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# Monetarium 2025

_Washington’s monuments, redrawn for the future of money_

For Confusion Capital’s 2025 gathering on monetary stability in Washington, D.C., I led art direction, illustration and motion. The identity connected traditional U.S. institutions with the event’s question of how to build better money.

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Client

Confusion Capital

Place

InterContinental – The Wharf, Washington, D.C.

Role

Art direction, illustration and motion

Year

2025

## Deliverables

Identity · stage · print · event motion

![Monetarium 2025 key artwork: Washington monuments, oak leaves, hands and modular cubes](/media/responsive/fa465ff33220ebf8-960.webp)

## Concept

Washington’s architecture, drawn together with symbols of exchange and modular finance.

## An illustrated identity

I combined the Capitol, Jefferson Building, Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Memorial Bridge with oak, hands and isometric cubes. The architectural drawing anchors the identity in Washington; the recurring symbols connect it to longevity, exchange and Reserve’s modular funds.

![Monetarium 2025 composition: oak, monuments, hands, stars and cubes](/media/responsive/99e603fd3d79bbf5-960.webp)

![Three isometric modular cubes, white linework on navy](/media/responsive/49905a2e660f112b-960.webp)

![Monetarium 2 - Confusion Capital, image 3](/media/responsive/57e2aca480613a46-960.webp)

## Stage, print and objects

The composition extends from the stage and printed pieces to objects and the installed photowall. The same linework and geometric vocabulary keep the applications connected at different scales.

![Monetarium 2 - Confusion Capital, image 5](/media/responsive/c25fe3365d7038c5-960.webp)

![Monetarium 2 - Confusion Capital, image 9](/media/responsive/cbfa50744aac1c51-960.webp)

![Monetarium 2 - Confusion Capital, image 4](/media/responsive/12363cd17d2aa61e-960.webp)

## Motion

Title sequences and event films.

![Monetarium 2 · Highlights, opening frame](/media/films/btI0wbIHzWw.webp)

![Monetarium Dialogs · Peter Thiel, opening frame](/media/films/Qux-7amwvBA.webp)

![Monetarium 2 · Roundtable, opening frame](/media/films/MCW3nTbuUfQ.webp)

## Monetarium · 2024

For the first edition, in San Francisco, I drew the central image: an illustration quilt. The 2025 identity grew from it.

![Monetarium 1 - Reserve, image 1](/media/responsive/19008450bdfa42c0-960.webp)

## Credits

Art direction, illustration, motion

Catalina Vásquez

Host

Confusion Capital

[Monetarium · Event and talks](https://monetarium.reserve.org/)

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