From Nicaragua-based designer José Ernesto Rodríguez comes the re-purposing of the outdated national currency.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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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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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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Usually, I reserve my “WTF Wednesday” segment for my other blog, but I stumbled onto this and was just taken aback. Somehow, this seems like a desecration of the natural world rather than a cheeky bit of resourcefulness. I don’t know what that says about a person who deals in biofuels, but you be the [...]

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The card of illustrator Christopher Soprano isn’t so much a card, but a sort of paper puppet/miniature POP display. It’s pretty cool. At first, it looks like a regular card. The typography is whimsical but with a sense of sophistication. There are elements of hand-crafted goodness, and a bit of stampy action. And then they [...]

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While I can enjoy the finely crafted, precise, and technologically awesome card, I have just as much love for low-tech printing. Here, the folks at Sassen Design created a rubber stamp to create their cards. Each one is slightly different, each one has a bit of the hand-crafted touch. via FPO »

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I’m a big fan of letterpress, and stickers, and hand-made elements like stitching. And this card for Toronto-based Photographer John Edgar has all three. Printed on 180lb Strathmore stock, with a subtle letterpress. A printed sticker is then wrapped around, and finally, stitching in added. Designed and built by Simon Cooper of Envyco.ca

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Unless you’re in the business of selling sadness in a can, you realise that there’s an economic crunch on. People are losing jobs, being downsized, getting axed, being made redundant, and otherwise finding themselves out of work. So what to do with all those old cards? Enter Cards of Change, a website where former employees [...]

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… is another man’s card. Rubber stamps can create a business card out of just about anything. Appropriate if you’re in the business of recycling, reclaimed materials, or anything eco-conscious. via Direct Daily via Quipsologies »

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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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