Playing cards for cardistry & magic, limited edition deck.

CASE STUDY PROTOTYPE PLAYING CARDS

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An exhibition of playable art by dan and dave. decades of practice and study pressed on paper and packaged within a box for sale. The artists need the money.

Case study is an experimental project that brings together an amalgamation of interests — from cardistry, architecture, and design to philosophy, cinema, and japanese aesthetics. Keeping within the framework of traditional playing cards, the twins deconstruct and recompose 52 prototype back designs using their brandmark as a foundation. The result is an object of art for cardistry, magic, collecting, and everyday play.

The designs featured in prototype form a visual archive, intended to guide and inspire future iterations.

Limited edition, numbered 001 - 576.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Joshua ★★★★★

The card stock has a nice snap to it right out of the box, and the faces are printed so cleanly that flourishes look sharper than they do on my usual deck. I've had them out on my desk for a week just flipping through the court cards.

Aurora S. ★★★★★

The box itself is worth keeping on a shelf, and the print quality on the faces is absurdly crisp for something this experimental. I bought a deck to actually play with and ended up ordering a second one to leave sealed.

Hazel ★★★★★

The card stock feels noticeably different in hand, snappier and more matte than a standard deck. I've been leaving them out on my desk just to shuffle while thinking, and the print quality on the faces holds up close. Genuinely playable art, not something I'd tuck away in a drawer.