I emailed Peter earlier this week about doing this interview. This was his response.

     Sure, we would love to take part and answer as many of the questions as possible. We're always more than happy to share our experience and knowledge as designers, and greatly appreciate the support and interest of the discourse forum members.

Here is two artist that are in the middle of finishing one project. Starting a new one. Oh! and running a business as well. So I say thank you to Peter and Linnea for taking time out of their busy schedule to answer questions for me. 

As explained on the Uusi website.

     Uusi is Finnish for “new”. You pronounce it “oosee”. You see?

About Uusi

Q: How did you come up with the name?

     Peter has cousin's in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that he and his brothers have been fishing and hunting with for years. There is a large Finnish community there and all the guys in the family have given each other Finnish nicknames – Peter's is "Johan" – so when we started Uusi Peter wanted to find a Finnish word to name the company. We chose "Uusi" because it was a new venture for us and because that feeling of discovery is a huge part of our creative drive.

Q: What is your backgrounds/education? What did you do before Uusi?

     Peter went to school for Fine Art. He has a BFA from Northern Illinois University.  I went to school for journalism at Drake University in Iowa. I had always wanted to go to school for art, but my parents were against it. I met Peter over the summer of my third year in college apprenticing at his studio in Chicago and never went back to Drake.  We worked as artists showing in galleries in Chicago, NY & LA and drifted into commercial design through imagery, objects and paintings commissioned for the furniture design company Herman Miller for their headquarters in Zeeland MI and then their National Design Showrooms around the country. That led to another commercial design job, and before we knew it, design work was almost the only thing we were doing. In 2010 we started our own design studio, Uusi.

Q: Do you have other people work in your studio, teach, mentor, have interns, or anything like that?

     We have two part time assistants, Colleen & Annie, who help us with the day to day office and customer service work and from time to time we have interns from Columbia College and the Art Institute.  Both Peter and I guest lecture for the design department at Columbia College and our studio is part of their class field trip program for Design 101 students at Columbia College.

Q: You are partners in Uusi. Are you partners in life?

     Yep, we are married

Q: Are both of you a part of the card projects?

     Yes! As the Lead Creative at Uusi, my job is to concept the sketches and direction of the deck. Then I bring them to Peter, we talk about which ideas are the strongest, land on one and then I go off and sketch out the initial look.  When we are ready to create the final artwork we divvy it up according to each other's artistic strengths. Peter focused on sculpture when he was in school and has incredible drafting skills and a very steady hand for line work. He worked on all the costumes (and always all the weaponry!) for BB, BB Redux & RO.  As a painter I have a much looser, more expressive line,  so I usually create all the faces. I painted all the artwork for Bohemia and now, Pagan.  The decks all are Art Directed by Peter – he'll come in and say things like "No way would there be a sword like that in the 1100's – you need to use one that looks like this."  Or, "You need to make that King's chin a lot shorter." Exciting stuff like that  


Q: Peter has the wood/workshop. Linnea do you help out in the shop? or is it pretty much his baby?

     That is all Peter's world!!

Q: What got you interested in designing playing cards?

     Peter collected cards for quite a while – mostly old, European decks he found on ebay – for inspirational imagery.  In 2010 I had done a card deck for a client and after it was finished Peter thought it would be cool for both of us to work on a deck for our company, Uusi.  We finished it in the spring of 2012 and launched it on Kickstarter shortly thereafter. Blue Blood completely took us by surprise. We learned so much on that deck and from all the backers and card community and Peter wanted to take all that information and apply it again to another deck. He likes to work through a genre to really understand it and that was how we came up with a six deck series.

Q: You are planning 6 card projects. Any chance of doing more(my fingers are crossed)?

     We get asked that question almost daily!! It is incredibly flattering that you and other people would like to see more decks by Uusi!  We do not have plans to make anymore Uusi decks after our sixth deck, but we have been approached by Anthropologie to design a deck for them and there are some very interesting collaborations that are on the horizon for 2014 that may be exciting.

Q: How long does it usually take to design each deck?

     You know...it is hard to say exactly as we work on a lot of projects at the same time at the studio. Working like this it takes about two months from concept to final artwork and final file prep.  Some decks have gone faster than others – it just takes as long as it takes to make it right!

Q: Did you have the ideas for each deck planned from the start?

     No. But we knew we wanted each deck to have a unique look unto itself. Changing the medium we use each time has really helped push that direction and guides the look of the deck.

About Pagan

Q: What was the inspiration for this deck?

     Our love of the forests and lakes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. That feeling of wilderness is intense when you are deep in a forest and when we thought about expressing that feeling visually it took us to the Pagan era in history.

Q: You usually have the card stand, and custom brick box. I assume you will on this one, but any unique wood items for this one?

     We stopped doing a custom printed brick box after Bohemia.  Not sure if we will do one again...but Peter loves creating unique case goods for each project. We will definitely have a new box for Pagan, along with some other surprises

Q: You mentioned having a pre-launch and give away on Facebook?

     Just had it today(Friday)! It will go through the weekend. We pick the winner on Monday. We thought it would be cool to give away one deck (in both colors) from the series to date to celebrate the half-way point in our six deck series and the launch of deck #4, Pagan!

Just go to Uusi's Facebook page. "like" their post, and you can win this.



The future of Uusi

Q: You have 2 more card projects. Do you have a direction you are going with them?

     We started sketches and concepts for deck five already but nothing concrete yet.  I think we may be taking a bit of a break after "Pagan" to focus on other work at the studio and reload our creative ideas for winding up the series!

Q: Has anybody approached you to design a custom deck for them? Would you consider it?

     Yes! We get a lot of requests, but so far there have been only two or three that are a good fit for us.  Time will tell which ones end up making it into the world.

Q: Kickstarter has seemed to be a pretty good outlet for your card projects. Do you have any other type projects in mind for Kickstarter?

     We've definitely thought about it, but right now we are just focusing on completing the playing card series for Uusi!

Q: Don Boyer is a huge presence on the Discourse. Anything you would like to expand about how he has helped you?

     We were big fans of Don's posts on The Discourse before we worked together so it was awesome when he agreed to work with us on Bohemia. His knowledge of the card market, its history and the many ways cards are used professionally is a HUGE bonus for us when we design a deck. With Pagan, when we told Don we wanted to do a borderless back he was excited and really pushed us to keep tweaking the design until it worked for magicians and card players. It was one thing to make it look cool, a whole different thing to make it playable. Without Don's technical help we wouldn't have ended up with the playable design we now have.

Q: Anything else you would like to add about the future of Uusi?

     We are excited to be working with people we respect and on projects we enjoy and have loved meeting all of the people in this community who have made this series meaningful and we hope you keep us on your radar even after our six deck series comes to an end! I know Peter will continue to add to the card cases on the site and we hope to surprise you with a new venture at Uusi in the future!

Some card designs



Links to the previous projects



A few final words

Me: I did carpentry work for 20 years before changing my career to my present job. I do miss sometimes being able to step away from a project, and say I built that.  I try to do wood projects when I can to help fill that gap. I'm not an artist, but I do understand the passion you have for what you do. It shows in the work you put out. Congratulations on all of your success. I know this one will be just as successful as the others. Beautiful work.

     Thanks, Robert! It's awesome that you had experience with woodworking – I definitely understand that feeling of being able to say, "I built that".  Also it's great to have people understand the passion we put in to our work. It really is the driving force behind everything we do at Uusi.

Best regards,

Peter



I want to thank Linnea and Peter again. Best wishes for your new project. I can feel my wallet getting lighter already.



If you are a designer, or have a project, and want it spotlighted. PM me here at the Discourse. 

Stellar work you're doing here, Rob.  I'm going to let you create a new topic to replace the existing 2013 Releases topic, so as decks from KS and others finally get released, you'll be able to place them there right away.

Awesome stuff.  I love the pictures!

Nicely done Rob! Has anyone with power ever considered an email Newsletter with this information and maybe some other tidbits? Coming Soon? Hot Prospects? Rumor Mill? Etc....

I think that would be very cool 

Quote from: Sparkz on October 07, 2013, 02:50:38 PM

Nicely done Rob! Has anyone with power ever considered an email Newsletter with this information and maybe some other tidbits? Coming Soon? Hot Prospects? Rumor Mill? Etc....

I think that would be very cool 

We kind of have that already - check out tuckcase.com!  The site is new, but it's rapidly becoming a solid source of deck information.  No need to reinvent the wheel if the one we have is working just fine, right? 

I already subscribe to Tuckcase, didn't realize it was affiliated with the site, good to know 

   After a very successful first card project Calaveras Chris has started his new project Oracle. The project started on October 9th and will end November 8th. After only 4 days in, he is already over $13,600 of his $20,000 goal. You can get the cards, along with matching woodcut prints and t-shirts on Kickstarter.Chris was very gracious to take time out of his busy schedule, and answer some questions for me.

Q: Chris, I'm sure you get this question a lot, but what got you interested in designing cards?
A: I'm a creative director and missed designing and actually making things. I also collected playing cards and thought, why not? I had such a great experience with the Calaveras project that I decided to keep going and launch a second deck.

Q:  What is your background in design?
A: I actually went to art school for metal sculpture. That didn't really pan out for me, so I made my way into design.

Quick explanation of woodcut prints.
The process is to have the designs laser etched onto wood plates, I ink the plates, then run them through my press on museum-grade artist paper.



Here's an example of the detail this process makes possible (art is from my last project)



Q: Is making a woodcut print similar to the way a rubber stamp works?
A: It's similar, but takes a lot more artistry to pull a consistent even print. The press makes that a lot easier.

Q: I noticed the picture of the press. Thinking about other designers that may want to try this. As far as set up, and price of getting wood etched. Would you consider it a long term investment, or could someone get started fairly cheap?
A: It's definitely an investment. The press cost about 4K, the drying racks are about 1K each and I needed to get 2 of them. The rest is fairly reasonable in cost (inking station, inks, paper). But it was considerable setup.

Q: Would you possibly consider doing this on the side for other designers? 
A: Probably not, I have a resource for creating the plates, but it's not the fastest process especially in quantity.

Q: Is it possible to do more than 1 color on these prints?
A: It is, but it complicates things in terms of setup and also execution. Basically it requires a VERY accurate registration system and doubles the cost in terms of plates and also print runs and drying time. The inks I use take about 5 days to dry completely. So basically it comes down to cost - I think I would try it on a future project to see if people would go for that, but with Oracle I didn't want to complicate production since I need to fulfill on Calaveras at the same time.

Q: Anything else you would like to add about the process?
A: Just that it’s really amazing that the KS community has supported it. Printmaking in general has really suffered in recent years as just about anyone can snag an image and hit the print button. It's cool to know people understand the difference between commercial printing and artistic printing.
 
Q: The Oracle Project. How did you come up with the theme of this deck?
A: Honestly, about a month and a half ago I was looking at buying a t-shirt with a talking board design on it. I fell in love with the look and mentioned to my wife that it would make a great deck of cards but there wasn't enough material to support a whole deck (royals being this biggest problem). She had been reading about the Spiritualist movement and suggested I read a little too. So I did, and I realized that it wasn't just going to be possible, it was going to be completely unique, amazing, and fit together really well. It all just fell into place and with Halloween coming up, I wanted to get it going as soon as I could. The hardest part has been figuring out how to give the deck a spooky edge without being cheesy. I'm feeling pretty good that the deck is getting it right on both fronts.

Q: Do you plan on adding a second version during the project? Possibly a Bicycle branded deck?
A: I'm considering it, but there is already so much type on the box, I'm worried that it'll conflict   having the Bicycle logo. I also kinda like the idea of launching projects without leaning on the Bicycle brand too heavily.

Q: Other possible stretch goals?
A: I've got some ideas, but it's probably better to take them one at a time.

Q: About the future. Do you still plan to do the LE Black Calaveras deck?
A: Yep, but I have a card project that will come after Oracle and will take a few months to get ready for. I don't want to say too much, but it will push my artistic abilities to my own limits. It's in a style that uses scratchboard like I have been, but is SUPER difficult to pull off. I'm really excited to try though and I plan on it going live on KS around April.

Q: Both the Calaveras and oracle decks have kind of a dark theme.  Do you think you will stay in this style?
A: Probably not, my next deck idea isn't going to be as dark, and I'd hate to be known for only doing "dark" decks. It's a weird thing though - people start to know you for one thing and it can be easy to get categorized. I don't think any artist wants to be "typecast."

Q: Anything else you would like to add?
A: Just that I'm so excited to be running another project on KS and love this community!

I want to thank Chris for taking the time to answer my questions. I emailed Chris earlier in the week asking him to do an interview. He said he had just launched the project, and would be happy to send some information. He didn't know me, or who I was. For all he Knew I am just some crazy nut fan. So again Thank you. I'll leave you with a few pictures of the project.







Projects listed in order of End Date.  Currency amounts are in US dollars ($), British pounds sterling (£) or Canadian dollars (C$).  Currency amounts for Pledges/Running Totals (below 1,000 units) and Goals are listed in actual dollar amounts, while Pledges/Running Totals (above 1,000 units) are listed in "kilo-units" (k), rounded to the nearest hundred units.  Pledges in bold means the project is fully funded.

Running totals were taken on: Sept 30, 2013- Oct 6, 2013- Oct 14,2013

USPC Brand	Creator Title & Topic Link Project Start/Stop Date	Goal	Pledges	Running Totals	KickStarter Link
	AlieN InK∞ Infinity Edition Galaxy Cards ∞ Oct9-17/2013	$88	$3,979	$0 $0 $3,979
USPC	Adam Mills Anarchy Casino Black Oct 3- Nov 2	£8,500	£435	£0 £336 £435
	Robert Wawrzyniak Blacklight Monster Deck Sept 27-Oct 31, 2013	$5,000	$526	$253 $543 $526
	Sterling Heibeck Cardomancer Sept 16-Oct 16, 2013	$7,500	$824	$782 $824 $824
USPC	Jennifer Kast Caravan of SEE'ers "Cartomancer" Playing Cards Sept 20-Oct 20, 2013	$10,000	$4,475	$3,453 $4,045 $4,475
USPC	Cultúrlán Enterprises Celtic Playing Cards Sept 22-Nov 1, 2013	$6,000	$7,160	$4,999 $6,528 $7,160
	Xtu Productions CREEPY playing cards Oct 4-25	$5,200	$3,319	$0 $2,674 $3,319
Bicycle	Hurlyburly Games Demograffik Sept 27-Oct 28, 2013	$9,100	$3,213	$1,238 $2,613 $3,213
USPC	Roni LaginDensity Playing Card Deck Oct 11- Nov 15/2013	$12,000	$5,281	$0 $0 $5,281
	Tyler Shearer Flip 52 Sept 19-Oct 19, 2013	$1,000	$1,515	$918 $1,203 $1,515
Bicycle	Paul Michael Kane Foto Grafis Sept 30-Nov 9	$8,500	$4,374	$0 $3,792 $4,374
Bicycle	Scott KingThe Gentlemen 52: Bicycle® Playing Cards with a Hairy Twist Oct 7-Nov 10/2013	$9,000	$3,178	$0 $0 $3,178
USPC	Alan Kriegel Gestalt: Modern playing cards for modern times Sept 9-Oct 21	$10,000	$4,240	$0 $4,082 $4,240
	E Brewstein & Corsa Advertising, LLC The Irish Gaelic Oct 3-Nov 3	$5,750	$2,663	$0 $1,369 $2,663
	Wesley TranKNOCK ON WOOD // GOOD LUCK WITH THAT Oct 8-Nov 22/2013	$70,000	$1,121	$0 $0 $1,121
Bicyle	Cevin R Cox The League of Monters Sept 27-Oct 31, 2013	$8,000	$3,201	$1.98k $2,909 $3,201
Bicycle	Noel Quiles Meridian Sept 30-Nov 15	$15,000	$4,236	$0 $3,671 $4,236
	Jonathan BeekmanThe Most Awesome Poker Set in the World Oct 10-Nov 9/2013	$21,000	$7,142	$0 $0 $7,142
Bicycle	Dann Kriss NEW Cthulhu Oct 1-Nov 3	$12,000	$31,305	$0 $24,138 $31,305
	Chris OvdiyenkoOracle - Mystifying Playing Cards Oct 9-Nov 8 2013		$13,697	$0 $0 $13,697
	Digital Abstracts Playing Arts - A Deck of Poker Cards by 54 Top Artists Oct 12-Nov 9/2013	£3,000	£2,039	£0 £0 £2,039
Bicycle	James Briggs Renegades & Rogues Oct 1-31	$10,000	$1,436	$0 $1,436
Bicycle	Nat Iwata Steampunk Pirates Sept 22-Oct 23, 2013	$18,000	$34,250	26.1k $29,746 $34,250
Bicyle	Vincent Tran Wanted Dead or Alive-Wild West Playing Cards Sept 25-Oct 25, 2013	$22,000 CAD	$5,531 CAD	$4.9k CAD $5,068 CAD $5,531 CAD
	Sergei Boutenko Wild Edible Poker Cards Oct 11-Nov 11/2013	$4,500	$583	$0 $0 $583
	Dale Mathis "World's First 3D Metal and Mechanized Playing Cards" Oct 12-Nov 16/2013	$35,000	$31,632	$0 $0 $$31,632

Projects remain on this chart until the decks are either being distributed to backers or on sale through retailers, whichever comes first.  Reward Ship Estimate is taken from the project home page and for delivery of decks only, NOT ancillary rewards; est. months in Bold Red have already passed.  All currency amounts are actual, not rounded.

USPC Brand	Creator Title & Topic Link Project Start/Stop Date	Goal	Pledges	KickStarter Link	Ship Est.
Bicycle	Cobey Pile (Home Run Games) 8-Bit (Traditional) (red, blue) Apri 5-May 15, 2013-Aug 2013 Update 9/26/2013 "Shipping on Red and Blue decks started" ?	$15,000	$26,325		Aug 2013
	Juan Solorzano Alice of Wonderland (gold, silver) June 28-July 29, 2013	$19,500	$22,716		Nov 2013
USPC	Man Made Games All Jokers Transformation Deck (2nd try) (four back patterns; formerly "Bicycle Four Jokers") Aug 12-Sept 11, 2013	$1,000	$4,738		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Altius Management Asylum Sep 25-Oct 31, 2012 Update 7/13/2013 "Update on Asylum Playing Card Project "- many comments of fraud	$15,000	$25,146		Dec 2012
	Ben Thompson (badassoftheweek.com) BADASS: Spades & Grenades July 16-Aug 15, 2013	$10,000	$49,003		Dec 2013
USPC	Michael Muldoon Believe by System-6- Magic Sept 5-Oct 6, 2013	$10,000	$12,390+		dec 2013
Bicycle/USPC	UnCommon Beat The Black Book of Cards Sept 3-Oct 2, 2013	$10,000	$85,311		Jan 2014
	Hilary Pfeifer The Bunny with a Toolbelt May 29-July 8, 2013	$12,345	$14,742		Dec 2013
	Peter Dunham & Linnea Gits (Uusi) Blueblood Redux Aug 9-Sept 13, 2013	$9,000	$28,588		Jan 2014
Bicycle	Chris Ovdiyenko Calaveras Jun 12-July 22, 2013	$15,000	$61,217		Dec 2013
Bicycle	Paul Carpenter (Encarded) Deco (bronze, silver) July 1-July 29,2013 Delayed due to printing error	$1,000	$29,223		Sep 2013
	David Sitto Diamond Cut Playing Cards Aug 25-Oct 5, 2013	$1,500	$5,128		Nov 2013
	Elinor Rooks (Ash and Eli) "Draw Like a Boss" video (Boss Playing Cards reward) Feb 17-Mar 22, 2013 Creator Ash and Eli 4 days ago  A lot of the rewards have gone out, shipping 800+ packages, by george! Tis no piddly task. 10/10/13	£30,000	£51,833		July 2013 decks only
	Cora Tang, Alex Maynard, Ryan Andrews The Drinking Deck July 17-Aug 31, 2013	$9,000	$11,474		Nov 2013
(?)	Dave Ufford EclecDeck May 8-June 7, 2013 For Backers Only No delivery yet - Activity in Denver on Saturday 10/11/2013 ?	$4,500	$5,205		Sep 2013
Bicycle	Nat Iwata Elves & Orcs May24-June 27, 2013	$18,000	$18,382		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Joanne Lin Emperor July 31-Aug 30, 2013	$1,000	$18,033		Limited Blue 10/13, Red 01/14
	Lee McKenzie (Kings & Crooks Playing Card Co.) Empire June 18-July 18, 2013	£9,030	£29,782		Dec 2013
Bicycle	Elite Playing Cards Evolution Aug 12-Sept 11, 2013	$15,000	$37,732		Dec 2013
Bicycle/USPC	Jackson Robinson (King's Wild Project) Federal 52, Part 2 June 15-July 25, 2013	$16,000	$188,005		Dec 2013
	The Department of Design Founders Feb 11-March 14, 2013 No update since 07/24/2013- several comments about creator deleting other online accounts	$13,000	$37,092		July 2013
USPC	Jacob Reynolds Gangsters Playing Cards June 11-Jul 11, 2013 Last update 07/10/2013  "Deck complete, test print in effect"	$500	$576		Aug 2013
USPC	Shea Looijen (Bibelot Games) Hardwood (25 varieties) April 4-May 2, 2013	$900	$27,879		Nov 2013 (early birds), May 2014
Bicycle/USPC	Midnight Playing Cards/HOPC Imperial Deck (unbranded in red, Bicycle-branded in brown) Aug 13-Sept 15, 2013	$10,000	$18,209		Dec 2013
	Xtu Productions Iron Kings Sept 12-Sept 27, 2013	$2,000	$2,245		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Noel Quiles (TPX Designs) King of Kings July 26-Aug 25, 2013	$15,000	$15,684		Nov 2013
	Teach By Magic Mazing Deck June 21-July 24, 2013	$12,000	$20,067		Dec 2013
USPC	Derek McKee The Melies Playing Cards Aug 28-Sept 26, 2013	$11,500	$11,797		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Alex Willis (AP Publishing House/Man Made Games) Michael Frömmer 1616 Silver April 9-May 9, 2013 Update 9/23/13 " I have scheduled my pack and ship weeks to coincide with my vacation so I have ample time to package and ship"	$8,500	$8,529		Sep 2013
	David Goldklang (Vända Cards) Mustache April 24-May 26, 2013	$10,000	$19,046		Sep 2013
	Erik Dahlman (Albino Dragon) The Name of the Wind May 9-June 14, 2013	$10,000	$589,660		Dec 2013
(?)	Paul Wheaton Permaculture Aug 10-Sept 9, 2013	$18,500	$70,853		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Cy Arian (House of Cy) Persian Empire (2nd try) Aug 7-Sept 16, 2013	$13,000	$13,021		Dec 2013
	Mike Guistolise (CollectablePlayingCards.com) Pharaoh Aug 20-Sept 19, 2013	$6,000	$12,226		Nov 2013
USPC	Chris Pallace (Bent Castle Workshops) Pippoglyph II (2nd try) May 24-June 23, 2013 Update 9/5/2013 "So after approving the proof we were confronted with a delivery date of November 12th"	$8,500	$9,226		Aug 2013
Bicycle	Elite Playing Cards Platinum June 17-July 17, 2013	$15,000	$26,854		Oct 2013
USPC	Paul Vincent Pocket Time Machine (brown, crimson) July 29-Aug 26, 2013	$7,500	$8,922		Feb 2014
Bicycle	Ari Steffen Radical 80's July 18-Aug 23, 2013	$8,000	$11,945		Dec 2013
USPC	Travis (Indie Boards and Cards) Ross Clan part of "Haggis and Ross Clan Deck" project June 12-June 26, 2013	$10,000	$16,410		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Brett Dudo Royal Wilderness June 19-Aug 3, 2013 Update 9/10/2013 Short story-Apears has just sent artwork to USPCC, and expects delivery in 3-6 weeks	$6,500	$6,602		Sep 2013
USPC	Darren Gendron Seelie June 13-July 13, 2013	$5,000	$7,328		Nov 2013
(?)	Jason Tagmire Storyteller Cards May 6-June 10, 2013	$10,000	$15,990		Nov 2013
USPC	Hannah Lipsky Tavern Cards Jan 17-Feb 13, 2013 Backers only update 10/04/2013 "Lots more cards! "?	$5,000	$5,704		April 2013
Bicycle	Tesh of Project Khopesh Tinker Deck Sept 9- Oct 5, 2013	$11,000	$23,743		Jan 2014
	Chris Cavill Type Deck June 13-July 23, 2013	$12,000	$20,604		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Brian Denham and Joeming Dunn (Antarctic Press) Ultimate Zombie May 10-June 9, 2013	$7,205	$15,407		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Lotrek (Half Moon Playing Cards) Venexiana July 16-Aug 20, 2013	$15,000	$23,098		Nov 2013
USPC	Vict Playing Cards Vict (2nd try) Mar 19-April 15, 2013	$5,000	$9,270		Nov 2013
	Alex Willis A Victorian Adventure May 30-June 29, 2013	$8,500	$8,967		Nov 2013
(?)	Andy Fisher A War of Kings Aug 1-Sept 7, 2013	$10,500	$13,018		Dec 2013
	Chris Chelko Whispering Imps June 1-July 1, 2013	$19,775	$34,128		Dec 2013
Bicycle	Gavin Rooney (Home Run Games) Zombie Riders Mar 19-May 18, 2013 Update 09/18/2013 "Bicycle decks are in and will begin shipping!"	$8,000	$8,895		Sep 2013
	Warpunk Games Zombie Black Sept 19-Oct 10, 2013	$2,000	$9,230		Jan 2014

Disclaimer: while we at the Discourse strive to be as accurate as possible, we are also human, capable of making errors when entering and updating this report.  We accept no liability for such errors - users of this report are strongly advised to independently verify any data they feel to be of importance for whatever reason.               

Projects listed in alphabetical order. Currency amounts are in US dollars ($), British pounds sterling (£) or Canadian dollars (C$). Pledges in bold means the project is fully funded.

Running totals were taken on:  11/04-06/2013- 11/15/2013

USPC Brand	Creator Title & Discourse Topic Link Project Start/Stop Date	Goal	Current Pledges	Running Totals	KickStarter Link
	Mark Allender  2013 Playing Cards Series Nov 7- Dec 7, 2013	$1,400	$549	$0 $549
Bicycle	Shane Tyree Call of Cthulhu: The Writhing Dark Nov 12- Dec 10, 2013	$18,000	$29,329	$0 $29,329
	Sly Kly  Carbon Fiber Nov 8, 2013- Jan 7, 2014	$35,000	$31,375	$0 $31,375
Bicycle	DB Designs Clockwork Bicycle® Nov 1- Dec 6,2013	£8,000	£753	£647 £753
Bicycle	Cobey Pile Comic Con, Bicycle© Oct 22-Nov 30, 2013	$9,500	$4,261	$3,649 $4,261
USPC	Xtu Productions CRYSTALLUM Nov 8- Dec 8, 2013	$6,900	$1,714	$0 $1,714
Bicycle	Cthulhu Project Cthulhu Playing Cards Nov 7- Dec 8, 2013	£20,000	£6,176	£0 £6,176
Bicycle	Yuk Wah Dragon Dynasty Nov 13-Dec 13,2013	£8,000	£1,657	£0 £1,657
USPC	TunnelBravo Fanangled Playing Card Deck – v 2.0 Nov 8- Dec 8, 2013	$6,695	$5,311	$0 $5,311
Bicycle	CollectablePlayingCards.com Gods of Mythology Oct 24-Nov 23, 2013	$5,000	$6,140	$5,598 $6,140
Bicycle	Elite Playing Cards GOLD Bicycle® Oct 24, Nov 23, 2013	$15,000	$64,449	$56,631 $64,449
	Ashley Acton The Grain Back Playing Cards Oct 30-Nov 29, 2013	£1,000	£800	£665 £800
Bicycle	Bmpokerworld Grungeland Oct 28-Nov 27, 2013	$15,000	$4,970	$4,464 $4,970
	Ars Felix HOUDINI Magic Séance Oct 31- Dec 7, 2013	$12,000	$3,778	$3,465 $3,788
	deluna shop IOH Nov 5- Dec 5, 2013	$7,000	$197	$0 $197
Bicycle	Nathanael Mortensen Kingdoms of a New World Oct 24- Nov 24, 2013	$18,000	$29,003	$19,606 29,003
Bicyle	Cevin R Cox The League of Monsters Nov 4-20, 2013	$1,000	$1,541	$742 $1,541
	Stephen Coffey Location Cards Oct 25- Nov 24, 2013	£900	£6,239	£0 £3,834 £6,239
	Mike Lambert Metropol NOX Nov 12-Dec 17, 2013	$10,000 CAD	$2,810 CAD	$0 $2,810 CAD
Bicycle	Philip Atherton    Mr. BIG Nov 13-Dec 13,2013	£10,000	£443	£0 £443
	Tom Casper Playing cards from the Salon De Magie museum of magic Oct 21- Nov 20, 2013	$9,500	$557	$587 $557
USPC	Erik Dahlman , albinodragon The Princess Bride Oct 22- Nov 26, 2013	$10,000	$58,315	$43,557 $58,315
USPC	Jackson Robinson, KingsWild Sherlock Holmes Nov 2- Dec 7, 2013	$30,000	$83,547	$70,382 $83,547
	David T. Pudelwitts-St. Albans Vampire and Zombie Playing Card Nov 5- Dec 4, 2013	$3,000	$445	$101 $445
USPC	Dale Mathis "World's First 3D Metal and Mechanized Playing Cards" Oct 12-Nov 16/2013	$35,000	$135,012	$31,632 $109,514 $135,012

Projects remain on this chart until the decks are distributed to backers or on sale through retailers.  Reward Ship Estimate is taken from the project home page; est. months in Bold Red have already passed.

USPC Brand	Creator Title & Discourse Topic Link Project Start/Stop Date	Goal	Pledges	KickStarter Link	Ship Est.
Bicycle	Cobey Pile (Home Run Games) 8-Bit (Traditional) (red, blue) Apri 5-May 15, 2013-Aug 2013 Update 9/26/2013 "Shipping on Red and Blue decks started" ?	$15,000	$26,325		Aug 2013
	Juan Solórzano Alice of Wonderland (gold, silver) June 28-July 29, 2013	$19,500	$22,716		Nov 2013
USPC	Man Made Games All Jokers Transformation Deck (2nd try) (four back patterns; formerly "Bicycle Four Jokers") Aug 12-Sept 11, 2013	$1,000	$4,738		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Altius Management Asylum Sep 25-Oct 31, 2012 Update 7/13/2013 "Update on Asylum Playing Card Project "- many comments of fraud	$15,000	$25,146		Dec 2012
	Ben Thompson (badassoftheweek.com) BADASS: Spades & Grenades July 16-Aug 15, 2013	$10,000	$49,003		Dec 2013
USPC	Michael Muldoon Believe by System-6- Magic Sept 5-Oct 6, 2013	$10,000	$12,390+		Dec 2013
Bicycle/USPC	UnCommon Beat The Black Book of Cards Sept 3-Oct 2, 2013	$10,000	$85,311		Jan 2014
	Hilary Pfeifer The Bunny with a Toolbelt May 29-July 8, 2013	$12,345	$14,742		Dec 2013
	Peter Dunham & Linnea Gits (Uusi) Blueblood Redux Aug 9-Sept 13, 2013	$9,000	$28,588		Jan 2014
	Jennifer Kast Caravan of SEE'ers Oct 26- Nov 6, 2013	$2,100	$5,527		Feb 2014
USPC	Cultúrlán Enterprises Celtic Playing Cards Sept 22-Nov 1, 2013	$6,000	$10,040		May 2014
Bicycle	Chris Ovdiyenko Calaveras Jun 12-July 22, 2013	$15,000	$61,217		Dec 2013
Bicycle	RJ Tomlinson Civil Unrest Oct 14-31, 2013	$8,500	$11,787		Feb 2014
Bicycle	Dann Kriss NEW Cthulhu Oct 1-Nov 3	$12,000	$57,168		March 2014
Bicycle	Cardicians Bicycle Dark Templar Oct 16- Nov 15	$15,000	$35,666		March 2014
USPC	Roni Lagin Density Playing Card Deck Oct 11- Nov 15/2013	$12,000	$15,599		Feb 2014
	David Sitto Diamond Cut Playing Cards Aug 25-Oct 5, 2013	$1,500	$5,128		Nov 2013
	Cora Tang, Alex Maynard, Ryan Andrews The Drinking Deck July 17-Aug 31, 2013	$9,000	$11,474		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Joanne Lin Emperor July 31-Aug 30, 2013	$1,000	$18,033		LE Blue 10/13 Red 01/14
	Lee McKenzie (Kings & Crooks Playing Card Co.) Empire June 18-July 18, 2013	£9,030	£29,782		Dec 2013
Bicycle	Elite Playing Cards Evolution Aug 12-Sept 11, 2013	$15,000	$37,732		Dec 2013
Bicycle/USPC	Jackson Robinson (King's Wild Project) Federal 52, Part 2 June 15-July 25, 2013	$16,000	$188,005		Dec 2013
	The Department of Design Founders Feb 11-March 14, 2013 No update since 07/24/2013- several comments about creator deleting other online accounts	$13,000	$37,092		July 2013
USPC	Jacob Reynolds Gangsters Playing Cards June 11-Jul 11, 2013 Last update 07/10/2013  "Deck complete, test print in effect"	$500	$576		Aug 2013
Bicycle	Scott King The Gentlemen 52: Bicycle® Playing Cards with a Hairy Twist Oct 7-Nov 10/2013	$9,000	$11,221		Dec 2013
USPC	Shea Looijen (Bibelot Games) Hardwood April 4-May 2, 2013	$900	$27,879		Nov 2013 (early birds), May 2014
Bicycle/USPC	Midnight Playing Cards/HOPC Imperial Deck Aug 13-Sept 15, 2013	$10,000	$18,209		Dec 2013
	AlieN InK∞ Infinity Edition Galaxy Cards ∞ Oct9-17/2013	$88	$4,587		Dec 2013
	E Brewstein & Corsa Advertising, LLC The Irish Gaelic Oct 3-Nov 3	$5,750	$5,884		Dec 2013
	Xtu Productions Iron Kings Sept 12-Sept 27, 2013	$2,000	$2,245		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Noel Quiles (TPX Designs) King of Kings July 26-Aug 25, 2013	$15,000	$15,684		Nov 2013
	Teach By Magic Mazing Deck June 21-July 24, 2013	$12,000	$20,067		Dec 2013
USPC	Derek McKee The Melies Playing Cards Aug 28-Sept 26, 2013	$11,500	$11,797		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Noel Quiles Meridian Sept 30-Nov 15	$15,000	$16,793		Feb 2014
Bicycle	Alex Willis (AP Publishing House/Man Made Games) Michael Frömmer 1616 Silver April 9-May 9, 2013 Update 9/23/13 " I have scheduled my pack and ship weeks to coincide with my vacation so I have ample time to package and ship"	$8,500	$8,529		Sep 2013
USPC	Jonathan Beekman The Most Awesome Poker Set in the World Oct 10-Nov 9/2013	$21,000	$22,255		Dec 2013
	David Goldklang (Vända Cards0 Mustache April 24-May 26, 2013 Creator posted a comment 11/6/2013-  I did take on more than I can handle - I let my optimism run a bit too wild. I assure you that I'm still working to get these cards and accessories shipped out to everyone but at the moment I'm very swamped with full time work and finishing up the last few remaining orders from my previous project	$10,000	$19,046		Sept 2013
	Erik Dahlman (Albino Dragon) The Name of the Wind May 9-June 14, 2013	$10,000	$589,660		Dec 2013
USPC Bicycle	Chris Ovdiyenko Oracle - Mystifying Playing Cards Oct 9-Nov 8 2013	$20,000	$52,198		March 14
(?)	Paul Wheaton Permaculture Aug 10-Sept 9, 2013	$18,500	$70,853		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Cy Arian (House of Cy) Persian Empire (2nd try) Aug 7-Sept 16, 2013	$13,000	$13,021		Dec 2013
	Mike Guistolise (CollectablePlayingCards.com) Pharaoh Aug 20-Sept 19, 2013	$6,000	$12,226		Nov 2013
USPC	Chris Pallace (Bent Castle Workshops) Pippoglyph II (2nd try) May 24-June 23, 2013 Update 11/11/2013 "The decks should arrive very soon so we are gearing up for operation ship-out decks"	$8,500	$9,226		Aug 2013
	Digital Abstracts Playing Arts - A Deck of Poker Cards by 54 Top Artists Oct 12-Nov 9/2013	£3,000	£19,949		Dec 2013
USPC	Paul Vincent Pocket Time Machine July 29-Aug 26, 2013	$7,500	$8,922		Feb 2014
Bicycle	Ari Steffen Radical 80's July 18-Aug 23, 2013	$8,000	$11,945		Dec 2013
USPC	Travis (Indie Boards and Cards) Ross Clan part of "Haggis and Ross Clan Deck" project June 12-June 26, 2013	$10,000	$16,410		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Brett Dudo Royal Wilderness June 19-Aug 3, 2013 comment by creator 11/7/2013 I know, I know... I do apologize for the delay. This is my first go at this sort of thing, and the delivery date of September was a bit... heroic. I should have the cards from USPCC in the next week or so, and it should only be a couple days for me to get everything packaged up and delivered. Hang tight! =)	$6,500	$6,602		Sep 2013
USPC	Darren Gendron Seelie June 13-July 13, 2013	$5,000	$7,328		Nov 2013
	Corey Papastathis Split Suit Playing Cards Oct 17- Nov 7, 2013	$500	$664 (High was $712)		April 2014
Bicycle	Nat Iwata Steampunk Pirates Sept 22-Oct 23, 2013	$18,000	$44,481		Feb 2014
(?)	Jason Tagmire Storyteller Cards May 6-June 10, 2013	$10,000	$15,990		Nov 2013
USPC	Hannah Lipsky Tavern Cards Jan 17-Feb 13, 2013 Backers only update 11/6/2013 The art is done!	$5,000	$5,704		April 2013
Bicycle	Tesh of Project Khopesh Tinker Deck Sept 9- Oct 5, 2013	$11,000	$23,743		Jan 2014
	Chris Cavill Type Deck June 13-July 23, 2013	$12,000	$20,604		Nov 2013
Bicycle	Brian Denham and Joeming Dunn (Antarctic Press) Ultimate Zombie May 10-June 9, 2013 Update 10/29/2013 Decks expected after Late November	$7,205	$15,407		Oct 2013
Bicycle	Lotrek (Half Moon Playing Cards) Venexiana July 16-Aug 20, 2013	$15,000	$23,098		Nov 2013
	Alex Willis A Victorian Adventure May 30-June 29, 2013	$8,500	$8,967		Nov 2013
(?)	Andy Fisher A War of Kings Aug 1-Sept 7, 2013	$10,500	$13,018		Dec 2013
	Chris Chelko Whispering Imps June 1-July 1, 2013	$19,775	$34,128		Dec 2013
	Sergei Boutenko Wild Edible Poker Cards Oct 11-Nov 11/2013	$4,500	$6,212		March 2014{/td
Bicycle	Gavin Rooney (Home Run Games) Zombie Riders Mar 19-May 18, 2013 Update 09/18/2013 "Bicycle decks are in and will begin shipping!"	$8,000	$8,895		Sep 2013
	Warpunk Games Zombie Black Sept 19-Oct 10, 2013	$2,000	$9,230		Jan 2014
	Warpunk Games Zombie White Oct 14-28, 2013	$730	$3,883		Dec 2013

           

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