Studio Brief 1 - Paper Size CAN POST

There were many avenues to go down when the time came to choose the size of the banknote I was going to create. The available options was either to have the banknote in the size of the Euro notes as these sizes are contemporary and currently the newest bank notes in the world but this would mean contradicting the new banknotes of the unification of Germany. If I used the same size notes as Euro It could potentially portray the new Germany as still having ties and still influenced by the Euro when it was Germany who wanted to become independent. 

The other route that was closely considered was to have the bank note in the same size as the old German mark. This would make complete sense as it would show a sense of German Patriotism and an appericiation of the history of the country. On the other hand the other option was to make the size similar to the original Bauhaus bank note. It would essentially make a lot of sense and would strongly justify the decision. As I'm making a banknote that celebrates the Bauhaus movement then the most effective and contextual route was to make it in the similar size of the original in a show of appreciate off the roots of Germany. It's also an effective aspect because the original bank notes create by Herbert bayer was never actually used as a form of currency but the new notes will be as a part of the German independence so it become a nice tribute. In the end I decided to choose to go down the route of the Bauhaus note size of 14.7x8.2cm. 

Another massive aspect to think about what whether or not the banknotes sizes should all be different. The original Bauhaus banknotes didn't have different sizes for the different amounts but would I benefit by having different size? I based my decision of the original and also the design aspect. If the sizes changed then the design would suffer because of it. Features would have to move around and the uniformed set could be out of sync and potentially damaged aesthetically because of it. Therefore, it was decided on this principle that one note size for all.