Games and Card Systems
TCGs, CCGs, board-game cards, educational cards, brand interaction cards, mechanics, balance, rules, and player experience.
Open academic journal · Classroom submission lab · Design in play
Open Design & Card Studies
A bilingual journal for games, cards, graphic design, fashion design, fashion marketing, and playable visual culture.
Studio Research
Design work can become research material
Editorial Publication
Editorial decisions and version records stay visible
Student Friendly
Course projects, cases, and reflections are welcome
Card Worlds
TCGs, board-game cards, collectible cards, brand cards, and visual decks
Bilingual Policy
Chinese and English Publishing
We accept Chinese, English, and bilingual manuscripts or design case submissions. Students, designers, researchers, and independent creators may write in the language that best supports their project, evidence, and audience.
本刊接受中文、英文和中英双语稿件，也欢迎课堂项目、设计案例、视觉研究、服装项目和市场分析。
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Submission Scope
Graphic Design
Card-face visuals, typography, information hierarchy, packaging, brand identity, posters, social media assets, and visual storytelling.
Fashion and Styling
Fashion collections, character design, material boards, silhouettes, subcultural style, cosplay, collaborations, and wearable fan culture.
Fashion Market Management
IP licensing, consumer insight, community marketing, retail display, resale markets, collecting economies, and brand strategy.
Design Education
Course projects, process documentation, user testing, peer review, student reflection, and learning outcomes.
Culture and Industry
Player communities, tournaments, store cultures, platform circulation, local markets, cross-cultural reception, and design ethics.
Vol. 0 · Classroom-Friendly Founding Issue
From Cards to Design Industries: How Do Play, Graphics, Fashion, and Markets Shape Each Other?
The founding issue welcomes design students, teachers, players, designers, market observers, and independent writers. Research articles are welcome, as are visual projects, fashion projects, market cases, and reflective design process records.
View submission optionsManifesto v0.1
Founding Manifesto
We believe cards are more than game components. They can be visual systems, character worlds, fashion signals, market media, and classroom research materials.
The journal publishes work across games, cards, graphic design, fashion design, fashion market management, and related cultural industries. Contributors do not need academic titles, and design projects do not need to disguise themselves as conventional papers. A submission matters when its question is clear, its material is grounded, and its process can be discussed.
The journal uses transparent editorial assessment. Public review is no longer a required stage before publication. Authors may submit revisions; editors identify the published version and preserve earlier comments and revision records. Publication does not imply independent peer review.
Course Projects Can Publish
Assignments, design experiments, visual research, market analysis, and reflective notes can enter the editorial process.
Design Process Can Be Reviewed
Review can address research, sketches, prototypes, user feedback, iterations, visual logic, and market judgment.
No Pay-to-Publish
Publishing power should not become purchasing power. Early issues are free for authors and readers.
Academic Rigor Remains
Openness does not mean anything goes. Evidence, method, design rationale, market insight, and revision matter.
Publication Process · Updated 2026.10.01
Transparent Editorial Publication
Editorial Screening
Editors check whether the submission belongs to games, cards, graphics, fashion, markets, culture, or design education.
Version Confirmation
Where authors supplied a revision, the latest submitted version is used. Otherwise, the original submission is retained. Editors check authorship, sources, permissions, and version details.
Editorial Decision
Editors record the publication decision and any limitations. Public review is no longer an acceptance stage, and these articles are not presented as independently peer reviewed.
Editorial Publication
The final version goes online. Earlier signed comments, author responses, and revision history remain dated records.
Post-Publication Updates
Work may be versioned when design, markets, rules, or data change.
New public review submissions closed on 2026.10.01. Previously published signed comments remain visible as history, not as independent peer review or endorsement of the final version.
Articles
Submission Tracks
Call Open · Games and Cards
Card Mechanics, Play Rhythm, and Player Experience
Research on TCGs, board-game cards, educational cards, brand interaction cards, rules, feedback, and prototypes.
Call Open · Graphic Design
Card Visuals, Typography, and Information Hierarchy
Work on visual identity, layout, illustration style, packaging, posters, and social media communication.
Call Open · Fashion and Styling
Character Fashion, Subcultural Style, and Collaboration Goods
Fashion collections, styling research, material boards, cosplay, licensed goods, and wearable fan culture.
Call Open · Market and Management
Card IP, Collecting Economies, and Fashion Consumption
Brand collaborations, community marketing, retail display, resale markets, consumer profiles, and cross-cultural circulation.
Call Open · Classroom Submission Lab
From Assignment to Publication
Students may submit project statements, research process records, sketches, user feedback, iterations, and learning reflections.