2146 Hybrid Digital Currency
Case Study - Concept Project design for:
Introduction to Digital Design - MSc Design and Digital Media
University of Edinburgh
Brief:
The year is 2146. The increasing effects of climate change have led to rising global temperatures. In addition to wide areas of equatorial land becoming too hot to support life, the ice caps and glaciers across the world have all melted, resulting in vast coastal submersions of cities and civilizations. Following on from the tragedies caused by devastating weather conditions; mankind has started to regroup and rebuild. While some populations have withdrawn to a higher, protected ground, other groups have decided to exploit the seas, now adjusting to the changed salinity and higher levels, and providing a rich source of food and energy.
The remaining populations of South America and Mexico have gathered where today is the Buenos Aires and Paraguay River Basin, to create the Concordian Union. After decades of people adhering very difficult conditions above and below sea, COIN has made the decision to develop new currencies that celebrate their multi-cultural heritage and indicate their aspirations for the future - With the main goal to inspire the public for this new start as a more united society.
A case study for empowering the nation through pre-Columbian civilizations’ finest cultural and social ideas. Like the Concordian Union in 2146, pre-Columbian civilizations also had to thrive through extreme environmental conditions. They all created successful societies, survived droughts and managed to cultivate infertile land. Besides their astronomy and architecture related achievements they also created practical innovative solutions, for example, the Incas found solutions for living in very high latitudes, the Aztecs built a city on a lake, the Mayans found a way for filtering water, and much more.
