It can be tricky doing business in multiple markets with multiple languages. So what to do? Benoit Lemoine came up with a low-tech but perfectly appropriate solution — cross out the irrelevant, distracting, foreign info. via FFFFound »

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Shiny foil on black cardstock for UK-based designer/photographer Thom Stoodley. via You The Designer »

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Identity and card design for CastRoller by Toronto-based designer John Leschinski of Leschinski Design. More photos on his Flickr page »

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For Thingiverse, this is a Planetary Gear Calling Card, originally designed by phooky and recently updated by gadgetguydk. I love the multi-level nature of this card and the fact that the mechanism actually works! Check out more photos here »

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If you work at a toy company, your business card should be fun. Not normally a fan of 3D business cards, but this brings a smile to my face. via Chief Happiness Officer »

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A few months ago, I ran into a friend from high school on the train to New York. She gave me two business cards — the first was her proper business card, complete with work phone number, office address, fax machine, etc., and the other, is this cheeky, more social version which she uses “to [...]

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click for a larger view This is a classic example of a card that is too clever for its own good. This pencil/drumstick may be a finely crafted example of woodworking, but as a business card, it’s just bizarre. Promoting drum teacher Christian Delano, the association is obvious. But in breaking the most basic rules [...]

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click for larger view Totem is a design collective in Toronto and Montreal. These cards, designed by Haley Fiege, make great use of solid colours and the Multiply layer style. I like the layered cellophane-esque quality of the artwork. Very sharp.

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This happens. At least to me.

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This isn’t a business card, but I think it’s worth mentioning on the site. The Babel Business Card Tree from EX49. While I can enjoy a well-crafted object, this seems to me a long way around just to display your business cards. Would you buy one and display it in your home/office? via SwissMiss »

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Very slick card from Australian designer Seven Sparrows, aka Simone. I like that stripe of glossy blue, which I suspect may be a sticker draped over both sides. via FaveUp »

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click for a larger view » From the master craftsmen at Studio On Fire comes the latest card for Space 150, a digital design agency. Space 150 re-designs their identity every 150 days, and Studio on Fire has been tapped numerous times to paint the picture of the company, if only for a little while. [...]

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While I give full marks to Beacon Web Studio for their ability to own their Google footprint, I think this is a bit of a copout for a creative agency. Also, their simultaneously promoting Google, which, I imagine, has nothing to do with their core business. I have observed that people are often frustrated when [...]

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