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BROWSE
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
6.5 cm × 9 cm × 2.5 cm (2.5 in × 3.5 in × 0.98 in)
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Somerset
Number of Colors
3 spot inks
CMYK
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Campanile
If Indian Truck Art Style alone isn’t enough to get your motor runnin’, letterpressed sperm certainly helps. Be warned, this demure deck won’t end up in any recycling bin or landfill. It has plans for itself, traveling the countryside and sowing its seed by helping someone else keep his seed to himself… Sorry, I fantasize easily. Back to the deck at hand. Only 5 were produced, but it certainly deserves to reproduce in bigger quantities.
A study conducted by the Center for Media Studies indicates that India currently has over 5.1 million AIDS patients, and truckers are possibly one of the largest groups carrying the disease. There is an urgent need to create awareness among this community to curb the spread of the fatal disease.
The fact that cards games are the most common recreational activity among the truckers in India, led to the inception of this set of playing card design.
The design for the cards has been inspired by the Indian Truck Art Style. The lady with the lamp and the 3D treatment of the typography are some of the common features of the Indian Truck Art Style. Even the characters (king, queen, jack & joker) have been illustrated in the traditional Indian painting style to give the work an Indian feel. The printing method includes a mix of letterpress and inkjet printing. The front (characters and numbers) of the cards have been printed using an inkjet printer whereas the back and the packaging of the cards has been printed using the Letterpress technique.
Ed.’s Note: Welcome to two of our two new interns, Kelly Cree.
Use Rubber at Night Playing Cards
Production Method
Design
Shantanu Suman
Copywriter, Shreedavy Babuji
Printing
Shantanu Suman
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Kelly Cree
Kelly Cree
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
October 5, 2011
Filed Under
Promotional Cards
Tagged with
CMYK
DIY
inkjet
letterpress
playing cards
PMS
somerset
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