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The Colour Printing Plant: Nevskie Playing Cards

The Colour Printing Plant (USSR, Russian Federation) printed this deck in 1992 to celebrate its 175th anniversary (1817-1992). The plant was closed in 2004.

Playing cards designed by Viktor Mihajlovich Sveshnikov (Opera Playing Cards).

All pictures on aces and number cards are dedicated to the Neva river and the city Saint Petersburg (The Colour Printing Plant was located in this city). The Neva river is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge. It is a site of numerous major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703 and the Siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II. It flows through the city Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg was founded by the Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703. This city was the Imperial capital of Russia from 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918. The name of the city was changed to Petrograd in 1914, to Leningrad in 1924 and back to Saint Petersburg in 1991. Peter the Great reorganized the Russian army along modern lines and dreamed of making Russia a maritime power. That is why a lot of pictures are connected with naval theme. I think all court cards depict persons of the time of Peter the Great. I also suspect that all Jacks can depict Peter the Great.

The deck: 52 playing cards + 2 Jokers + 2 Ad Cards.

Dimension of playing cards: 58×90 mm – 2.28×3.54 [standard bridge size: 2.25×3.5 in – 57×89 mm]

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Posted by Collector on 27.04.2013 in Art on Playing Cards, The Colour Printing Plant

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Playing Cards by Kat Zinn

08 Apr

Kat Zinn designed this deck over a period of seven years. She decided to diversify this deck and she made a Joker and a Joketress instead of two traditional Jokers. There are also appropriate drawn numbers against the background with big pips on all number cards instead of traditional pips.These playing cards are slightly larger than standard poker size. The deck printed “by the manufacturer of Aviator playing cards”.

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ENERGY Playing Cards by Jason Messinger

20 Mar

A signed deck of playing cards featuring original artwork by Jason Messinger. Different designs for every card value; 52 cards plus two jokers, card backs all the same.

Bēhence: Uth Oye! playing cards by Shehzil Malik & Naveeda Javed

17 Mar

Art Direction & design of cards: Shehzil Malik

Artwork featured on cards: Shehzil Malik & Naveeda Javed

Creative Direction: Babar Rashid Khan

“A limited edition pack of playing cards featuring the Uth Oye! portfolio was given out at the launch of the brand’s flagship store in Lahore. Each card contains a unique Uth Oye! artwork that was used for the brand’s collection of t-shirts, accesories, shoes, as well as for the murals in the retail outlet.” ~ Shehzil Malik

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Mr Mead’s ‘Dark Suits’ Playing Cards

07 Feb

“Tom Mead is an artist who admires the surreal and otherworldly sides of art. He uses a traditional drawing technique working with dip pen and ink.

Tom’s terror and intrigue for animals dressed as humans stems from his memories of Reginald Mills’ 1976 ballet film, “The Tales of Beatrix Potter”. Deciding to embrace his fear Tom has recently found a passion for more the traditional artistic techniques and has developed his ink based style to create dark inhuman characters blending the animal, human and mechanic, a super species he nicknames ‘Bio-Mechanical Anthropomorphism’.

Tom’s practice is inspired by artists such as Koji Morimoto, Remi Wyart and Shaun Tan. He is also highly influenced by the surrealist American contemporary art scene.

Working from the eminent Jamaica Street Studios in Stokes Croft, Bristol, Tom creates artwork for folk tales, album covers and poster designs alongside producing his large-scale works. He also launched a new edition of playing cards, each adorned with one of his characters.

Mr Mead launched a new edition of playing cards each adorned with one of his characters in April 2011.

Mr Mead has produced a new edition of playing cards, with each card in the pack adorned with one of his ‘Bio-mechanical anthropomorphic’ characters. The characters are grouped by family into the four suits, Birds adopt the Hearts, Horned Beasts the Diamonds, Cats the Spades and Foxes the Clubs.” ~ Antlers Gallery