Design Concept
Haus of Cards is a collectible set of eight interlocking cards inspired by the iconic Charles Eames and Ray Eames House of Cards series. Designed as both an educational artifact and a playful object, the project reimagines the format through the lens of Bauhaus design history, featuring homewares created by influential Bauhaus designers. Each card highlights a different object while collectively “furnishing” a conceptual home through modernist design.
Influenced by designers and artists such as Ladislav Sutnar, Wassily Kandinsky, and László Moholy-Nagy, the final system embraces abstraction, geometric form, and experimental image-making inspired by Moholy-Nagy’s photograms. The cards combine grayscale compositions, gradients, grain textures, and subtle geometric motifs to create a cohesive visual language reminiscent of early twentieth-century experimental photography.
On the reverse side, archival imagery and historical information transform each piece into a miniature museum object, balancing playful interaction with educational content. Alongside information about each featured designer and object, the reverse layouts also introduce viewers to principles of typographic anatomy, allowing the cards to function as an accessible learning tool. The packaging extends this identity through a box introducing the featured designers, positioning the project as a speculative museum gift shop product within a larger imagined series dedicated to art and design movements.
Haus of Cards reflects an iterative and research-driven design process rooted in experimentation, historical reference, and systems thinking. The final outcome bridges game design, exhibition culture, and editorial storytelling to create an object that is both tactile and informative.