Redesigning Tichu Card Game

The Tichu Redesign is a personal (fictional) experiment project of Greek Designer Dimitris Chatzelas, where he redesigned the card game Tichu. Dimitris Chatzelas loves typography, logos, branding and Illustration. He believes that good design should be specific in order to be understood and… nothing can be everything without being supported by something.

Tichu (also known as Tai Pan) is a multi-genre card game; primarily a shedding game that includes elements of Bridge, Daihinmin, and Poker played between two teams of two players each. Teams work to accumulate points; the first team to reach a predetermined score (usually 1,000 points) is the winner.
My approach was to redesign not only the whole deck, but make it as a videogame for tablets, smartphones, etc. therefore I designed two stages as an example with a variety of emoticons for players and a responsive – animated scroll down website with basic info and download.

Check out Dimitris Chatzelas Portfolio

1

The Pattern

PATTERN1

Symbols and Numbers

SYMBOLS
NUMBERS

The Tichu Cards

BIRD
DOG
DRAGON
GIF1
JACK_CLUB
JACK_EMERALD
JACK_PAGODA
GIF2
JACK_STARS
KING_CLUB
KING_EMERALD
KING_PAGODA
GIF3
KING_STARS
PHOENIX
QUEEN_CLUB
GIF4
QUEEN_EMERALD
QUEEN_PAGODA
QUEEN_STARS

Maria Papaefstathiou

Maria Papaefstathiou is a Greek visual designer, poster artist and editor based in Athens, with over 30 years of experience in graphic design. She is the founder and editor of Graphic Art News, an international platform showcasing inspiring work in graphic design, typography, illustration and visual arts since 2010. Her creative work explores socially engaged poster design and portraiture, celebrating cultural figures from Greece, Jamaica and beyond. In 2011, she co-founded the International Reggae Poster Contest with Jamaican creative activist Michael “Freestylee” Thompson, connecting designers worldwide through art, music and social awareness.