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Embrace the elegance of Japanese craftsmanship with this deck inspired by Yosegi wood marquetry. Featuring custom-designed face cards that reflect a refined Japanese aesthetic, this deck is a true work of art. The vintage letterpress-printed tuck box adds a rich texture and handmade quality, enhancing the overall experience.

Discover the elegance of Yosegi-inspired playing cards, featuring custom-designed face cards that reflect a Japanese aesthetic. The tuck box, printed on a vintage letterpress, adds a rich texture and handmade quality. Printed by The United States Playing Card Company on premium crushed stock.”

Yosegi Playing Cards

Art of Play

Immerse yourself in a whimsical world with Grimmlore Playing Cards. Inspired by the magical realms of eventyr, these cards feature a vibrant tartan design, drawing from Dan & Dave's original Vintage Plaid series. Hand-drawn face cards from the early 20th century and delicate flower sprites playing in a garden enhance their charm. Printed on premium thin-crushed stock by the United States Playing Card Company, each deck comes in a linen box with gold-embossed accents.

Immerse yourself in the whimsical world of Grimmlore Playing Cards, featuring a colorful tartan design and hand-drawn face cards inspired by early 20th-century art. Printed on premium thin-crushed stock by the United States Playing Card Company, these cards are packaged in a luxurious linen box with gold embossed accents.”

Grimmlore Tartan Playing Cards

Celebrate the groundbreaking art of Alexander Calder with this deck of playing cards, inspired by his vivid gouache paintings from the 1970s. Known for his innovative mobiles and stabiles, Calder's work challenged traditional art forms. The deck features direct reproductions from his Card Player series, with all letters and numbers in Calder's handwriting. The faces of the Jack, King, and Queen cards are derived from another series of his gouache paintings.

Explore the Calder Playing Cards, inspired by Alexander Calder’s vivid gouache paintings from the 1970s Card Player series. Featuring Calder's own handwriting and unique face card designs, this deck honors the iconic artist’s innovative legacy in art and design.

Calder Playing Cards

The fourth edition of Eames Playing Cards celebrates "The Little Toy," a charming variation of Charles and Ray Eames' original "The Toy." Unlike its larger counterpart, designed for immersive play, "The Little Toy" is perfect for both children and adults to enjoy together. This edition beautifully captures the playful spirit and innovative design ethos of the Eames duo.

Originally released in 1952, The Little Toy was designed to inspire creative construction through a series of colorful panels, wireframes and connectors. For playing cards, the components were used to create a minimal numbering system where the small connectors act as edge markings for quick reference.

Eames Playing Cards come in a letterpress-printed tuck case printed on sustainable paper using vegetable-based dyes. The design of the box references the famous home built by Charles and Ray, a creative base where they lived for many years. Made in the USA.

Eames "The Little Toy" Playing Cards

Discover the Forbidden Forest, an eccentric set of luxury playing cards that capture South Asia's most imaginative mythological creatures. Designed by the talented team at Toronto-based Humble Raja, this deck reinterprets twelve fantastic animals, from a horse-headed demon to rivaling monkeys, breathing new life into ancient tales.

Each card is beautifully printed by the United States Playing Card Company with a stunning gold foil overlay on the back, inspired by antique marbled endpapers. The deck is elegantly packaged in a luxurious tuck box embossed with a faux reptile-skin pattern, making it a perfect collector's item or gift.

Forbidden Forest Playing Cards by Art of Play
Description: Explore the enchanting Forbidden Forest with this beautifully illustrated deck of playing cards by Art of Play. Featuring mystical creatures and flora, these cards are crafted with premium card stock for exceptional handling and durability. Perfect for collectors, fantasy enthusiasts, and card players. Packaged in an elegant tuck box with metallic accents. Weighs 3.5 oz.
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Forbidden Forest Playing Cards

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Eames Playing Cards. Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with The Eames Office. A tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames. Our first edition of Eames Playing Cards showcases the Eames Office Starburst Logo on the backs. This iconic emblem was a recurring motif in the work of both Charles and Ray. Here it signifies their boundless creative energy—an explosion of light reaching for the outer limits of design's true purpose. The unique numbering system on the faces of the cards enables acts of cardistry to function as subtle homages to the Eameses' classic film “Powers of Ten." The court cards honor the natural majesty they found in elemental geometric shapes.

Eames Playing Cards. Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with The Eames Office. 
A tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames.  Our first edition of Eames Playing Cards showcases the Eames Office Starburst Logo on the backs. This iconic emblem was a recurring motif in the work of both Charles and Ray. Here it signifies their boundless creative energy—an explosion of light reaching for the outer limits of design's true purpose. The unique numbering system on the faces of the cards enables acts of cardistry to function as subtle homages to the Eameses' classic film “Powers of Ten." 
The court cards honor the natural majesty they found in elemental geometric shapes. 

Eames "Starburst" Playing Cards

The Ultimate Deck is a one-of-a-kind, luxury deck of playing cards showcasing stunning works of art on every card.

Produced in collaboration with the award-winning design firm, Stranger & Stranger. Featuring 54 unique works of art, each with an elaborate back design. Every single card in the Ultimate Deck is represented with a story, incorporating classical art, as well as works from today's leading illustrators.

Packaged in a gorgeous tuck-case of extraordinary detail featuring embossed elements and foil accents. Each deck is carefully packaged by hand and sealed with a vintage-inspired tax stamp.

The Ultimate Deck is a one-of-a-kind, luxury deck of playing cards showcasing stunning works of art on every card.

Produced in collaboration with the award-winning design firm, Stranger & Stranger. Featuring 54 unique works of art, each with an elaborate back design. Every single card in the Ultimate Deck is represented with a story, incorporating classical art, as well as works from today's leading illustrators.

Packaged in a gorgeous tuck-case of extraordinary detail featuring embossed elements and foil accents. Each deck is carefully packaged by hand and sealed with a vintage-inspired tax stamp.

Ultimate Deck Playing Cards

Produced in collaboration with Third Man Records, this unique set of playing cards was designed by the creative hive behind the independent record label founded by Jack White in Detroit, Michigan. This fully-custom deck comes encased in a beautifully printed black-on-black tuck case, embossed with foil accents that look like a record. The cards feature a minimal back design and custom face cards.

Printed by the U.S. Playing Cards Co. on their proprietary thin stock developed by Art of Play founders Dan and Dave.

Produced in collaboration with Third Man Records, this unique set of playing cards was designed by the creative hive behind the independent record label founded by Jack White in Detroit, Michigan. This fully-custom deck comes encased in a beautifully printed black-on-black tuck case, embossed with foil accents that look like a record. The cards feature a minimal back design and custom face cards.

Printed by the U.S. Playing Cards Co. on their proprietary thin stock developed by Art of Play founders Dan and Dave.

Third Man Records Playing Cards

Official Smokey Bear playing cards. Produced in association with the USDA Forest Service, the cards feature Smokey and twelve of his closest woodland friends, along with fire-prevention tips illustrated throughout the deck by Sam Larson. Packaged in a nostalgic letterpress-printed tuck box. Sustainably-produced using FSC certified paper and vegetable-based inks on our trademark thin-stock and finish. Printed by The United States Playing Card Company. Every deck sold helps with Art of Play's ongoing mission to reforest the planet.


Smokey Bear Playing Cards

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These miniature playing cards feature whimsical illustrations celebrating the most astounding and astonishing acts of a legendary "flea" circus performed by some of the tiniest talents in the animal kingdom.

The design was Inspired by vintage broadsides of vaudevillian antiquity beautifully illustrated by Jeff Trish from a collection of 52 acts ranging from The Great Fleadini to The Flea Who Knows, Evel Fleavil, Flea Petit and so many more compiled by Dan and Dave.

Printed in Taiwan on premium paper and packaged inside a glamorous tuck box featuring embossed foil accents. Sealed with the tiniest tax stamp we've ever printed.

Flea Circus Mini Playing Cards

The images on these cards were created through collaboration of man and machine.

Ivan Moscovich patented his Harmonograph device in 1967 and soon after his revolutionary approach to drawing was featured in an exhibition titled Cybernetic Serendipity at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. A ground-breaking visual artist, inventor and author, Moscovich's work attracted the attention of creative luminaries such as M.C. Escher and Frank Oppenheimer.

Cybernetic playing cards are a curated exhibition of 54 unique Harmongrams printed on the face of each card.

Explore the future of card playing with Cybernetic Playing Cards from Art of Play. Featuring stunning cyberpunk designs and high-tech aesthetics, this premium deck is perfect for collectors and gaming enthusiasts. Enjoy superior handling and durability with each unique, intricately designed card.

Cybernetic Playing Cards

art of Play is proud to present a shuffled gallery of surrealist fantasy, unlike any other deck of playing cards the world has ever seen. 

 is a collection of 55 original works hand-drawn by award-winning illustrator Armando Veve.Veve's fantastic creatures, absurd objects, and exotic fantasies combine to create a singular vision—a mythic assemblage of ideas that will stir the imagination and quicken the pulse. Browse through the illustrations and marvel at a mastery of craft that evokes echoes of Bosch, Escher, and Dali.The cards of the Cabinetarium are housed in a marvelous conceptual cabinet of magnificent detail, intricately embossed and adorned with gold foil. Each deck is carefully packaged by hand.

Cabinetarium Playing Cards fantastic creatures, absurd objects, and exotic fantasies combine to create a singular vision