Tight Briefs

Tight Briefs week one winner revealed: Check out the top 10 new currency designs for Scotland

By The Drum Team, Editorial

February 28, 2014 | 3 min read

This time last week we launched our new weekly creative contest, Tight Briefs, by challenging our readers to design a new currency for Scotland in a day. Today we can reveal which entries you liked best, and announce which one received the most votes and will now be shortlisted in a special Tight Briefs category at this year's Chip Shop Awards.

If you missed out this week, don't despair as our second Tight Brief – rebrand the Conservative Party – is now live. To get your creative juices flowing for that, here's the top 10 from week one...

10. Mooney

Created by Neil Wright

9. My Mannie

By Katie Hurst

8. Bitcoin

By Matthew Wyatt at Radley Yeldar

7. The Salmon

By Dave Barton

6. Deep fried Mars bar

By Daniel John Brittain

5. Phe-numerable

By Robin Chandler

4. The Nessy

By Artem Bjork, student, Hyper Island IAD Program

3. Fastbuck

By ICG Brandbuilder

2. Unicorn

By Dan Sherratt at Somo

1. McNugget

Well done to our Tight Briefs week one winner, Giles Edwards from Gasp, whose currency idea McNugget collected the most votes in our poll this week. Giles' entry will now be shortlisted in a special Tight Briefs category at this year's Chip Shop Awards, and the judging panel chaired by D&AD president Laura Jordan Bambach will pick the overall winner.