LOFI Playing Cards
We decided to create a LOFI Deck because of its relatability and
playfulness! We think that everyone in this community has probably
listened to Lo-fi before, if you haven't just look it up on YouTube.
Everyone probably knows who the lo-fi girl is if you don't also YouTube
that. If you look through the deck you'll see many nods to lo-fi videos
and subtle Japanese and music culture.
We print through the US
playing card company. We have customized court cards designed by the
talented Max Jung. They are close to default courts with slight
(sleight) alterations and custom colors. (You should take a peek.) We
also have a free collectors boom box (that plays music) for anyone who
purchases 4 or more decks of LOFI playing cards, while supplies last. We
distribute through X-Decks playing cards which means that every package
will be hand packaged and delivered by our fulfillment team.
With
the court cards we wanted to make sure they were custom but not too far
from default that they were unrecognizable. Every court card has
special elements added to it. Some with headphones, some holding smart
phones and chewing bubblegum and others playing with other pieces of
technology. And our special King of Hearts has a special trick with a
reveal. We'd love to teach you the trick and that will be released on
our YouTube channel.
The aces are all based around actions that may be taken in a music interface i.e. Add, Pause, Favorite, and Play.
The number cards all have custom colors on them with each card having a pip that looks like a neon light.
The
jokers are made to resemble items you may find in a lo-fi video. Such
as a cup of coffee or a soda can. Also did you notice what brand the
soda is?
The back design was created to represent a scene you
might find if you googled lo-fi. The back includes 4 radio waves on each
side of the back that make for a great design in rotation moves such as
padiddle or WERM. These waves also glow under black light. The center
is an abstract idea of more Wi-Fi radio waves and the rest of the
background includes shooting stars and a sky speckled with faint basic
stars. It includes pink clouds as well as utility poles. These poles
hint to X-Decks' founder who is the CEO of H-J a family of companies.
The tuck box of this deck is designed to look like a Walkman which is a vintage portable cassette player.