Playing Cards Calendar
Pattern Play

Playing Cards Calendar for TOPYS

With Pattern Play!, the designer wants to create designs with bold colors and organic shapes to inject positivity and hope into people's daily life. The playing cards is made with 54 unique illustrations, 310 gsm black core card, matte cover finishes to provide a refreshing and special entertainment experience. 12 artworks are enlarged and paired with one-liners for each month to make the calendar. It is also designed to be posters to light up and energize home space. The team hopes these two beautiful non-standard products will inspire people with curious mind to find better ways of life.

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Pattern Play! is Design For You’s newest series, a TOPYS project that aims to enliven daily objects with design power. The designer plays with patterns and colors, dots, and lines, and put them on playing cards and a calendar. 54 unique illustrations with unbridled imagination make one-of-a-kind playing cards. They can also be used as tarot cards, or bookmarks... 12 artworks are enlarged and paired with one-liners from editors to make the calendar. They can also be posters that light up your living room, office, favorite corner, and your 2023. The team hopes these two beautiful non-standard products will stir up a little splash in ordinary daily life and bring the most joy and inspiration to you. Pattern Play, Pattern Fun!

Tags

product design, illustration, graphic design, playing cards, entertainment, recreational, home decoration, lifestyle

Production Technology

'Pattern Play!'' Playing Cards was made with 310 gsm waterproof card stock paper, matte cover finish, and rounded corners, double-sided solid color printing. The calendar was made with 250 gsm specialty paper which was printed in solid color with a tear-off line.

Design Challenge

The main challenge in the creative process is to balance originality and practicality. The designer has to follow design rules for playing cards while trying to separate them from standard products. Instead of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs, 54 unique illustrations were created for each card. J, Q, and K are kaleidoscope-inspired. A to 10 are irregular patterns and shapes. Jokers are TOPYS's IP little ghost. The team also did several internal tests and spent a lot of time adjusting the size and colors of the letters and numbers to make sure they were easy to read and play with.

Project Duration

It was started in July 2022 in Shenzhen and went on sale in November 2022 in Shenzhen.

Operation Flow

Daily recreational activity and home decoration

Research

As a first-timer, the team did a lot of research on different types, printing techniques, and materials of playing cards, wanting to make sure that it is a top-quality product with top designs. We studied many cases ranging from big companies like Art of Play, and Bicycle to small local labels. Then we compared many suppliers and paid factory visits. With in-depth research, the team decided to produce in poker size, which allows more visuals, and with international standard 310 gsm black core card, matte cover finishes to provide a premium playing experience, even for daily recreational activities.

Inspiration

People have taken unprecedented safety measures during COVID-19. Being socially isolated for so long makes everyone feel more or less lonely or depressed. And thus the designer wants to create designs with vivid, bold colors within organic patterns and shapes to inject positivity and hope into people's daily life. The team chose playing cards as the main product in hopes to provide a refreshing and special entertainment experience for family and friends, while a colorful eye-catching calendar can brighten up and energize any space as a nice decoration.

Image Credits

IP / COPYRIGHT / IMAGE / PHOTO / SOUND / VIDEO CREDITS Image #1-5: Photographer Zichen Yang, Pattern Play!, 2022. Image #1-5: Creator Huimeng Li, Pattern Play!, 2022. Video Credits: Motion Graphics by Huimeng Li.

Project Overview

Pattern Play Playing Cards Calendar has been a Bronze winner in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design award category in the year 2022 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

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Topys Topys was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2023, a testament to excellence of their work Pattern Play Playing Cards Calendar.

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Introducing Pattern Play: A Colorful Fusion of Playing Cards and Calendar

Topys Topys Unveils Pattern Play, a Vibrant Collection of Playing Cards and Calendar to Inject Positivity and Joy into Daily Life


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