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Great advices for business card design

Ivan | Wed, 2009-09-30 12:56
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ipure | Wed, 2009-09-30 14:33

that dudes voice is annoying.. not super impressed by the designs

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Modern_Zen_Arch... | Thu, 2009-10-01 10:43

Nothing wrong with the dude's voice. ;-)

I think I sound like Ivan, so I may be biased.

But content wise, he's right on the money!!

Great work Ivan!!

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Ivan | Thu, 2009-10-01 14:31

By the way the ivan in the video is a different ivan from me. :)

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Art D. Rector | Wed, 2009-09-30 19:17

Yeah, I don't know about that one, Ivan. The eight up different designs idea is good - I've done that before. One client had a spider on her card (went with her name), so I made the spider different on every card (red spider with black eyes, black spider with white eyes, etc...) But it looks to me like every card he did was the wrong size. This may sound like a good idea when someone says it in a video, but in real life it just trips you up. If the card doesn't fit in a standard card holder, it ends up in the trash. That's really all there is to it.

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zoejoho | Thu, 2009-10-01 02:06

Thanks for the great tips.. i was looking to design a new card!

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Modern_Zen_Arch... | Thu, 2009-10-01 10:13

Good Design for business cards depends on many factors:
- your type of business (for children versus a business catered to senior citizens)
- your location (i live on an island. waterproof and laminated cards are best)
- it has to be unique to stand out of the crowd
- but, at the same time not so "out of the box" that you get labeled as a freak
- some clients need lots of info
- yet other clients, just want a phone number and nothing else

In the end, it's a constant balancing act...
- form
- function
- practicality
- wow factor

If you can divide your clients into 2 or 3 groups, then you can come up with 2 or 3 versions, and just use which version is applicable... All about balance...

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Ivan | Thu, 2009-10-01 14:32

Well put.

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malafe07 | Fri, 2009-10-02 00:37

Does anyone knows what kind of software he is using?

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Dysentery Fairy | Wed, 2009-10-07 15:27

undecisive? INDECISIVE, barbarian!

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10thWay | Fri, 2009-10-09 13:53

ha-haa! I like the way you distanced yourself from the guy in the video right away Ivan!

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