Memento Mori Playing Cards, Genesis Edition

“You too can achieve immortality by doing just one great thing.” – A Lonely Robot

“Never forget your own humble beginnings."
Memento Mori: Genesis is Adrian Valenzuela's reimagining of the widely celebrated design. With Humble beginnings as a self-challenge to re-create the brand using only 3D software, this redesign takes the familiar low poly skull into a fully rendered 3-dimensional masterpiece.

Memento Mori – “Remember your mortality“（拉丁文），意思為「勿忘你終有一死」。

Stemming from the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, it has been a ubiquitous part of human culture for centuries. From the philosophical to the artistic, the fascination, fear and appreciation of death has consistently captivated and cultivated our imagination. Many practitioners of this theory kept with them, artifacts or keepsakes which served as a reminder that the only thing certain in life, was death. Many of these items were often objects (watches, necklaces) in the shape of skulls.

The low-poly design represents a simplistic one.

Many historians believe that playing cards represented a deeper, esoteric meaning:

• Each suit was one of the four seasons
• Each card within a suit was one of the thirteen phases of the moon. The fifty-two cards in a deck would represent the fifty-two weeks of the year and together, this would represent just one year of your life.