For his Masters thesis project, American designer Travis Purrington proposed the coolest thing ever: a redesign of American currency that replaces images of old WASP-y men with that of science, technology, and innovation. Because let's be honest, America, you have the most boring currency in the world … wouldn't it be awesome to be the first country that has currency completely devoted to American innovation, and covered in cells and astronauts?

For his Masters thesis project, American designer Travis Purrington proposed the coolest thing ever: a redesign of American currency that replaces images of old WASP-y men with that of science, technology, and innovation. Because let's be honest, America, you have the most boring currency in the world … wouldn't it be awesome to be the first country that has currency completely devoted to American innovation, and covered in cells and astronauts?

We'll answer for you with a resounding "YAS."

Travis' project, called "WORTH: The Aesthetics of Global Interest," was inspired by the Swiss Franc's (CHF) ambitious redesign process (the currency is thoroughly redesigned every 20 years by way of open-source contest).

"The goal was to develop a similar updated iconographic system better representing the advancements and culture within the American society," says Travis on his website. "This particular series plays on themes of human discovery and endeavors to connect achievement, theory and the fundamental properties of life. This is of course not a conspiracy to trivialize or shun the great deeds of the past, but to communicate principle rather than effigy permeating through the spirit of industrial, organic and elemental systems."

But don't worry, patriotic traditionalists of Rooster. This project was just a proposal from 2011, so it's not real. No one's really going to replace your beloved Ben Franklin with a picture of red blood cells. But, it's nice to dream.