MetaFilter posts tagged with cards

myQSL

dersins — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:19:41 -0800

"QSL cards confirm either a two-way radiocommunication between two amateur radio stations or a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station. They can also confirm the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. A typical QSL card is the same size and made from the same material as a typical postcard, and most are sent through the mail as such." Here's a substantial collection of them.

Type Tart Cards

carsonb — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32:02 -0800

Tart cards [NSFW] are the means by which many London prostitutes advertise their services. Step into almost any central London phone box and you can contemplate up to 80 cards inviting you to be tied, teased, spanked or massaged.... [Wallpaper Magazine] asked designers – from students to superstars – to find the tart hiding in every typeface and create their own graphic numbers.... all 450 cards can be viewed here. [NSFW]

In among this plethora of brilliant, witty graphic designs we would like to highlight the serious issue that lies at the heart of the world of tart cards – the plight of trafficked women in the sex industry. It is a subject touched eloquently on by Mike Dempsey of Studio Dempsey, who is a volunteer at the Helen Bamber Foundation which helps rebuild lives broken by human rights violations. While our exhibition is an ode to the graphic qualities of the tart card phenomena, Dempsey's design is a pertinent reminder of the sinister world that lies beneath every card.

Read Mike Dempsey's letter and design.

Klaatu. . .verada. . .

EarBucket — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:42:02 -0800

It's Friday! Enjoy Necronomicon, a fun little flash-based card game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

Should the Government Give You a Credit Card?

emjaybee — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:48:17 -0800

"In fact, while transactional credit provision is a perfectly good business, it might be reasonable for the state to offer basic transactional credit as a public good." Blogger Steve Randy Waldman has an idea that's so crazy it might work. He buried it in a nice wonky, obscure post about transactional and revolving credit, but now has been linked by Ezra Klein at his new WaPo blog. Will Metafilter heads explode?

When you care enough to send the very worst...

jacquilynne — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:52 -0800

Wrong Cards. Some of these are tailor-made for MetaFilter. Some are probably offensive. Some I can even imagine sending to people I know. Which probably negates their mission of being wrong for every occasion, but I guess they can't be wrong all the time.

Vintage Valentines

hortense — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:12:00 -0800

A collection of early Valentine cards, and, A Treatise on Courtly Love .

That cost how much?

jourman2 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:44:20 -0800

The True cost of credit. Via

uuc of spades

Rumple — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:56:41 -0800

Soviet-era Mayan-themed playing cards.

Adobecards

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:13:20 -0800

Adobecards - an aesthetic Flash-based advertisement for a new Adobe product

Perfect for programmers over 50!

cjorgensen — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:10:25 -0800

The ___ Cards in time for the holidays (or any other card giving occasion). Unfortunately, it appears they are out of their "A beautiful X'mas is what you make of it" cards. Found via: Jonathan Yuen who did the design for Victoria Chang's "Two Trains," which appeared in Born Magazine. Disclaimer: The "design" link is a bit gratuitous. (Born Magazine previously, previously, previously, and barely previously)

Argent Bizarre

QIbHom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:30:31 -0800

In 1684, the French Crown didn't send Quebec its yearly allotment of currency. Yet, the soldiers needed to be paid. Jacques De Meulles, the Intendent, decided to collect all the playing cards in Quebec, and turn them into money. It worked once.

Ron Paul rejects your entire mana-based monetary system!

casarkos — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:03:59 -0800

Magic: The Election . Part 2. Presented in the grand tradition of Katrina: The Gathering.

No, No, Nostalgia!

not_on_display — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:33:56 -0800

NetClassixFilter: The next time you're standing clueless in the greeting cards section of your local drugstore franchise, you'll be wishing you'd visited the Gallery of Unfortunate Greeting Cards instead. For all your holiday needs: Val en tin e's Day, St. Pat ric k's Day, E a s t e r, We dd in gs, 4th of July, Hal lo we'en, Bi rt h d a y s, Th anks giv ing, Ch ri st ma s, and of course, Washington's Birthday. [via Cap'n Wacky] Cap'n Wacky has previously sailed the seas of MetaFilter.

business card designs

Armitage Shanks — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:17:34 -0800

More cool business card designs. (Previously.)

Life Readings the Barbie Way

Orb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:29:41 -0800

Barbie Tarot.

Bureau of Communication

lsemel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:03 -0800

Send messages to friends with fun, bureaucratic fill-in forms! Bureau of Communication has funny faux-bureaucratic forms that you can send to your friends. Whether you need to communicate a problem, send an invitation to an event, or simply apologize for a transgression, our easy-to-use forms will ensure that your message is clearly conveyed.

Vintage Soviet Christmas Cards

Jimbob — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:06:33 -0800

Vintage Soviet-era Christmas Cards. They're certainly cheerful! (via)

When Men Where Men

dhammond — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:51:49 -0800

Pre-1990s Sports Card Portraiture (Flickr slideshow) Images of pre-1990 sports cards which feature excellent photographic portraits, not action shots. I will delete stuff I don't think is good enough with abandon. Featuring appearances from Willie McGee, Duke Snider, Steve Carlton, Carmen Fanzone, The Secretary of Defense, Bubba Smith and Joe Pettini.

83F Project

dhammond — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:09:29 -0800

1983 Fleer Project As of 8/25/07: 364 of the 660 cards autographed (55%).

Concentration Camp Tarot Cards

jonson — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:01:42 -0800

Hand drawn Tarot Cards created by a Boris Kobe, a prisoner at Allach Concentration Camp, a sub-camp of Dachau. Each card depcits an aspect of life in the camp - click each image for high-res versions.

Make your own cool, colorific card holders

taz — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:21:48 -0800

DIY business card holders from paint chips from industrial designer Aaron Tang at designverb, step by step.

Valentines Day is like herpes...

allkindsoftime — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:51:36 -0800

Be my Anti Valentine. A little late in the day, but you can't beat stuff like "One Day in February isn't special...you are. Happy VD everyone!

Tradecards

hama7 — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:15:24 -0800

Tradecards.

Pick a card...

blahblahblah — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:31:13 -0800

Playing cards and tarot cards. An amazing resource about cards with hundreds of scanned decks, and an illustrated timeline of cards through the ages. Cards started in China, but the link to the West was the gorgeous decks of the Marmeluks [Coral cache],which used 52 cards (though the suites were polo sticks, coins, swords, and cups), from there, they spread to Europe and evolved into the tarot and playing cards. Through their history, cards remained art there are many beautiful decks in the past, and 20th century artists like Dali and Hockney created their own decks [coral cache].

Artist trading cards

bigmusic — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:12:58 -0800

Artist trading cards (ATC's) have three rules they shouldn't be sold, they are to measure exactly 2.5" by 3.5", and on the back they must have the artist's name, contact information, title of the ATC and it's number in the series. Since M. Vanci Stirnemann started this hobby in 1997 it has spread the world over. [previously on metafilter]