Entries by Max

The Type Deck. Stylish typographic playing cards

  Typographic playing cards is a classic. Nevertheless, this is one of the most elegant typography designs I have seen: The Type Deck. The design created by Chris Cavill mixes elegant typography and stunning backgrounds in a very cool way. The final aspect of the deck is pretty interesting. You can also visit the deck […]

Dante’s Inferno Bicycle deck. The Divine Comedy

    The Faro Playing Card Company, creators of the labyrinthine The Hedge Bicycle deck, release a new and interesting project: Bicycle Dante’s Inferno deck. Inspired by the legendary work of Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, designs are a modern interpretation true to the original text and framed after the classic “Inferno” illustrations by the […]

Whispering Imps Playing Cards. Tiny demons full of magic

      Imps are tiny mischievous and playful mythological beings commonly associated with magicians.   Harry Kellar was an American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He released in 1894 a poster that featured Kellar in a profile portrait with two little red Imps, one peeking […]

Bicycle Calaveras. The mexican revolution and the Day of the Dead

  The traditional Day of the Dead is the inspiration of this amazing deck by Chris Ovdiyenko: the Bicycle Calaveras. Chris pays tribute to the work of Jose Posada, a famous nineteenth-century Mexican paintmaker involved in the revolutionary movement, and reinterprets his work in a set of cards full of original designs. In addition to the […]