Your Business Card is Crap! Not quite!

You business card leaves an impression of You, even when you are not there. A beautiful business card helps you stay in on the radar of the people you are giving it to, a great business card makes you standout. We have came across some beauties, and we would like to share them with you.

Send us business cards that stand out, we will publish them!

Author: The Graphic Design School

In between tutoring students in The Graphic Design School’s Online Course and making multitudes of coffees, we thought that we would whip up this little blog entry simply for your viewing pleasure….
Ahhh no sleep for the wicked! Enjoy!

Your Business Card is Crap!

This clip inspired us to make a reactive thread. We laughed so hard at this self professed ‘Rich jerk’. We couldn’t agree with his appellation more. Check it out, see what you think! Below are a few of our fav interactive business cards… that didn’t take 25 years to design!!


“I am Emerson Taymor”

Emerson Taymor is a quirky ‘little’ guy. His business card seems to reflect his overall style, check out his website too.

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Impact Salon

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“Google Me Card”

Ji Lee

Download a template to make your own!

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Lego

Can you believe that this is a business card? For who else, but the employees at Lego. They are designed to look like the employee that they represent by matching hair color, style and accessories.

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Tur & Partner

Jong von Matt of Germany (also featured in our European Print Article this month) made this awesome business card for Tur & Partner an architectural landscaping company. The card contains seedlings that germinate when you water and expose to light.

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Raphael Essoo-Snowdon

He designed and created these awesome 3D glasses when he was a Graphic design student. He painstakingly did all of the cutting and construction by hand.

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Peet Pienaar

Laser cut business card of South African performance artist/graphic designer Peet Pienaar. From Daddy buy me a Pony magazine.

I’m using art as an excuse to live a very interesting life – it allows you to be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do, go where ever you want to go. It’s like a free ticket.

Peet Pienaar

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1scale1

Lasercut business card of David Sjunnesson of 1scale1: a Critical Research Studio looking into the development of interactive media solutions. This business card really needed to be interactive for a company with that kind of a mission statement.

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Scizors

Scizors is a small post-production company who asked Ben Schlitter to create their identity and branding. Those ambitious enough to cut on the dotted line are rewarded with a small paper robot.

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Bracket

Bracket is a publication that features everything-in-between – ideas, process and voices overlooked and under-appreciated. Nice representation of the company through this simple yet effective idea… genius.

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Che-Wei Wang

This design is inspired by Ken Blackburn’s world record paper airplane.

Tip: Fold the business card airplane with the wings tilted downward. It’ll fly like a dart. Nothing like a paper airplane flying around an office of board pencil pushers to get your message ‘out there’.

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Murillo Design

A good identity promotes instant retention and long-term recall in an already overcrowded marketplace.

As stated on their website

And what better way to prove your point than practicing what you preach! Hell if they make it big, we might be able to use this business card as currency.

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Donovan Mafnas

Business card of our very own lovable tutor and forum technical advisor at The Graphic Design School Donovan Mafnas. Donovan is not only one of the most professional and efficient people that we have ever had the pleasure of working with, he is a ‘kick ass’ designer. Love your work Dino… again!

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Reactor

The boys at Reactor thought they were worth a little extra. This is a great concept for a business card to leave at an interview… sets an ‘up and coming’ designer apart from the hoards of potentials that an employer may seek. Nice one!

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The catapult business card

Bryce Bell is a designer with a LOT of time on his hands, and quite a few fans.

You can create one of these yourself, by visiting his site for instructions and instructional videos. You never know when you may need a catapult for an ant invasion… think about it!

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Master Promo, Curitiba, Brazil

They designed this card for Couples Therapist Marisa Schmit Silva. Makes you wanna have marital problems just to get your hands on one of these. Thanks to adgoodness for this find.

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Make your own interactive Business Cards

Want to learn how to make this cute little guy? You can follow a tutorial and even download the templates at computer arts. You will need InDesign for this one, maybe even Scribus. Be inspired by this template and adapt it to your own style.

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American Psycho

Last but not least we would like to leave you with this little clip from the movie American Psycho. Too good!

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15 Comments »
  1. Comment made by Jen

    April 24, 2009

    I loved these thanks! You’ve given me a good idea for my own business card…. stay tuned!
    ps I’m loving the course!
    J x

  2. Comment made by Kattie

    April 24, 2009

    Wow, I cant believe that guy..he sure is right a Rich Jerk. I thought it got funnier the more I watched it. I really like the idea of creating business cards that go beyond the norm. The selection that you guys found was great. So great I Digged it. And I don’t just digg anybody, LOL.

  3. Comment made by Leoni

    April 25, 2009

    Love it, love it, love it! These are fantastic! What more can I say, but I can look at this kind of stuff all day…inspiring!

  4. Comment made by solo

    May 1, 2009

    Really creative!! i like!

  5. Comment made by widy

    May 1, 2009

    wow….that are nice…^.~

  6. Comment made by Tank

    May 16, 2009

    Another card that IMHO could be included on this list is that of Kevin Mitnick.

    http://picdit.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/mitnick.jpg

  7. Comment made by Robert

    May 30, 2009

    These were absolutely amazing – really out of the ordinary and creative. I’ve come across the “Rich Jerk” clip. It’s hilarious but also very true. It really has broadened my horizens when it comes to thinking of what’s possible for business cards. Another horizon that was recently broadened was in regards to printing – my new printer (http://www.digitallizard.com/graphic-designer.php) helped me design an online portal from which my clients can directly order prints from.

  8. Comment made by Philipp

    June 15, 2009

    Fantastic jobs!
    Here is an other wooden business card for a b&b: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12936550@N00/3597444139/

  9. Comment made by MGdezigns

    June 26, 2009

    I saw many business cards blog but yours is by far the most different , unique collection a couple of em I have seen here and there but others are so different
    check out my business cards designs here at my store Business cards by MGDezigns

  10. Hi,
    Like where you are going with the list, our is http://www.gotham.com.au/images/business-card-design-gotham.jpg which we are pretty proud of.

  11. Comment made by Tanya

    January 19, 2010

    Tur & Partner is not a landscaping company, it is a landscape architecture company…very different. One is about the planning and design of outdoor space and the other is about building it. Your confusing the printer with the graphic designer.

  12. Good point Tanya, pardon our ignorance, we have amended ;)

  13. Comment made by Bcardnow

    January 24, 2010

    Ciao! Excellent post .. would you have any Business Cards you would like to share with me on my new website: http://www.bcardnow.com.
    Thank you in advance!!
    Merih

  14. Comment made by Alex

    February 3, 2010

    Funny clip that was! I wonder where it originated from. I see it all over the internet nowadays. It might have took him 25 years to make but his business card looks something else than a business card and is rather impractical. People should take a lesson from that vid when they design their own business card.

  15. Comment made by Dennis

    February 8, 2010

    Thanks for the great content and information. I am always going through the internet searching for good content and to also get ideas for my home based business web sites and future articles on this basic and general subject. Again, thanks for the great content and I will be coming back to revisit this site again for more information in the near future

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