My thesis research is focused on money and redesign of the Serbian national currency - dinar. The current design of banknotes and coins is bellow the artistic level of the Serbian and Yugoslav dinars used in the 19th and 20th century. In my opinion, these are the problems: lack of the expressed national pride through symbols; inconsistent representation of historic figures; low artistic level of drawings of buildings and nature; poor understanding of Serbian rich history and its connection with the present time. I consider banknotes and coins ambassadors of every country because on them one can read about a country's culture, history, and nature; that is why I designed an attractive and modern currency. I am working in collaboration with the National Bank of Serbia in Belgrade, and my redesigns will be considered by the Governor and Treasury for possible implementation.
Since I wanted to better understand the previous designs of money in Serbia, I wrote a historic overview in collaboration with Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, National Museum, Belgrade and ten other state museums from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which not only provided the needed and rare material for my thesis but their curators are also special advisors on my project.
As a measure of protection for my currency, I designed a completely new, sans-serif font entitled Serbiana. Serbian is the only language in the world that uses both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabet: I included both alphabets for this project. I believe that this unique, brand new font, will contribute to the originality and beauty of my redesigned banknotes and coins.