Me and my Academic Paper

Ho ho ho.

To be honest, I'm not making much progress at writing my academic paper about the Design of the Euro Banknotes. It is one of the points on my Christmas-Break-To-Do-List, because right at the moment I have to focus on various other projects that have to be finished until Christmas. But during the holidays, motivation will knock on my door and overwhelm me with consistent presence. Hopefully. :)

I think the best way to explain what I'm going to write about is posting my introduction, so here it is:

The Design of the Euro Banknotes

The euro is the official currency of 17 countries within the eurozone and therefore it was of great importance to create a design meeting all country’s expectations and representing both multiculturalism and unity. The purpose of this paper is to cover three key points to display the process of how the euro banknotes got were designed. First of all, the design of the currency sign will be introduced as well as the competition launched in 1996 at which a range of possible designs of the banknotes were presented and valued. A summary of the main features the banknotes must contain according to the ECB will be given as well as the reasons for the choice of the actual layout, which was designed by Robert Kalina. The second part of this paper will give an overview of the illustrations, symbols and other elements the actual design of the banknotes comprises. Since the design of all euro banknotes gets modified and refreshed within the next few years, the third part of this paper will cover the reasons and main alterations of this changeover. Finally, it will be scrutinized if all countries and different cultures of the eurozone are represented and displayed as equal by the design of the euro banknotes.