Description
– Launched May 2017 on Kickstarter, 71 backers pledged S$ 2,294, out of S$ 1,000 goal, to help bring this project to life.
– Check out the YouTube review by VJose32 of the Agenda Regular decks
– and the Kickstarter page at
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flagrantagenda/mini-agenda-playing-cards
The maxim for any successful change is to Think Big, Start Small, and Act Fast. This is the core theme of this project and we hope to exemplify it throughout the campaign.
Thinking Big refers to us in our first project where we set out to explore alternative means of expressing ourselves using playing cards and Kickstarter. Figuratively, Thinking Big also refers to the size of Agenda Playing Cards as compared to what we are offering in Mini Agenda Playing Cards.
Starting Small refers to this next step we are taking to continue our success. Mini Agenda Playing Cards stemmed firstly from our add-ons of WHITE MINI in our first campaign. The popularity of WHITE MINI and subsequent call for BLACK MINI by a few of our backers prompted us to start this project. We are keeping our funding goal small (but just sufficient to make project happen) in hope that we can reach funding easier. Similarly, Starting Small also refers to the size of Mini Agenda Playing Cards as compared to Agenda Playing Cards.
Acting Fast refers to the 9 days that we set for the campaign. We do not want the campaign to drag on. If Mini Agenda Playing Cards can get funded, we shall proceed swiftly to get it printed and fulfilled to our backers. If we are not funded, we wrap up, ponder on it and go back to the drawing board to either refine Mini Agenda Playing Cards or come up with something new and hopefully more appealing.
Without further ado, we bring you… Mini Agenda Playing Cards.
Fully Customized Deck with 2 Jokers
Full Colour Tuck Case with Aqueous (Matte) Finish
Printed by Make Playing Cards with 310gsm, Black Core, French Casino Quality Card Stock
44.45mm x 63.5mm, 50% Smaller than Standard Poker Size
Clean Design with 2 Different Colour Schemes – the BLACK and WHITE MINI
Mini Agenda Playing Cards is the outcome of Flagrant Agenda’s unceasing endeavor to explore alternative means of expressing our ideas. Playing cards are a fascinating medium for communication – from visually impressive execution of cardistry flourishing, mind-bending and clever exhibition of magical illusion, to navigating imperfect information in game of chance showdowns. It is amazing how something so simple can be used for expression in so many ways.
The theme in the deck is that of responsible change and transformation. This theme extends Flagrant Agenda’s maxim of making a point to making a change. Various symbols related to change and transformation were included in the design of the tuck case, card back and the court cards. We strive to keep the whole design clean and simple without losing the details and symbology. We hope that the deck design will be timeless and spread the message of responsible change and transformation.
SYMBOLOGY
SERPENT
The serpent is historically associated with rebirth and transformation because of its shedding of skin from growth throughout its lifespan.
FLOWER
The flower is a recurring image in peaceful demonstrations all over the world, where demonstrators offer flowers to policemen as a gesture of their peaceful intent while not backing down on their cause.
WAVES
Waves represent the unstoppable force of nature. They have a strength that is fluid and that strength moves around anything that blocks it. It is a power that is impossible to contain.
TRIANGLE
The triangle has many meanings and in this deck, we are gearing towards triangle as the Greek symbol for Delta, which also means change. The triangle also symbolizes the trinity of thoughts, emotions, and actions – the foundation of change.
SUN, MOON, AND STAR
The sun, moon, and star portrays the passage of time, the daily cycle that all of us are subjected to, our existence that we should be striving to improve.
EYELESS
The lack of eyes in our court cards expresses the lack of truth, honesty, wisdom, and moral conscience we sometimes see in authority – the Kings, Queens, and Princes of our society – and why there is an impetus for a call for change.
MANDALA
The mandala is infused in our card back and Aces designs to convey that all change should strive for eventual stabilization, integration and ultimately a better inner self as propounded by Carl Jung.
HISTORY AND CHANGE
The top of the Joker resembles a triangle and carries with it the meanings we are imbuing throughout the deck – the trinity of thoughts, emotions and actions and change. The sphere upon which the Joker is standing symbolizes completeness with the three rounded shapes in the top and bottom. This embodies the past, the present and the future, both good and bad. All of history is defined by change.
New cards added to the deck! Mini Agenda Playing Cards now comes with 5 additional cards:
A Double Backer with identical card backs (both sides white for WHITE MINI and vice versa for BLACK MINI)
A black and white Double Backer with one side of the card back being WHITE MINI and the other being BLACK MINI
A single side Blank Card (white card back for WHITE MINI and vice versa for BLACK MINI)
A No. 13 Gaff Card with Flagrant Agenda logo replacing the pips
A Gratitude Card listing all the Movers, Covert Movers, Advocates, and Change Makers that have contributed to the make Mini Agenda Playing Cards a reality. Names to be listed will be obtained through the reward survey.
Flagrant Agenda is a Singapore-based, street fashion label that designs apparels with a contemporary and urban overtone with a strong focus on graphics and illustrations. We set up Flagrant Agenda in 2014 to serve as an outlet to express ourselves on issues we feel strongly about.
We are influenced by issues related to our surroundings, the environments we grew up in, what we encounter in our everyday lives and the society at large. We seek to understand how people who grew up and live in different cultures, interpret these themes and hope that by doing so, allows us to gain insights into similarities and differences in the way how people think.
The Mini Agenda Playing Cards is our second foray into a playing cards project in Kickstarter after the success of our first project, Agenda Playing Cards. Our success has persuaded us that both playing cards and Kickstarter are directions worth exploring. Success or not, we hope that this project will keep nudging us forward to extend what we set out to do for our label.
