Playing cards designed by the American artist George Berger. © George Berger
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Kickstarter: Believe Playing Cards by System6Magic
Believe playing cards by System6Magic are inspired by the Wayang Shadow Puppets of the Island of Java (Indonesia). The deck is planned to be printed by the USPCC.
The Wayang Shadow Puppets are puppets for wayang shadow theatre which is traditional theatre in Indonesia. The word wayang translates from Javanese as shadows. These days wayang is most often associated with the puppet itself or the whole puppet theatre performance.
Heritage Playing Card Company: The Famous Wild Cats Playing Cards
Founded in 1992, family owned Heritage Playing Card Company (UK) has created a beautiful range of illustrated playing cards to entertain and educate. Each their deck has its own thought-out theme. They found a nice compromise between visual and textual information on playing cards to make them suitable for games, educational purposes and playing card collecting. Their playing cards are sold in more than 20 countries around the world. Many of the decks were printed in three languages (English, French and German).
The Famous Wild Cats Playing Cards [Chats Sauvages (French), Großkatzen (German)] is the deck of playing cards dedicated to different wild cat species living in our world. Heritage Playing Card Company produced these playing cards under licence from Trioview Ltd.
The deck: 52 different playing cards with images of wild cats + 2 different Jokers + 1 information card. Indices and pips are in all four corners. Bridge size. Playing cards were printed in Belgium, supposedly by Cartamundi. They use casino cardboard and have a smooth finish.
DeviantART: Vampire Knight Playing Cards by DarkAngeL383
Vampire Knight playing cards designed by the South Korean artist DarkAngeL383 (nickname) are dedicated to Vampire Knight anime. Vampire Knight is a manga series written by Matsuri Hino. There were made a twenty-six episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Deen.
© DarkAngeL383
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The King of Spades – Kaname Kuran
Bēhance: Medley’s Playing Cards by Deeksha Kumar
Medley’s playing cards designed by the Indian artist Deeksha Kumar. She created them for the company to be given away with bottles of Medley’s bourbon on the occasion of Diwali. It was a limited release.
Diwali or Deepavali (popularly known as the “festival of lights”) is a five-day Hindu festival and an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji. It falls between mid-October and mid-November.
Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. People keep on these lamps during the night and clean their houses in order to make the goddess Lakshmi feel welcome. Also they blast firecrackers as they believe that it drives away evil spirits. All the celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with family members or friends during this holiday.
© 2013 Deeksha Kumar
Wooden Tuck Case
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