Not that this is terribly notable, but I thought it fitting to showcase the old school Tropicana logo and mascot on this vintage card. The odd thing about this card is the terrible spacing of the text. Even in the previous generation, before computers, typesetters and designers knew about balance and whitespace.
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Handmade cards from brand developer and designer Prescott Perez-Fox. These cards are triple-ply, with two sheets of double-sided matte glued onto oaktag (in this case, beige colour). The backs of the cards are semi-random, so they appear not to repeat patterns. Part of that whole order & chaos thing. By the way, this is my [...]
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My father recent gave me an old rolodex of his packed with business cards from yesteryear. This is the first of many gems that I’ll be posting. In this case, it deserves a double-take and a WTF, in any era. Not so much of a card, but simply a piece of paper rubber-stamped with the [...]
My sister once joked that everyone should carry business cards with a small photo on the front for being social in bars. Take the card home, and if you still like the looks of the person in the photo, give them a call. After all, it’s worked for Real Estate agents for years. Recently, we’re [...]
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As mentioned in the previous post, here is the card for Virgil O. Stamps, letterpress laboratory. These cards are printed on chipboard, but Virgil can print on anything from a cereal box to a dollar bill.
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To promote a blog about business cards, I saw it fit to use the very medium in question. So now when someone hands me a particular awful business card, I’ll hand them one back. Sarah Coffman, the brains behind Virgil O. Stamps, helped me print these lovely cards. Letterpressed on various stocks.
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Full marks for the transfiguration of your business card into a postcard, Tracy Smith. But you lose points for that terrible handwriting typeface. Those never look good.
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I like the card for the Shorts Film Festival, which reminds me of Paula Scher’s work for Bring The Noise, Bring The Funk, among others. Still, I dig the tight-fitting typography.
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Very sleek card for interior design firm iCrave. The front is stamped with some sort of glossy black against a matte black card, and the back uses silver metallic ink to achieve a white-on-black look.
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This card falls into the category of what I call “classic suck.” A clear example of amateur and/or ad-hoc design, this card features three typefaces, including the dreaded Zapf Chancery, thermography, and all printed on some strange sort of semi-transparent vellum. Almost a WTF moment. What’s with that “go” button? And why is the name [...]
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Simple, but well-balanced cards from my friends at Brooklyn-based Workshop.
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The card for advertising/design agency DiMassimo/Goldstein seems pretty straight forward. And then you turn it over and realise the image on the back is actually a temporary tattoo. temporary tattoo back (image reversed to read the type)
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We spend a lot of time on social networking sites. So much so that the “status update” has penetrated our analog and offline world. Jeez. Not sure if Kim herself will fill these in with her current state, or rather allow the recipient to make a quick mental note (eg, Kim Bost is smokin’ hot!). [...]
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