Coca~Cola themed pack for Ripley department store, Peru
Coca-Cola themed deck produced for Ripley Department Store, Peru, anonymous manufacturer, c.2000.
Ripley is a departmental store which opened in Peru in the year 1997. The Ripley store focuses on giving customers a shopping experience which is new and unique, by implementing a modern décor and offering brands which are popular all over the world. Each card in this special themed deck has a Coca-Cola bottle top in the centre of the design, and the pip cards are in non-standard arrangements. The back design portrays the soft drink as an exciting beverage with association to the four elements of air, fire, earth and water.
Above: Coca-Cola themed deck produced for Ripley Depertment Store, Peru, anonymous manufacturer, c.2000.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator 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.
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