Wolfgang Dorn Werbe

The work of the graphic designer and illustrator Jürgen Pankarz (b. 1943; known as ‘Moses’) is characterised by humour, colour and a sense of fun. Those elements are all present in this pack which has a certain childlike quality. A multitude of amusing figures have been used to fill the double-ended court cards (which are different at each end and with opposite characteristics). The suit-signs of the red suits have been printed in orange-red and those of the black suits in purple. The card size is that more normally associated with German-suited packs. The pack was issued on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Wolfgang Dorn advertising agency in a numbered edition of 500 packs signed by the artist.

Above: Wolfgang Dorn Werbe advertising playing cards published by Wolfgang Dorn, Cologne, Germany, 1985. Maker unknown. 32 cards + 1 extra card in clear plastic box. Size: 57 x 100 mm.