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2013 • November
Creative Clash Card Game
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by Adam Wintle
The Creative Clash card game, by the Infantree, is a fast-paced card game where you become the Principal of a creative agency and battle with your friends for the biggest Ego around.
Breaking Bad Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
A set of cards inspired by the hit TV show Breaking Bad, created by Jeff Nichol.
Side Car
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by Simon Wintle
Luis Fourvel's standard English style Naipes Side Car, with the distinctive motorcycle Joker were published over several decades.
Estelares
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Estelares playing cards manufactured by Luis A. Fourvel y Cia., Buenos Aires, early 1950s.
Parks and Recreation Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Custom playing cards based on the TV series Parks and Recreation.
Elevenses
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by Adam Wintle
Elevenses is a card game in which respectable 1920s socialites strive to serve the finest morning teas!
35: More Design Copies
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by Ken Lodge
Here I want to take another widely copied design and see how individual variation by the copier can take the original design through a lot of changes. I shall take the three USPCC designs: US3 (wide), US3.1 (bridge) and US4 (wide). To the best of my knowledge these are no longer used in the US, except perhaps for special productions, as in the retro market.
Falta Envido
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Argentinos para Truco "Falta Envido" created by Alberto Soifer with Gaucho courts and variant suit symbols, 1982.
The Combination of Images and Text on early playing cards
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by Simon Wintle
When playing cards have titles or legends these reference a written/literary tradition of some form. It connects the image to a wider cultural sphere, extending the visual impact.
Animal Tarot
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by Simon Wintle
Woodblock and stencil Animal Tarot cards, probably of Swiss origin, 2nd half 18th century.
El Monoplano
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by Simon Wintle
María González Rizzo (1926-1940) followed in her father's business producing Spanish-suited brands such as “Los Dos Tigres”, “La Española” and an Anglo-American style deck titled “El Monoplano”
Suicide King
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by Simon Wintle
The King of Hearts, holding a sword behind his head, is sometimes nicknamed the “Suicide King”. He can be seen to derive from a late medieval design showing a King wielding a battle axe.
Provence Pattern - Portrait de Provence
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by Simon Wintle
The 'Provence' pattern contains figures which go back to the fifteenth century.
Heber Mardon (1840-1925)
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by Simon Wintle
Heber Mardon was born in 1840. With his father he founded the firm of Mardon and Son which, in 1863, became Mardon, Son & Hall.