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Hello there

I am pyramid.ink, a creative focusing on printed stuff and very interested by playing cards as a medium.
I have a very smol collection of decks because i lack space but i have some i really like for their concepts and lush prints.
Some decks i would also really like to acquire, for example the playing card set designed by Paula Scher or (one can dream) Sonia Delaunay playing cards set.

To start my thread, i wanted to present a peek of a deck soon to be released, part of the ægis project, which will (hopefully) become a line of playing cards. You can find some more about it in the project presentation section

See you very soon so i can introduce you to other decks i own

I looked up the Sonia Delaunay deck as I'd not heard of it before. Interesting backstory and certainly a solid contribution to custom playing cards. There is currently one (first edition, apparently there are two) with a minimum bid for £200 on eBay. No idea if this is a high or low price, but I don't think it's for me. The design just isn't one for me and I collect what I like. Can certainly see the appear however and definitely a piece of history.

yes artist's deck are pretty interesting to me, be it delaunay's cassandre's (for hermes) or the surrealist's tarot

Does Paula Scher have any decks other than the Just Type decks and does Sonia Delaunay have any decks other than the Simultane set? I have both sets and really like the Simultane decks.

brownsl wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:17 pm Does Paula Scher have any decks other than the Just Type decks and does Sonia Delaunay have any decks other than the Simultane set? I have both sets and really like the Simultane decks.

If memory serves, I think Sonia Delaunay designed just one deck - a twin set with two different backs, first edition in the early 60s, then a second printing in the 80s.

Edit: Oh wait, I see Strag mentions them above. Steve Bacon has one set in his shop on RubyLane.

Edit 2: I looked in the Fournier catalogs to see if there was a listing for her but didn't see one. Doesn't mean there isn't one - it's not easy finding specific decks in that catalog.