Floris van Pallandt is a graphic designer in Amsterdam. His card is simple and tasteful. He’s also the first reader to submit an animated GIF of his card!

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From Bavaria, Germany comes mediendesignwerk and their agency card. These cards feature “look-alike-letterpress” and are printed on 600 gsm “Cotton” paperfactory “Gmund” with 2-color offset printing and strong blind embossing for the “M” pattern. Printed by Druckkultur Späthling

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I dig this letterpress card from majorminor. Grey, Blue, and blind letterpress on what feels like Crane Lettra 200# or something similar. It’s nice to handle.

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A very cool card from Joshua Miles, designer in Indy. These cards measure 3.5″ w x 1.625″ h, slightly slimmer than standard. The stock is a 30 mil frosted PVC, printed 3/2 colour space with PMS Black 7, 8201 Metallic Blue, and translucent white (multiple hits). Typeface is Avenir (Light and Heavy). Printed by Plastic [...]

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The other day I met an excellent young man named Gaston who recently left his position at Landor SF. His card, obviously, reflects this. This is interesting because it’s clearly a short-term fix to the business card problem, but it’s also an act of rebellion that runs deep in the industry. He simultaneously boasts of [...]

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This is a sharp little letterpress number from New York-based software engineer Joshua Kehn. Cards are printed on 640 gsm stock, 100mm x 60mm. The typeface is Hoefler. Obviously, this is a simple and elegant card. It works well as a carte-de-visite, but as a business card, I’d like to add a title or email [...]

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