Swiss, money, AIDS and skulls
Bruno Giussani adds his voice to the proposed redesign of the Swiss Currency which includes, on it's notes, such imagery as the AIDS virus, an embryo and a skull.
Earlier this year, the Swiss National Bank announced its intention to introduce a new series by 2010, and invited twelve designers into a competition, asking them to represent "Switzerland open to the world"
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Think of having a fun dinner with friends at a nice restaurant, and then hand over to the waiter a 200-Francs bill representing the AIDS virus. Why someone would think that such images belong on banknotes, I can't really fathom. How exactly they relate to the theme "Switzerland open to the world", and how they would signal to the world that these bills as Swiss, also totally eludes me.
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