Just Type Playing Cards: Edition 1 Bang on A Can For five years after they’d

For five years after they’d swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole

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200 pages are filled with images of people photographed behind a translucent membrane that renders in focus only those points where the body touches the material surface

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Just Type Playing Cards: Edition 1 Bang on A Can For five years after they’dJust Type is a modern reinterpretation of classic playing card design and a tribute to the different ways in which the spirit of type can be modified. Paula Scher, a titan of the graphic design world has helped to redefine modern typography. Working with fellow Pentagram designers Jeff Close and Kristin Huber, Scher has playfully deconstructed the classic french design of traditional playing cards and removed all extraneous elements. All thats left is