Tim’s Card Collection

Giovanni MeroniThirdway Industries

Giovanni Meroni is a freelance designer and art director from Italy who founded Thirdway Industries in 2014, weaving ancient myths and Mediterranean-inspired artwork into decks like Good & Evil and SINS. His work is known for a distinctive classical, literary feel that sets it apart from typical playing card designs.

Lorenzo GaggiotiStockholm17

Lorenzo Gaggioti is an Italian-born designer now based in Stockholm, who launched Stockholm17 in 2012 with his first crowdfunded deck. His mythology- and sacred-geometry-inspired work has earned him 52 Plus Joker's Artist of the Year four times (2019, 2022–2024) and multiple Deck of the Year awards.

Linnea GitsUusi

Linnea Gits co-founded the design studio Uusi with Peter Dunham in 2010, hand-painting original artwork in oils and watercolors for decks like Blue Blood, Pagan, and Republic. The duo has funded 13 tarot and playing card projects on Kickstarter and collaborated with brands like Herman Miller and Taschen.

Alessandra GaglianoJocu

Alessandra Gagliano is a Sicilian artist who hand-designs every Jocu deck from scratch, starting as pencil sketches or paintings before being reimagined digitally. Her work includes Fillide, inspired by Sicilian folklore, and The Green Man, exploring plant mythology.

Elettra DeganelloElettra Deganello

Elettra Deganello is an illustrator and designer based in Prato, Italy, who entered the custom playing card world in 2017 with Pinocchio and Florentia for Passione Playing Cards. She was nominated for 52 Plus Joker's Artist of the Year in the 2021 Diamond Awards and later designed the typography-driven Bicycle Bold Slab deck.