Best Designer or Design Team of 2014

[Rose]

Best Designer of 2014

Nominated, not Seconded:
Edgy Brothers for Dia de Los Muertos Bicycle Playing Cards

Nominated AND Seconded:
Jackson Robinson
Randy Butterfield
Mark Stutzman
Paul Carpenter
Uusi - Peter Dunham and Linnea Gits

[Fess]

I nominate Randy Butterfield.

[Don Boyer]

I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

[bamabenz]

I think this category should examine a designer/team for all their decks that first shipping during 2014.

Uusi would be nominated for Pagan and Hotcakes.
Jackson for all the 5 Sherlock Holmes decks, Civil War, The Independence, Tally Ho, 52 + joker.
Rick Davidson for Origins
Paul Carpenter for Zenith
etc.

I gotta nominate Jackson Robinson for his body of work.

[Fess]

I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?

[Will W.]

I second Jackson Robinson.  I love all his work. Even enjoy his left handed drawings...

[Don Boyer]

I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?

I was just curious.  When someone's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a given year, they usually identify the particular performance in which it occurred, especially when the actor is prolific enough to have appeared in more than one film for that year.  One performance could be absolutely stellar work while the other could be wooden and lifeless - you'd want the people who saw the second film to know he wasn't nominated for THAT! 

But no, you need not pick a specific deck - as long as at least one of his decks was released this year, which it was.

[Fess]

I nominate Randy Butterfield.

For any particular project, or just in general?

Best Designer of 2014, I nominate Randy Butterfield. All of the 2014 decks he's designed are wonderful in my opinion. Other categories for specific decks aren't there?

I was just curious.  When someone's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a given year, they usually identify the particular performance in which it occurred, especially when the actor is prolific enough to have appeared in more than one film for that year.  One performance could be absolutely stellar work while the other could be wooden and lifeless - you'd want the people who saw the second film to know he wasn't nominated for THAT! 

But no, you need not pick a specific deck - as long as at least one of his decks was released this year, which it was.

There's just no way I could pick only one of Randy's decks to nominate over another of Randy's decks. So only choice left was to nominate this way.

[RandyButterfield]

Thanks for the nod Fez!!

I'll throw out my projects from 2014, if it will help for anyone thinking about seconding:

White ORNATE and Obsidian Decks, LUXX Decks, Brazil Deck, production work on the Boardwalk Deck (plus a little design work), Draconian Decks, design work on ______ ___ and all of __ __ _______. One of the unlisted projects will be known this month!

Thanks, Randy

[bamabenz]

I second Randy Butterfield.

[Fess]

You're welcome Randy. It's FES no Z. a Fez is a hat.

[Card Player]

I nominate Mark Stutzman... Gatorbacks, Legends, Whispering Imps

[Anderson]

Third Randy Butterfield for White ORNATE decks.

[Marcus]

I nominate Mark Stutzman... Gatorbacks, Legends, Whispering Imps

Seconded.

[Anthony]

Nominate Paul Carpenter for Zenith

[bamabenz]

Nominate Paul Carpenter for Zenith

Seconded.

[CherryNukaCola]

Tough call, but nominating UUSI for Hotcakes and Pagan.

Anyone want to nominate Lortek or Brain Vessel for me?

[bamabenz]

I second Uusi -- Peter Dunham and Linnea Gits.

/bama

[PrincessTrouble]

Edgy Brothers for Dia de Los Muertos Bicycle Playing Cards

[Nurul]

Randy Butterfield

[Don Boyer]

Randy Butterfield

Already.  Nominated.  And.  Seconded...

[Don Boyer]

Nominations are CLOSED!  Voting has begun.  It ends in 14 days.

[Collector]

Underestimated designers of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque), Rick Davidson (Origins) and  Lorenzo Gaggiotti (prototype of 17 deck).

[Don Boyer]

Underestimated designers of 2014 - Lotrek (Grotesque), Rick Davidson (Origins) and  Lorenzo Gaggiotti (prototype of 17 deck).

Interestingly enough, two of those three are in the running for Best New Designer of 2014...

[Jamm Pakd Cards]

This is tough, all of these guys are really great!  I like all of their work!