[wolverinejoe80]

crit my business card

i'm making a letterhead, business card, and etc. for a local architecture firm who wants to do more than architecture.

i haven't thought about fonts yet. help me out which one is the best out of these 11.

thanks
joe

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[wolverinejoe80]

6.
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11.

[vinodpillai]

the closest i've come to liking anything would be No. 8 the red one, though the fonts are'nt really good. Can be made better!

[dan]

i haven't thought about fonts yet

eh? your designs are entirely typography based. To say you haven't thought about fonts is ridiculous. You have - maybe you just haven't thought about them enough.

I'm not really feeling any of them and the typesetting of the address on all those examples is terrible.

It looks to be a rebranding exercise? slapping out 11 crappy business cards is not the best way to start.

[dura]

has the firm got a logo/type face they already use?? Like Vin not really liking any of them but no.11 if i had to choose.

[B-B]

Originally Posted by dan

I'm not really feeling any of them and the typesetting of the address on all those examples is terrible.

It looks to be a re-branding exercise? slapping out 11 crappy business cards is not the best way to start.

Agreed, the typesetting sucks on all of the designs you would prob benefit more if you sat down again with the client and worked thru more specifics of what they want/ they are going to do etc... *making notes at the same time.

Dan is right knocking out 11 business cards isn't an ideal way to tackle a re-brand brief you need to be out there researching it and brainstorming it constantly you need to run much further with it.

It's quite obvious from the first look you haven't invested much time in researching their criteria and field of work, you could perhaps be on the right track of using an up-beat bright colour as a basis for the card but again this needs taking further you've only really scratched the surface with what you have at the moment.

[wolverinejoe80]

they use helvetica

and i didn't have hellvetica in my laptop yet, so i used something else.


well, thanks for your comment guys. this was my first brainstorm, so i still have long long way to go. i haven't talk to my client yet in depth. right now, i'm focused on making their websites, so i haven't put enough time on this yet.


and any suggestions on a font? i'm an architect also, and i know nothing about typography.

[sean_r]

I think it's best to get the logo sorted before applying it to things. Get that done, and go from there is my advice

[rightclick]

I would of said no.8 but it's to corporate.

No.11' front has this spacial thing going on which I think looks good. Deepends on the clients level and venture in architecture and interior design.

[mx]

none of the above

[i3lance]

1, 10 and 11. Nice designs

Again as said (and said well) all depends on your clientbase. 1 very corporate, will make you look larger than you are.

10 and 11 are more (11 is much better though) does give off a structural building design'ee type feel too it. Think about your typography, audience, current clients, were you (they) want to move your (their) business. It really should not take half this bloody forum to tell you this matey but there you have it...it has to be said. - all about the input!

Otherwise as above...nice.

Good luck!

P.S Didn't you post some site designs for the same company? If so should the cards be in line more so with the final design of the site? Get the continuity going...

[wolverinejoe80]

here is the final. keep in mind that print out version will be more tangerine than orange. they have 2 options, orange and grey. i like what i did on this one and they seemed to like it as well. i made their website also, i'll link them as soon as the web is up.


and now feel free to crit.

[wolverinejoe80]

font is helvetica which is what they are using right now.

[i3lance]

Nicely done. Simple effect, concise. Sometimes cards can be too busy and ineffective. In a simple but thought provoking way the graphic gets the message accross.

The only hang up is the text is a tad small maybe a 0.1ems bigger or a 0.2pt larger or something. If this size is best in order to fit the text in properly then its all good.

Thats my opinion.

[briljant oranje]

Originally Posted by wolverinejoe80

here is the final. keep in mind that print out version will be more tangerine than orange. they have 2 options, orange and grey. i like what i did on this one and they seemed to like it as well. i made their website also, i'll link them as soon as the web is up.


and now feel free to crit.

The White area is too close to the begining of the copy begining 'PARA', and the mark at the bottom right of the white that sticks up into the orange looks like an error.

[davidvesty]

back of card is OK, the cover isnt there yet, needs more impact for me and the orange path shape doesnt say much, also maybe have the architecture interior etc in alternate black and white to split them up? better than the top ones though

[wolverinejoe80]

thanks for comments. it helped me alot.

i'll post the end results soon.

[jthomas]

Originally Posted by davidvesty

also maybe have the architecture interior etc in alternate black and white to split them up?

yes. then you could lose the commas.