When is a card deck a card deck?
Mainly as a result of discussions at the CardStock meetups, along with Nick Kellet’s release of the Deckible platform, and a couple of projects I’m working on, I got to wondering what makes a card deck recognisable as a typical deck of cards, rather than something else? So… What makes a card deck a card deck? Is this what you see? In no particular order… Cards are two dimensional Viewable areas are single or double sided only All cards within a deck are the same shape All cards within a deck have the same finish All cards are flat All cards are solid Cards are intended to be handled Cards are opaque Cards are of sufficient size to be handled comfortably by humans Detail on the cards can be read unaided The cards’ shape is symmetrical Cards are divided into suits Each card is individual, and are not duplicated within the deck ( arguably, what about Uno? ) Cards are made of paper or a paper-like material Cards have the same style of design throughout a deck Decks contain approximately fifty cards Corners are rounded, mostly The back is usually different to the front They can be shuffled They can be dealt Cards are interacted with through visual and tactile stimuli only What did I miss? ...