Just Type Playing Cards

Just Type Playing Cards by Art of Play are a modern reinterpretation of classic playing card design and a tribute to the different ways in which the spirit of type can be modified.

Working with fellow Pentagram designers Jeff Close and Kristin Huber, Scher has playfully deconstructed the classic french design of traditional “playing cards” and removed all extraneous elements. 

This Just Type Edition 1 embraces big, bold postmodern elements.

Oversized numbers constructed of simple shapes fill the entirety of each card. While each composition could stand on its own as a piece of art, taken together, this collection of 56 images represents a totally unique approach to a familiar form factor. Each number and letter is pushed to the breaking point, shattered into elemental pieces that evoke abstraction, yet communicate so clearly, they can be read from across the room.

Printed by the US Playing Card Company on premium card stock and housed inside a letterpress-printed tuck box.