Conjuring Arts Playing Cards

Historic skulls adorn a custom card set from the elusive center for magic

We visited Bill Kalush last year and learned about the Conjuring Arts Research Center—his hidden library of rare texts and artifacts related to the history of magic. The center is also a community hub for the occult, publishing the biannual scholarly journal Gibecière and running the Hocus Pocus magic program for children in hospitals. As it happens, they also make playing cards. Through a special …

Comet Substance

Musical identity mash-ups in collaged band posters by a Swiss illustrator

With his wide range of projects and mediums, it is no wonder why the technical sketcher turned screen printer Comet Substance uses collage in his works. Armed with a broad background, Comet Substance, also known as Ronny Hunger clips images out of their original context to create new spaces within his pieces. Specializing in band posters, he is able to create collaged posters reflective of …

Mobile Student Supplies

Go back to school in high design

As design students head to school, they’d be wise to equip themselves with on-the-go supplies that embody the functional beauty of the larger concepts of the field. These five objects take creative scholars or simply those with an eye for good design from dorm to desk, on campus and beyond. Palomino Blackwing Resurrecting a 1930s design by Eberhard-Faber, Palomino has brought back the Blackwing pencil. …