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60 cards : color illustrations ; 19 x 13 cm + 1 case (25 x 20 x 6 cm) + 1 box (26 x 21 x 6 cm), Title on jewel case: Visionaire 21 A deck of cards (52 cards plus 8 others) with photographic reproductions of various artists' and designers' work, inside a lockable, velvet-lined jewel case, with key. Each suit in the playable deck features a different theme. "This is # [blank] in a limited edition of 3000 numbered copies"--Verso of card listing back issues "A diamond is forever. 50th anniversary. Jewelry and cases made exclusively for Visionaire by H. Stern Jewellers"--Printed inside jewel case Case housed inside white cardboard box with "Visionaire 21" printed in gold on top. Includes designs by Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Bruce Weber, Enrique Badulescu, Terry Richardson, Sean Ellis, Steven Klein, Ruben Toledo, David Lachapelle, Mark Mattock, Pamela Hanson, Ellen von Unwerth, Peter Hurst, Carine Roitfeld, Anne Christensen, Kate Roberts, Andrew Richardson, Isabella Blow, Victoria Bartlett, Justin Laurie, Judy Blame, Lori Goldstein, Paul Sinclaire, Matt Jones, Lee Swillingham, Stuart Spalding, Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustyniak, Fabien Baron. "This issue provided two rare opportunities, among the many others that accompany the making of each issue of Visionaire. First, we were able to hand over entire series of images (in this case, card suits) to individual art directors. Fabien Baron conceived the House of Hearts as a meditation on motion with dancer Ushio Amagatsu of Sankai Juku. M/M, Paris realized the House of Spades in a variety of Parisian butcher shops. Lee Swillingham and Stuart Spalding portrayed the House of Clubs in - where else? - nightclubs. And Visionaire worked with thirteen artists to build the House of Diamonds. Mario Testino shot John Galliano as the King while Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photographed Iman as the Queen, dressed, fittingly, in Alexander McQueen. A Bruce Weber boy toy was the Jack. The second opportunity was the incorporation of diamonds, courtesy of the Diamond Information Center, DeBeers and H. Stern, into each picture, which required the highly insured shipping of millions of dollars worth of jewels to all parts of the globe. The 3,000 issues were packaged in individual jewelry boxes, each with its own lock and key, and offered a real diamond for one lucky subscriber. Our launch party took place at The "21" Club in New York, a former speakeasy that we transformed into a faux casino complete with card tables. Another lucky winner walked away from the evening with a diamond necklace"--Publisher's description Library has copy no. 6. Gift of Gregory E. Foley, RISD Alumnus, AP 1991.
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Visionaire21_DeckOfCardsTheDiamondIssue.pdf
Publication Date
1997
Imprint / Year
New York : Visionaire Publishing, [1997]
Measurements
19 x 13 cm + 1 case (25 x 20 x 6 cm) + 1 box (26 x 21 x 6 cm)
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
color printing; art photography; illustration (process); graphic design; lock; keys (hardware); boxes (containers); foil stamping; unbound; velvet (fabric weave); periodicals; collaboration; portraits; fashion (concept); illustrations (layout features); packs of cards; playing cards; diamond (mineral); jewelry boxes
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg; and Testino, Mario, "Visionaire 21: Deck of Cards / The Diamond Issue" (1997). Visionaire. 34.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/34