Cardistry: Cardistry Tips from dealersgrip

We have been following the amazing progress of Tobias Levin and Oliver Sogard, the duo from dealersgrip. When they started doing cardistry, there wasn't much material available. This pushed them to create their own concepts, then led to the search of other cardists who shared the same passion for creating and advancing the art form.

At the same time, the duo felt that the community was very inconsistent. It was in need of a platform which would consistently thrive to inspire and encourage people to bring the artistry back into cardistry. Hence, dealersgrip.com. Thier mission is to educate and inspire cardists by exploring the possibilities with a deck of cards.

Here are some cardistry tips from the duo. More amazing cardistry tutorials and tips on dealersgrip.com.

News: UUSI Teases New Playing Cards; coming October 22

The husband and wife team from UUSI just teased their next deck of playing cards on social media. Hyde Park Playing Cards was designed exclusively for Hyde Park Mouldings, New York.

A photo posted by Uusi (@uusidesignstudio) on Oct 19, 2016 at 6:23am PDT

According to UUSI's post on Instagram,

Finally able to share a secret poker deck project we've been working on with the New York based company Hyde Park Mouldings, one of the premier architectural moulding companies in the world. Working closely with the owner David Nassim, we were able to bring the artwork of his skilled craftsman Vincent Kallenbrum together with our playing card design sensibility for one sweet deck.

The tuck box features sculpted embossing and gold foil printing. Two versions were made, the dark and light version. Only 250 of each will be available on USSI's website this Saturday (October 22nd, 10am CST).

Card Gear: Connected

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

It's been more than a year since my first Card Gear. Here are my gears that I've been using daily for the past month:
+ HuMn v1 Wallet
+ KeySmart with USB
+ Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus by Big Design
+ Apple iPhone6
+ The Dash (Black) Wireless Earphones by Bragi
+ Viridian by TriKard
+ Original Joe Porper Card Clip
+ Garmin VivoSmart

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.

Indiegogo: VIGOR Playing Cards by Alvin Herp and Edo Huang

Just launched on Indiegogo, the VIGOR Playing Cards deck is a collaboration between cardist Alvin Herp and designer/magician Edo Huang. VIGOR was officially unveiled during Alvin and Edo's Cardistry workshop in Tangerang, Indonesia back in September. According to Alvin,

Vigor Playing Cards is just my first take on designing a custom deck, like a chance to show people what my own deck of cards would look like. The deck is named Vigor because I think when doing whatever we do in life we all need a bit of enthusiasm, and we have put a lot of it in this deck and we cannot wait to see people shuffle with vigor as well.

Vigor has been crafted with cardists in mind and features custom tuck box, borderless card back, custom Ace, courts and jokers. On the card design, Alvin said,

My passion is cardistry so that's why I want to make the cards look beautiful in motion. What I really love about this deck is the court cards. They are built upon one hexagon frame and all the shapes and the lines just grow from there.

Alvin continued,

Edo has been extremely helpful in this project. He handled several things, especially the back design. We love it and we hope people love it too.

VIGOR Playing Cards will be printed by Bomber Playing Card Co. in Taiwan and pledge starts from $10. Check it out here on Indiegogo!