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Who is/are your choice for Best Deck Designer(s) of 2014?

Jackson Robinson
7 (24.1%)
Randy Butterfield
6 (20.7%)
Mark Stutzman
1 (3.4%)
Paul Carpenter
4 (13.8%)
Uusi: Peter Dunham & Linnea Gits
11 (37.9%)

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Voting closed: January 16, 2015, 12:37:33 AM

Best Designer or Design Team of 2014

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Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« on: November 07, 2014, 08:44:27 AM »
 

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Best Designer of 2014

Nominated, not Seconded:
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Nominated AND Seconded:
Jackson Robinson
Randy Butterfield
Mark Stutzman
Paul Carpenter
Uusi - Peter Dunham and Linnea Gits
« Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 01:42:22 AM by Rose »
 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2014, 01:33:20 PM »
 

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I nominate Randy Butterfield.
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2014, 03:09:03 PM »
 

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I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2014, 04:03:48 PM »
 

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I think this category should examine a designer/team for all their decks that first shipping during 2014.

Uusi would be nominated for Pagan and Hotcakes.
Jackson for all the 5 Sherlock Holmes decks, Civil War, The Independence, Tally Ho, 52 + joker.
Rick Davidson for Origins
Paul Carpenter for Zenith
etc.

I gotta nominate Jackson Robinson for his body of work.

 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2014, 05:15:29 PM »
 

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I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2014, 10:12:12 PM »
 

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I second Jackson Robinson.  I love all his work. Even enjoy his left handed drawings...
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2014, 11:49:21 PM »
 

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I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?

I was just curious.  When someone's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a given year, they usually identify the particular performance in which it occurred, especially when the actor is prolific enough to have appeared in more than one film for that year.  One performance could be absolutely stellar work while the other could be wooden and lifeless - you'd want the people who saw the second film to know he wasn't nominated for THAT!  :))

But no, you need not pick a specific deck - as long as at least one of his decks was released this year, which it was.
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2014, 03:30:18 PM »
 

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I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?

I was just curious.  When someone's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a given year, they usually identify the particular performance in which it occurred, especially when the actor is prolific enough to have appeared in more than one film for that year.  One performance could be absolutely stellar work while the other could be wooden and lifeless - you'd want the people who saw the second film to know he wasn't nominated for THAT!  :))

But no, you need not pick a specific deck - as long as at least one of his decks was released this year, which it was.

There's just no way I could pick only one of Randy's decks to nominate over another of Randy's decks. So only choice left was to nominate this way. :P
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Re: Best Designer of 201
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2014, 04:37:57 PM »
 

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Thanks for the nod Fez!!

I'll throw out my projects from 2014, if it will help for anyone thinking about seconding:

White ORNATE and Obsidian Decks, LUXX Decks, Brazil Deck, production work on the Boardwalk Deck (plus a little design work), Draconian Decks, design work on ______ ___ and all of __ __ _______. One of the unlisted projects will be known this month!

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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2014, 05:03:12 PM »
 

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I second Randy Butterfield.
 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2014, 05:59:09 PM »
 

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You're welcome Randy. It's FES no Z. a Fez is a hat. :P
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2014, 08:40:44 PM »
 

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I nominate Mark Stutzman... Gatorbacks, Legends, Whispering Imps
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2014, 10:40:50 PM »
 

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Third Randy Butterfield for White ORNATE decks.
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2014, 05:45:32 PM »
 

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I nominate Mark Stutzman... Gatorbacks, Legends, Whispering Imps
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Yes, I might be the guy you remember from that thing at that place way back when.
 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2014, 06:51:18 PM »
 

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Nominate Paul Carpenter for Zenith
 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2014, 07:07:05 PM »
 

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Nominate Paul Carpenter for Zenith
Seconded.
 

Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2014, 02:43:48 AM »
 

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Tough call, but nominating UUSI for Hotcakes and Pagan.

Anyone want to nominate Lortek or Brain Vessel for me? :)
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Re: Best Designer of 2014
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2014, 03:21:09 PM »
 

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I second Uusi -- Peter Dunham and Linnea Gits.

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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2014, 05:22:56 PM »
 

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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2014, 12:11:48 AM »
 

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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2015, 12:58:08 PM »
 

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Underestimated designers of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque), Rick Davidson (Origins) and  Lorenzo Gaggiotti (prototype of 17 deck).


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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
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Underestimated designers of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque), Rick Davidson (Origins) and  Lorenzo Gaggiotti (prototype of 17 deck).

Interestingly enough, two of those three are in the running for Best New Designer of 2014...
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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2015, 07:39:39 PM »
 

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This is tough, all of these guys are really great!  I like all of their work! 
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Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2015, 08:37:11 PM »
 

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That 'is' tough. The Imps and Royal Optiks are my favorites right now. I don't know if I could pick one...
 

Re: Best Designer or Design Team of 2014
« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2015, 07:13:23 PM »
 

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Underestimated designers of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque), Rick Davidson (Origins) and  Lorenzo Gaggiotti (prototype of 17 deck).

Interestingly enough, two of those three are in the running for Best New Designer of 2014...

Ok, agree, the most underestimated designer of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque).


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