Girls’ Generation

“Girls’ Generation” : K-Pop playing cards from South Korea

“Like the stars that shine way up in the sky we will live forever”

Korean popular music is known as ‘K-Pop’. “Girl's Generation” (Korean: 소녀시대; Sonyeo Shidae) is a nine-member South Korean pop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. There are plenty of playing cards amongst their merchandise, see Wikipedia article →

Above: “Girls’ Generation” playing cards, "let's play the card game with Girls’ Generation", 52 cards + 2 Jokers in box, made in South Korea. Below (right): two boxes of “Girls’ Generation” playing cards made in South Korea. Images courtesy Adam Wintle & Jinny Puprasert.

Girls’ Generation playing cards designed by Rina Communication, Korea, 2011

Above: Girls’ Generation playing cards designed by Rina Communication, Korea, 2011. 52 cards + 2 jokers in box.

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.