Bio-Pack
Bio-Pack flashcards produced for Thai biology students
Bio-Pack biology flashcards produced for Thai students. The fronts of the cards show biological illustrations of anatomy, cell structures and respiratory systems etc, with the backs giving the key facts in Thai language about digestion, circulation and so on.
Above: Bio-Pack biology flashcards produced for Thai students. 48 cards in box, unknown publisher.
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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