has its own color scheme, enabling easy identification of the

various denominations. Although, like most currency, it uses text identi-

fiers for formal designation, the color ...