I design and print a fair number of business cards as part of my duties at my day job. Actually “process” would probably be a better word for the work, as for the most part, the design work has already been done and it is just a matter of plugging in names and phone numbers. As a genre, I am fascinated by business cards. I love the challenge of seeing how many different ways I can arrange information in the same 2 x 3.5 inch space. And nothing was more exciting than the day when I got my own business card. There it was in black and white: I was officially a professional!
Designing a really good business card takes skill and thought — sure, your name and number on white card stock will get the job done, but what will make clients remember you? Especially for a creative professional, the business card is often going to be the first representation of your work that a potential client sees, so it better be well designed.
My two favorite places for business card design inspiration have to be Creative Bits and Kariann Burleson’s flicker page. These examples range from beautiful and elegant to quirky and sometimes down right creepy (see the “bloody business card” on part two of the collection on Creative Bits).
