Vintage Vehicles Used to Advertise Life Savers Lollies During the 1920s and 1930s
In 1912, American businessman Ed Noble transformed a peppermint candy shaped like a life saver into a popular treat through innovative packaging, distinctive labels, and convenient displays. Continue reading »
Artist Makes Unique Collage Paintings By Using Only Playing Cards And Black Paint
The artist Elmo Hood (previously) has penned down his artistic process, detailing how he produces his paintings by incorporating playing cards. Continue reading »
This Woman Creates A Gender And Race-Neutral Deck Of Cards, Can’t Keep Up With The Orders
When’s the last time you played a card game? Did you notice anything unusual with your card deck? Indy Mellink, from the Netherlands, certainly thought that something was strange. Continue reading »
‘Error Trump’: A Playing Card Set Displaying Windows Errors Exists
Japanese artist Monya has created and launched a set of ‘Error Trump’ playing cards. The cards are designed with errors that are all too familiar for people who have used Windows XP. Continue reading »
Cards Against Corona: A Pandemic-Themed Card Deck Designed By 55 International Creatives
According to Daniel Bech: “We are two Danish designers, Casper Nielsen and Daniel Bech. Together we form the design duo, Oimachi. As we were struggling to find new clients under the current circumstances, we wanted to find our own creative way to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and react to the difficulties the creative industry is going through during this time.” Continue reading »
Super Sleek, Modern And Minimalist Playing Cards By Joe Doucet
According to Joe Doucet: “A good number of projects begin as internal experiments in the studio. Minim is one such project. Invited to a friend’s poker night, it occurred to me while looking a the cards that there was a great deal of historical baggage and useless information in a contemporary deck of playing cards such as the repetition of the number and suit on the face of the cards. For example: How many times do you count the ten spades laid out in the center of the card vs just reading the number 10 and the spade in the upper left hand corner? Why do cards have an orientation at all when all of the pertinent information is contained in a small portion of the cards visible when fanned out? Then there’s the Medieval reference to a royal hierarchy. It seemed to me that playing cards were a great vehicle for an experiment in reduction. Continue reading »
Incredible Photo Series Shows Huge Dogs Playing With Their Tiny Toddler Pals
Photo by Andy Seliverstoff
A photographer is launching a new book featuring 100 touching images showing the loving bond between young children and their enormous dogs. The series of pictures shows breeds such as Great Danes and Newfoundlands towering over toddlers – highlighting their mutual love for each other. Children no taller than 2ft are seen high-fiving their family pets, running alongside them and even riding their beloved dogs as if they were a horse. The extraordinary collection will feature in a book called ‘Little Kids and Their Big Dogs’ – which is all down to the work of photographer Andy Seliverstoff. Continue reading »
Playing With Matches: Mesmerizing Photo Artworks By Stanislav Aristov
Stanislav Aristov is a Russian photographer from Ekaterinburg, also known as Pol Tergejst. Using his talent, perspicacity, and creative approach, Stanislav has made interesting series of art photos where you can see burned matches in a new light and another form. Continue reading »
Here Comes The Bear: Fairytale-Like Photos Of Russian Family Playing With A Real Bear In The Forest
Russian photographer Olga Barantseva (previously here and here) captured these incredible shots of Russian family playing with a giant brown bear. The images look straight out of a fairytale, showing a softer side to the big predator. As part of an anti-hunting campaign, the extraordinary photos are meant to “show the natural harmony between humans and bears,” according to Barantseva. Continue reading »
Camouflaged Insects: Can You Spot These Masters Of Disguise Playing Hide-And-Seek?
These tiny insects are so well camouflaged it is nearly impossible to make out their cleverly disguised forms. Canadian photographer and adventurer Paul Bertner attempted to catch the bugs in their natural habitats as part of a hide-and-seek game to show biodiversity in nature. But while Paul, a forester, now finds it easy to pick out the outline of a bug concealed in the undergrowth, he admits that spotting the irregularities in natural patterns that give the insects away is definitely an acquired skill. By using macrophotography techniques, Paul was able to get closeups of the insects and make their shapes visible. Continue reading »
People In Montreal Are Playing On Light-Filled Seesaws This Winter
In Montreal, Canada, the sixth annual edition of Luminothérapie is happening between December 10th, 2015 to January 31st, 2016. Continue reading »
These Photos of Squirrels Playing Will Totally Make Your Day
Vadim Trunov is a talented nature and macro photographer well-known for his amazing animal photos. Trunov’s macro photos of snails, ants and other small insects, bring to life a world that we often overlook. Continue reading »
Photographer Took Amazing Underwater Pictures Of Kids Playing Sport Games
According to photographer Alix Martinez: “I love showing up at homes and photographing their children wearing their sports uniforms and acting like they are playing their favorite sport. The never get to wear the uniforms underwater so a very memorable and fun shoot for them as well.” Continue reading »
Photographer Captured His Border Collie Playing In The Water
Rod Scott, a pet photographer from Australia, captured his border collie playing in the water on hot and shiny day. Continue reading »
Playing Arts: Edition Two
From the two of clubs to the ace of spades, each card in this deck has been individually designed by one of the 55 selected international artists in their distinct style and technique. Every day one new card will be revealed. Continue reading »
code:deck – Playing Cards for Developers
If you are a programmer, QA or student in IT that loves playing card games then code:deck is for you! code:deck is a standard playing card deck sporting a stylish modern design. Each individual card features a code excerpt describing it in one of many programming languages. We tried to compile a wide selection of programming languages – from generally acknowledged staples and utility languages in software development to newer alternatives and weird curiosities!
Are you bored while playing by the bland designs of other decks? Do you want to rack some more style points on your next Team Building? Need a gift for a friend employed in IT and out of ideas? Stop wasting time and grab your code:deck today!
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Baby Lion Playing With Autumn Leaves
An adorable 11-week old lion cub named Karis had a very exciting day playing in a pile of autumn leaves that her keeper swept into her enclosure at the Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park in Scotland. This proved to be a very wise decision on her keeper’s part, as she seems to have had the time of her life frolicking around in the pile of leaves. Continue reading »
A Piano Playing Robot
The world’s fastest piano player has been unveiled – a robot with nineteen fingers. The robot – called Teotronico – has nineteen digits because it is the exact number needed to play any melody or song. Teotronico’s robotic hand technology enables him to play the piano faster than any human possibly could. He can also distinguish between the speed of key change as well as play a drum machine and sing – the only robot in the world who can do all those things at the same time. (Paul Andrews / PacificCoastNews) Continue reading »
ConQuest of Mythodea, the Largest Role Playing Event
The ConQuest event is the largest interactive festival of that kind. Year by year in summer, the Brokeloh Manor near Hannover. More than 7000 participants from Europe, the US and other places in the world meet up with over 1000 fully trained and supplied extras. The event staff, holding 250 persons, over 120 tons of props and equipment change the manor and more than 60 hectars of fields, forests and else into the fantastic and mystical world of “Mythodea”. (PETER STEFFEN/AFP/Getty Images) Continue reading »
