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sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 05:00

I've been asked to have a look at our business card design, and was after some inspiration and/or pointers?

Anyone have any experience of business cards or know any good designs?

Cheers

James

Mr Fred · 09-10-2003, 05:29

bit vague james

coporate colours, brand , strategy etc

or you could go the £1.50 option in wh smith

oli · 09-10-2003, 05:38

those machines they have in shopping precincts, great clipart

sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 05:58

Sorry for vagueness, I'm more interested in seeing if there's any inspiring business card design out there. Any urls (excluding WHSmiths etc

) are welcome.

Details:
For a company that provides: Marketing, Consulting & Software.

Existing business cards are "too boring"

Company uses a marble in its logo, and the colour yellow: F6DD3C

dorian · 09-10-2003, 06:00

marble?

sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 06:01

yeh, it's like a "f" in a marble

oli · 09-10-2003, 06:07

that yellow is nice, I prefer #FFCC00 tho

There was a site I saw with some nice bis card designs, ill try and dig it out.

We've been looking at cards aswell, the clear cards are very nice.

sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 06:12

Cheers

Clear cards?! Sounds good, where can you get those produced?

Mr Fred · 09-10-2003, 06:32

Quote:

Originally posted by oli

We've been looking at cards aswell, the clear cards are very nice.

go and stand outside sir

oli · 09-10-2003, 06:33

haha the foil embossed ones are even better

Brown · 09-10-2003, 07:26

or just smear a bit of mud on a leaf and hand that over

sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 07:35

May as well have!

Me & a colleauge just spent the morning producing designs, going on the idea that the design was too bland and needed be more creative. Having presented the designs to The Boss, he choses the blandest, plainest, dullest, black text on white background design that could have been produced in Word in about 30 seconds!

Ah well ,that's what you get when the decision maker is a programmer I guess.

dorian · 09-10-2003, 08:39

sounds very familiar... (

)

have you tried showing him some (coffee table) books about Corporate Identity?

sleepingfish · 09-10-2003, 09:30

Hmm, don't think I'll lose any sleep over it.
I think I'll move on to other work for clients who'll be just as clueless, but at least they can be invoiced!

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sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Business Cards I've been asked to have a look at our business card design, and was after some inspiration and/or pointers? Anyone have any experience of business cards or know any good designs? Cheers James

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oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,736	those machines they have in shopping precincts, great clipart __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter ..................

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dorian i do lines Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Poland/Denmark Posts: 3,088	marble? __________________ ...

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oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,736	that yellow is nice, I prefer #FFCC00 tho There was a site I saw with some nice bis card designs, ill try and dig it out. We've been looking at cards aswell, the clear cards are very nice. __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter ..................

09-10-2003, 06:33	#10 (permalink)
oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,736	haha the foil embossed ones are even better __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter ..................

09-10-2003, 05:29	#2 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	bit vague james coporate colours, brand , strategy etc or you could go the £1.50 option in wh smith

09-10-2003, 05:58	#4 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Sorry for vagueness, I'm more interested in seeing if there's any inspiring business card design out there. Any urls (excluding WHSmiths etc ) are welcome. Details: For a company that provides: Marketing, Consulting & Software. Existing business cards are "too boring" Company uses a marble in its logo, and the colour yellow: F6DD3C

09-10-2003, 06:01	#6 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	yeh, it's like a "f" in a marble

09-10-2003, 06:12	#8 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Cheers Clear cards?! Sounds good, where can you get those produced?

09-10-2003, 07:26	#11 (permalink)
Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	or just smear a bit of mud on a leaf and hand that over

09-10-2003, 07:35	#12 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	May as well have! Me & a colleauge just spent the morning producing designs, going on the idea that the design was too bland and needed be more creative. Having presented the designs to The Boss, he choses the blandest, plainest, dullest, black text on white background design that could have been produced in Word in about 30 seconds! Ah well ,that's what you get when the decision maker is a programmer I guess.

09-10-2003, 08:39	#13 (permalink)
dorian i do lines Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Poland/Denmark Posts: 3,088	sounds very familiar... ( ) have you tried showing him some (coffee table) books about Corporate Identity? __________________ ...

09-10-2003, 09:30	#14 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Hmm, don't think I'll lose any sleep over it. I think I'll move on to other work for clients who'll be just as clueless, but at least they can be invoiced!

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