Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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We posted a video which featured some of Tim's playing cards at the end of January 2025, and were intrigued to see this appear in the comments...
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I’ve been collecting playing cards ever since I saw your first episode on the playing cards in your collection over a decade ago. I have over 200 unique decks in my collection. Thanks for being such an inspiration Tim!
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It is really lovely to see how Tim's infectious enthusiasm can inspire other people!
Here is another video showcasing more of Tim's playing cards.
Triangular cards...
Cards which have an intriguing image on the back - it shows hands which appear to be holding the cards!
A deck that has a different optical illusion on the face of every card. You might get so distracted you forget to play a card when it is your turn! 'Can You Believe Your Eyes' is the title of this deck, for obvious reasons!
Transparent cards, although you cannot read the value of the card from the back.
A deck where each card has two values, one on each side of a diagonal line. According to Tim, the instructions are quite complicated...
Finally the 'House of Cards' designed by Charles and Ray Eames in the 1950s.
There were two packs produced. The first, in 1952, consisted of the ‘pattern deck’ which contained fifty-four cards with a wide variety of textured and/or coloured patterns on the one side and a black asterisk on the other.
The second set, produced later, utilized photographs in place of the coloured finishes, thus giving it its name of ‘picture deck’. Both sets of cards had 6 slits in them, two on each side and one at each end which allowed the cards to slot into each other, enabling them to create a vastly diverse architectural adventure, especially after the two decks were combined.
The one Tim shows here is the later deck, the 'picture deck'.
More information here - eames.com/en/house-of-cards
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We posted a video which featured some of Tim's playing cards at the end of January 2025, and were intrigued to see this appear in the comments...
______________________________
I’ve been collecting playing cards ever since I saw your first episode on the playing cards in your collection over a decade ago. I have over 200 unique decks in my collection. Thanks for being such an inspiration Tim!
______________________________
It is really lovely to see how Tim's infectious enthusiasm can inspire other people!
Here is another video showcasing more of Tim's playing cards.
Triangular cards...
Cards which have an intriguing image on the back - it shows hands which appear to be holding the cards!
A deck that has a different optical illusion on the face of every card. You might get so distracted you forget to play a card when it is your turn! 'Can You Believe Your Eyes' is the title of this deck, for obvious reasons!
Transparent cards, although you cannot read the value of the card from the back.
A deck where each card has two values, one on each side of a diagonal line. According to Tim, the instructions are quite complicated...
Finally the 'House of Cards' designed by Charles and Ray Eames in the 1950s.
There were two packs produced. The first, in 1952, consisted of the ‘pattern deck’ which contained fifty-four cards with a wide variety of textured and/or coloured patterns on the one side and a black asterisk on the other.
The second set, produced later, utilized photographs in place of the coloured finishes, thus giving it its name of ‘picture deck’. Both sets of cards had 6 slits in them, two on each side and one at each end which allowed the cards to slot into each other, enabling them to create a vastly diverse architectural adventure, especially after the two decks were combined.
The one Tim shows here is the later deck, the 'picture deck'.
More information here - eames.com/en/house-of-cards
