I <i>love</i> the design on these, but on a practical level it looks to me that you might be able to glean some information on what's on the face side of the card by looking at the edges, since the designs are full-bleed.
There are 2 issues with these cards for gamblers:<p>1) Not symmetric when rotated 180degrees about the center; this is an issue as it allows for certain side-channel communication<p>2) full bleed; most cards have a white border for a reason: you can't glean information from looking at the edges
I know it's incredibly nitpicky and obviously a concious design decision for a "minimalist" set of cards, but I really miss the stems on the spade and club symbols.
See also Vinolentis <a href="http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis/" rel="nofollow">http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis...</a> and <a href="http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/" rel="nofollow">http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/</a> from 2006.<p>Unfortunately, they turned out to be very inconvenient to play with.
For a somewhat more whimsical take, see <a href="http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-invaders/" rel="nofollow">http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-inva...</a><p>Loving these, although the Russian symbol for queens ("A" instead of "Q") took some getting used to.
They look pretty cool! Reminds me of the "Type Trumps" series a designer friend of mine created: <a href="http://typetrumps.com/" rel="nofollow">http://typetrumps.com/</a>
Site seems to be fairly stressed. Here's the link to the designer's page: <a href="http://helveticards.uberdm.com/" rel="nofollow">http://helveticards.uberdm.com/</a>
Cute, and they have 54 cards, so I assume there are two Jokers (as a Canasta player, that's important!)<p>$10 for a deck of cards (+$6 for shipping) is kinda expensive, though, particularly since I'd need two.
Side note: it is the first time I see sharing links or Western site that include a Chinese SNS (here it is Renren). Maybe it is localized to me, though.
Love the design of this deck, but that may be the problem. They look almost too nice to play with.<p>Another card game with nice design is the SEO card game SERPs & Spyders: <a href="http://SERPsandSpyders.com" rel="nofollow">http://SERPsandSpyders.com</a> - you learn and build SEO tactics and strategies in Magic the Gathering style gameplay.
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Really cool! Our company, theory11, designs and produces high-end playing cards. If you're into cool cards, check out our Monarch Playing Cards designed by Curtis Jinkins released this past Friday: <a href="http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php</a>