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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Diamond Awards Archive => Playing Card Plethora => 2021 Diamond Awards - Nominee Topics => Topic started by: Don Boyer on September 01, 2021, 08:34:19 PM
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Stephen Brandt, known by the design studio name of "fig. 23" or the Kickstarter user name "Swabbed Decks," certainly has a sense of whimsy and playfulness to his designs. The four decks he produced in this award cycle all share a common theme - they're flip books, designed to present a playful animation when sorted into a specific order and riffled. Brandt has made other, non-flip book decks in the past, but all of his works under the "fig. 23" brand employ this interesting and entertaining feature.
Two of the projects, "Wonderland & Looking-Glass" and "The Wizard of Oz," are based on popular children's books, while the other two, "Clockwork: Quackington" and "Clockwork: Montana Mustache Manufacturing Co.," are more mechanically oriented, and are the third and fourth decks in the "Clockwork" series of deck releases. "The Wizard of Oz" was manufactured by MakePlayingCards.com, while the remaining projects were all made by USPC.
Trust me when I tell you, you REALLY have to look at these decks on their web pages. There are animations there that are charming beyond belief!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swabbeddecks/wonderland-looking-glass-flip-book-playing-cards-uspcc
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swabbeddecks/fig-23-the-wizard-of-oz-flip-book-animated-playing-cards
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swabbeddecks/clockwork-quackington-animated-playing-cards-uspcc
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swabbeddecks/clockwork-montana-mustache-manufacturing-co-playing-cards
https://www.fig23.com/shop