Behold the 8-bit elegance of the card for Mostafa El Abasiry Says Mostafa of the card: [The card features] an arabic square Kufi styled name with his 8Bit graphic style picture, and the date in English with a readable 2D code of the same date

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From designer Ksenya Samarskaya comes this retro-inspired self-promo card. Previously having professional business cards go unused, I concocted these for informal settings. In a casual atmosphere the shared conversation tended to vary as I identified as a sometimes typographer, sometimes cipher, friend, pickler, cyclist or dinner curator. The solution of using the standard pager greeting [...]

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I think this is the first edible “business card” I’ve featured on this site. From NYC-based Mikella Lowe comes this little gem. The aim of my business card is to create a memorable experience and leave a sweet impression on the people I meet. I believe that engagement starts with the first interaction and as [...]

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From The Designer Fund comes this cool interactive infographic highlighting which popular tech/internet startups were founded (or co-founded) by designers. Guess what, they use business cards as the information vehicle! Fuck yea.

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The business card for Modern City, submitted by Chad at Tiny Prints This card, featuring a design by Oh Joy!, is good for those who would want a chic metropolitan aesthetic. The image on the card captures an unspecified city skyline with contrasting colors, probably a good style for an urban business (architecture, commercial real [...]

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From Nicaragua-based designer José Ernesto Rodríguez comes the re-purposing of the outdated national currency. I believe this is a first on this site — using actual money as a business card. “My goal was to create an original and especially a very personal corporate design. Since I have just completed my graphic designer study, my contact [...]

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Frederic Lootens is a Belgium-based design who operates under the moniker FRED+ERIC. The splitting of his own first name yields two more, giving clients the impression that his one-man shop is actually a partnership. His card shares this split personality, with Fred and Eric on reverse sides. If there were two partners, they could each [...]

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Emiland de Cubber is a presentation designer. His business card capitalises on the still-lingering metaphor of the “slide” in a Powerpoint or Keynote presentation. The card is actually not a card, but an actual Kodak slide with two stickers for his name and contact info. Pictured here is the box to house his slide-cards. None [...]

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On Reddit, of all places, I spotted this card for Natalie Roberts. I found it efficient and somewhat clever how she lumps in all her contact info within her email address, even though it may not be an entirely original idea. I’ve often been faced with this, where people don’t realise that my website is [...]

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This card seems to encompass everything about architecture in America. The size isn’t the standard 3.5″ x 2″, but instead the European sizing (85mm x 54mm I think), showing they ultimately want to be creative like they are in Sweden and Germany. The black-only colour is economical, but also pretentiously artsy. The typeface is mechanical [...]

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This is a simple card for Seattle’s Hornall Anderson. My pal Izzie works there now, and I’m rather fond of her card. It’s very orderly, and in this case, I don’t mind the grid action. There’s also a bit of a fill-in-the-blanks approach at work, although Izzie didn’t make use of it. I like HA’s [...]

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This is a quick one. It’s a card for Razorfish, equipped with a QR Code. If I remember correctly, this code didn’t quite work because it tried to bring me to a website which would download the .vcf, but the intent is good. Except, if I were to scan your card and get the info, [...]

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I spotted these very sharp cards from Nathalie Cone, design out of Baltimore. Says Nathalie of the colours, “The fluorescent red ink straight out of the can was a little too bright and harsh for what I was looking for, so my printer taught me that mixing other “normal” inks with the fluorescent red (she [...]

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In spite of my poor photography skills, you should try your best to examine this gorgeous card from Bleu Sky Creative up in Vermont. It’s a two-colour letterpress with rounded corners, but the impression isn’t too deep. I dig the engraving-style artwork and typography.

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Check out this handmade business card for design studio Rama. Their work focuses on handmade bookbinding, which is reflected in the cards. Composed in 540gsm cardboard, covered with cloth binding and a 250gsm cardboard backing, they feature a hand stamp with the Rama logo. The fronts will vary with different hand-drawn illustrations and goffering produced [...]

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