A Playing Card Deck Review? This is no GLITCH!

June 21, 2014 |
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Starting this month, Gimko will begin to focus more attention on non-sport collectibles and the collective voice of a few of our users have highlighted playing cards as something they’d like to read, see and talk about. With the increasing popularity of project-funding website Kickstarter, it has become more accessible and less risky for talented designers such as Soleil Zumbrunn, the creator of Glitch Playing Cards, to show the community her vision.

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Glitch veers towards the artistry side of playing cards, not as a functional deck of cards at poker night but better as a conversation piece. Its subtle focus on the imperfections behind perfection is perfect in its use of a playing card as its canvas. Using a regular deck of Bicycle cards, the designer imagines what could have been if it all went wrong, hence the need for numerous proofs that deck designers go through before they give the all-clear for printing of the final product.

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The design process.


What this author enjoys about the campaign is its simplicity. Not overloaded with add-ons, Zumbrunn gives you the bare basics, relying solely on the unique concept to capture your attention. Her campaign is based on a work of art left limited and its purest form.

With just over 2 days to go, Glitch may be funded but there is another stretch goal to hit and possibly another one still to be announced.

Visit the Glitch Playing Cards campaign to find out more:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/457846685/glitch-playing-cards-printed-with-by-uspcc

Thank you to Soleil  for letting us use these images for this article.