Project: Branding Playing Cards

At present, the only plans I have for this design blog are to showcase a large scale design project I have planned. There have been many such projects floating about the world wide net web. One of the more ambitious ones involved creating a logo for each of the over 10,000 lakes in the state of Minnesota.

I'm setting my sights significantly lower — playing cards. 52 in total, plus the two jokers. I found, in researching them, that each suit originally represented a different class of society (or so I'm led to believe). Also, each of the face cards represent a specific figure in history. The four kings, for example, are King David (spades), Charlemagne (hearts), Julius Caesar (diamonds), and Alexander the Great (clubs).

There's a bunch more symbolism involved, as well, so it should prove to be a pretty fun project!