A few weeks ago I met the folks from Carrot Creative in Brooklyn. The team has a little scheme going wherein they create avatars in the same style. And then they plaster all the social networks and whatnot with the same avatar, thus creating and reinforcing a sort of brand icon. You know how it [...]

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This design for a dog tag-style card was sent in by Christofer Johnson of Luice Design. Copyright issues aside, I think the US Army eagle crest makes an appropriate edition for these. The tags are laser etched and die cut, on stainless steel. Corners are rounded so as to avoid the slicing of fingers!

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Spotted this, found it funny. And strangely, this isn’t the first card for Jack Sparrow I’ve featured on the site. This is a trend, apparently.

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Here is the card for Cunning, a hard-to-define agency based in London and New York. The funny thing about Cunning is that they don’t have a standard brand identity or logo. It ever changes with the next block. This card is obviously from my pal Izzie Zahorian, who actually no longer works there. But as [...]

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A subtle but sophisticated approach for [)ynamica. The card size is 3.5″w x 2.5″h, making it distinct in the hand. Because of this unique size, the card serves almost as a notecard, with plenty of room to jot down info. Engraved copper and grey ink on custom 210# cover stock, with grey edge staining. Printing [...]

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Don’t say it’s not unique. Jessica Delfino, comedienne and musician, has produced whistles that serve two purposes: they ward off would-be rapists and help serve as business cards. I mean, how many people have whistles as business cards? For that matter, how many people are promoting themselves on the no-rape platform?

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