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If you could really feel your digital money — the way you can feel the metal of a quarter or the paper of a $20 bill — would you spend it more wisely? This is the question behind Scrip, a product concept from studio NewDealDesign. As companies like Apple make financial transactions as close to invisible as possible, NDD is imagining a future where every purchase is a literally weighty decision. And to realize this dream, it’s built something sleek, science fictional, and more than a little strange.

Scrip is a handsome copper lozenge that’s smooth on the bottom and stippled on top, with space for a tiny numerical screen at one end. In reality, it exists as a trio of solid, non-electronic mockups. But in NDD’s design, the tiny bumps on…

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