Trading cards for Self-promotion by Signalnoise Studio

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CLIENT

Sig­nal­noise Stu­dio is a visu­al artist, design­er, and speak­er based in Dart­mouth, NS, Canada.

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BRIEF

Gum Cards is a series of lim­it­ed edi­tion trad­ing cards depict­ing some hot and heavy cre­ative pros. Rare vari­ants include a metal­lic Aaron Draplin, a glow-in-the-dark John­ny Cup­cakes, and a glitzy sta­di­um card fea­tur­ing Mama’s Sauce.

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APPROACH

Back in the 1980s, my friends and I were col­lec­tors. You name it, we col­lect­ed it. Of the count­less kid col­lectibles, a con­stant around the play­ground were cheap card­board cards depict­ing our favorite movie char­ac­ters, heroes, and scary mon­sters. Bub­blegum cards. We would trade with one anoth­er to build our sets, brag­ging when we got that rare one nobody else had. Gum Cards is a set of lim­it­ed edi­tion, screen-print­ed trad­ing cards focused on cre­atives who, in my hum­ble fan opin­ion, deserve their own trad­ing card.