Lorenzo managed the playing card project for Net.ent
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/05/21/playing-cards-by-net-entertainment/

He is an artist from Sweden and has several playing card designs in mind. You forgot to mention here that he is looking for a producer or a founder to print these decks.

IMHO, the design is quite aggressive. But, as I remember, he said me in our conversation that he is going to keep it without any changes because this is his strict vision of these decks.

His direct Facebook page for this current project
http://www.facebook.com/requiemcards

His Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/designkiller

Bēhance: Playing Cards by Natalia Bedoya
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/09/16/playing-cards-by-natalia-bedoya/

Bēhance: Vintage French Playing Cards by Moustafa Khamis
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/09/17/vintage-french-playing-cards-by-moustafa-khamis/

Bēhance: Playing Cards by Lizzie Harrison
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/09/18/playing-cards-by-lizzie-harrison/

Bēhance: Playing Cards by Danielle Riley
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/09/26/playing-cards-by-danielle-riley/

Bēhance: Playing Cards by Oksana Pushnjak
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/09/28/playing-cards-by-oksana-pushnjak/

Bēhance: Playing Cards by Pedro Molina
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/10/04/playing-cards-by-pedro-molina/

Bēhance: Typographic Playing Cards by Ashlyn Hicks
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/10/06/typographic-playing-cards-by-ashlyn-hicks/

Some new information
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/10/03/utopia-playing-cards-by-card-experiment/

This can be a nice deck, by the way. I doubt in really custom court cards but maybe... 

IMHO about the design:

- The cameo for corner indices and pips on each card is too big - it will be hard to play with such cards + it affects pictures of court cards in a bad way;
- The white sign on each back and face is unnecessary;
- Tuck cases need better design.

Good luck.

Kane, you should create another topic dedicated to your active Kickstarter project in the Playing Card Plethora section. That section is more active on this forum. Good luck. Interesting project. I hope I'll like all photos.

JPMiddleton, Michael, thank you.

Personally hate the idea.

"hate" or "don't like" ? 

Interesting artworks, by the way.

People, you are soooo good-tempered 

Entertaining reading.

Several quotations:

Well, if someone buys decks of playing cards they don't want or intend to use, they have a problem and should seek psychological help.

Don, can you advise some skilled expert? 

The term 'use' does not have a linear meaning. I think what Don was trying to get at is that a deck purely for a personal collection is still considered to be of 'use'...

Froggo, don’t try to find a black cat in a dark room. I am sure Don expressed his thought in a wrong way. Unfortunately he is always very emotional defending TBC. And I think that this sometimes affects even his reasonable arguments in bad way.

PLAYING cards are intended for a play. Magic, caristry are a side way to "use" them. But when you collect them - you collect them. Don't invent rhetorical nonsense here. Esspecially those who are native English speakers. In accordance with such logic you "use" them just because you have them.

...It's the stupidest thing in the world to "invest" in a pack of playing cards...

+1

... theres no difference in collecting stamps, ... coins...

There is a HUGE difference. But you are right that some things are common for any type of collecting. As a rule such things are obviously based on people's nature.

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Do you know what the best in all THIS is? You and only you can decide to be duped by modern marketing tricks or not to be duped by them. Shakespeare in modern way “To be duped or not to be duped…”



On the other hand there is one really unfair moment in this situation. Some of TBC’s customers are too young to have enough knowledge of life for proper understanding of such marketing tricks. Life is unfair But TBC isn’t the company which invented all this.

...this is a kid who doesn't care if he burns the rest of the decks, as long as he got the one special deck.  It's a kid who's either a little unbalanced or has far more money than common sense.

Don, I hope you are still speaking about mature people who act as children in this part of your message. Otherwise I don’t understand you.

Children, consult your parents before spending more than $10.

Can someone explain me why the King of Hearts has two left hands in both decks?

Why are you so worried?  Maybe they just try to sell a remaining part of printed (ordered) decks.

This isn't the design thread. So, is this deck planned to be produced soon?

Interesting tuck case and backs. Court cards?