The Graphic Cheatsheet Playing Cards is a playfully designed deck that integrates design tools for productivity and leisure now funding on Kickstarter! Conceptualized and designed by Color Collective Co. (Instagram: @colorcollectiveco), the idea is to help creatives come up with unique and refreshing strategies to solve design challenges.
The vibrant deck consists of color-coded cards, brainstorm cards, design reference standards, and measurement cards – all pocket-sized and convenient to take with you while you work at the coffee shop helping you smash through the day.
The face cards are full bleed with dual colors so that designers will be able to directly check colors against an existing surface or compare directly with other colors. Aside from making the face design vibrant and looking fresh, there are actually 4 useful functions to them:
- Function 1 – Colored Cards (Number Cards: 2-10): 36 CMYK & RGB coded cards for a color generation and color matching. [2-10]
- Function 2 – Design Assistant Cards (ACEs): 4x Aces with various common graphic design guidelines.
- Function 3 – Brainstorm Cards (Court Card): Determine which of the”Brainstorm” cards (Court Cards) are relevant and discard the irrelevant ones.
- Function 4 – Measuring Cards (Jokers): 2x Rulers in Imperial & Metric for scaling.
The card backs feature a vibrant pixel-gradient bleed that creates a continuous colored when fanned or spread. The deck is packaged in a tuck box with a similar pixel-gradient design element as the card backs. This is done intentionally to create a connection with the rest deck design, helping tie the colored theme together to give this a consistent aesthetic appeal.
Printed by Cartamundi on True Linen B9 Finish with SlimLine paper stocks. Pledge starts at $12 on Kickstarter with multiple stretch goals waiting to be unlocked. This includes helpful graphic reference stickers, transparent measurement cards, and the ultimate goal to reach offset printing for premium true color matching!
