The cleverness of this card is obvious — culinary consultant, he brings his own flatware right there in the metal business card. But there’s just one problem, this entire concept is a rip-off of that belonging to world-famous convicted hacker-turned-security-consultant Kevin Mitnick. Mitnick, being a well-known Internet personality, has had his cards floating around on [...]

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click for a larger view This is a classic example of a card that is too clever for its own good. This pencil/drumstick may be a finely crafted example of woodworking, but as a business card, it’s just bizarre. Promoting drum teacher Christian Delano, the association is obvious. But in breaking the most basic rules [...]

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While I give full marks to Beacon Web Studio for their ability to own their Google footprint, I think this is a bit of a copout for a creative agency. Also, their simultaneously promoting Google, which, I imagine, has nothing to do with their core business. I have observed that people are often frustrated when [...]

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