2024-11-21T19:22:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150093416/norway-s-new-bank-notes-designed-by-sn-hetta-come-into-circulation Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-10-30T14:00:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f196f4292c87cbb08c7d3023ea78e93d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Norway has launched the country's new 50 and 500 kronor notes into circulation. Designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/snohetta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sn&oslash;hetta</a>, the revamped currency will join the graphic 100 and 200 notes launched in 2017 that were also penned by the firm as part of Norway's paper currency redesign.</p> <p>The Oslo studio's pixellated graphics were selected by the country's central bank <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/110794911/sn-hetta-selected-to-design-new-norwegian-banknotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">back in 2014</a>. The abstract compositions celebrate landmarks along Norway's characteristic coastline, representing the strong relationship between land and sea.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e984cdd3f261b4ca70426ad6d19cee56.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e984cdd3f261b4ca70426ad6d19cee56.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>&copy; Calle Huth / Studio Illegal</figcaption></figure><p>The pixilated patterns, varying for each specific banknote, follow the Beaufort scale, which measures wind speed. For example, on the 50 NOK note the wind is gentle, represented by short, cubical shapes, while on the 1000 NOK note, the wind is strong, represented through sharp, long shapes.&nbsp;<br></p> <p>The other side of the banknote features illustrations of traditional and contemporary sailing vessels, seascapes and marine life from the graphic design studio Metric Desig...</p>