This Article is continuation of one my post 27 Creative business cards you should’ve seen
In a company where the visual identity became essential, these creations make it possible to make the difference. A well designed and printed business card can impress and make people take notice and remember you . A badly designed or printed card can leave a bad impression or even worse be simply
forgotten.
Here is a collection of cool Business Cards to inspire you,
May 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
These are some really nice choices. Gives me lots of inspiration. I haven’t actually seen some of these, nice to see different ones!
May 16th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
One word. Super.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Nice list! I really like the Hello My name is except that the writing is hard to read… but it’s a great take on the stickers tho.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Awesome Cards!
May 16th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Very inspiring and way outside the common schlock others are peddling. The custom die cuts look expensive but very cool.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Nice ones.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
YAY!! Someone finally found some new designs out there!! Wooohooooo!!
May 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Really cool!!!
Creativetwitty is my favourite!
May 17th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Fantastic collection…
May 17th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
very inspiring
May 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hi, look my business card.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Some of those are great, but lay off the leaves, people.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:54 am
I need help designing a card for my daughter’s web site http://www.colorforacure.org. Any ideas?
May 18th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Nice compilation of business cards. Just superb.
May 18th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Apart from a couple of cards which I don’t exactly fancy, great list!
May 18th, 2008 at 6:53 am
gets costly with two colors or more
May 18th, 2008 at 6:54 am
These are among the worst business cards I’ve seen. I’d recommend this as what to avoid. They all lack the most important element which is substance. In a year you’ll look back at this list and understand, since they’ll all be out of style by then (well they actually already are a couple years past their time).
May 18th, 2008 at 8:18 am
@Kevin (colorforacure) cards322 Matthew Inman look like Moo Minicards. Have you considered using a photo of Emily (or some art work by her)?
http://www.moo.com/products/minicards.php
May 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am
i agree with harry (16.). the title should read “36 business card designs you should avoid”.
May 18th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Wow! These are works of art made to inspire. I am impressed. It makes me rethink our own business card. Thanks for sharing.
May 18th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
MUSTACHE and http://www.moustache.com do not go together. Either get http://www.mustache.com or change the card to MOUSTACHE.
For a business card you need to think about how they are going to get used. If the main goal is to have someone take a card, then you might want it to be flashy. If people are going to have your card anyway but you want them to notice it among many competitors, then you might want more branding elements. If people are going to your card for information but they’re not trying to choose among cards, then being noticed isn’t the main goal; making it easy to read and providing lots of information (email, web, phone, name, services) is the best use of that space. If you often write extra information on the card before giving it out, or if you’re giving a card to Hugh MacLeod, be sure to leave lots of white space for writing.
May 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
wow! excellent works! thank you for this article! greetings from Chiclayo, Peru
May 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
cool business cards. They’re simply inspirational!
May 18th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Nice business cards you are showing off. I wished I could add all of them to my business card collection.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Hi All,
Any information presented in a right spot / color / message is always full filed. Hence forth has no expiry date. But it will be there in the same cycle…
good try
May 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am
WOW! Exellent list!
I like this business cards
May 21st, 2008 at 7:39 am
These are some really nice modern designs that have the popular web 2.0 / vector design flavors that will work very well for people in many fields but not all. Someone commented that they are the worst designs as they will be out dated soon. I strongly disagree. I hope this style sticks around for a long time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:56 am
Agree with Harry. This is exactly the kind of cards that is eye candy enough to please clients but has absolutely no core idea behind it.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Nice! Does anyone know what the name for the style of printing that alternates between matte and glossy finish – like in the first business card example at the top?
Is this sort of printing generally available only by highly specialized printers?
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Most of them are really busy to my taste. There’re some nice through.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:20 am
here is my personal card, i´m from argentina so the information its in spanish, in the front say “Graphic design” but i take off some leters but still you can read it.
http://fedemorilla.blogspot.com/2008/05/tarjeta-personal-estilo-boceto.html
May 26th, 2008 at 8:09 am
@(30. Jenny)
It’s called spot varnish. Most printers will be able to do this for you. Just ask them. Make sure to ask how they prefer you design/setup the file for spot varnishes. ie. layers, or a different color, etc.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:21 am
These are really great cards!
I also like the blogger cards (featuring a customizable tag cloud) from http://www.ooprint.com
They offer some great designs, including student business cards & 2008 campaign cards with your political candidate on the back.
Plus, they have a great trial offer . . . you can get 100 business cards free!
May 26th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Wow. Really awesome. I like every single design…
May 27th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Really like the NT (NagTags) and Mustache card.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Those business cards are really great… Great designs
May 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Great looking business Cards. Business more now than ever are starting to break the mold, from traditional business styles. To something to remember. Great design inspiration as well.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
i will try one of them if i can able to find a good designer.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Very good!!!
Çok iyi tasar?mlar ç?km??
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:39 am
wow, so many leaves! the creative witty folks even cleverly disguised the ripped-off Panic Coda leaf by rotating it… nice
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:06 am
Fantastic collection! Thanks for sharing.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Wow I actually haven’t seen any of these before. I wish that the two people who said they don’t like the cards would explain why instead of just criticizing or show some of their own designs…
June 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Rock ON! One of those business cards belong to a couple of my friends. That has got to give them the biggest head Evar!
June 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Great Collection!! I’ve got ideas from those awesome designs. thanks a lot
June 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Nice article! Got me all inspired now
June 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Excellent list! The perfect inspiration for a project I am working on.
June 17th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Great list! I’m am still waiting for an inspiration! (i’ve got no one for myself!)
June 25th, 2008 at 6:19 am
this list is wonderfull
July 1st, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Just simply creative! Fabulous!!! There are so many business card printers/designers out there who lack creativity. With this in mind, would you consider providing some referrals to great designers and printers that can provide these types of quality business cards? As a marketing consultant, I would really appreciate it. Thanks and God Bless, Tyra
July 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am
nice tutorial
July 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am
nice tutorial …
July 18th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
does anyone know an online store that sells this kind of premium B.Cards?
July 27th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Great examples. And some of the cards are indeed nicely presented. Thanks for the pictures.
July 28th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
superrr
July 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
http://www.speedypress.com
July 28th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Just accidentally found out about this site while surfing for some design inspiration. Thanks to the author for including my work. You should have made a link to the original designers/author/artist of the works.
Anyways thanks for including mine. It’s an honor to be included on this list.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:40 am
cool and different. Keep up the good work!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
lol…nice post..good job
August 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I don’t understand what harry and the other guy’re talking about!
These designs are out of this world and they do provide the ecessary info every biz card should have!
They’r just too god!
Thanks for sharing!
August 19th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Nice roundup. More here :
http://www.fubiz.net/blog/index.php?q=creative+business+cards
September 13th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Great set nicely chosen too I feel!
I see to one of my friends is on there we well and I agree it deserves the place: FUSEDREALITY.
Thanks for sharing!
September 13th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Thanks for sharing my card and promoting it on this blog. I really appreciate it.
All the other cards are trememdous, and I’m sure will be a great source of inspiration.
Thanks for sharing.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I must agree with Harry at number 17, some of this cards are not what they are supposed to be– basically an aide memoire so that people get your name and contact details right.
I’m not sure I could keep a straight face if someone offered me a card like some of those illustrated. Sure there are others that are exemplary ‘corporate chic’, but I dno’t know if I would want to emulate them.
October 4th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Here is an interesting place for BUSINESS CARD PRINTING http://www.premiumcards.net
October 7th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Hello, working with business cards here in Brazil. The cards you are very creative, too, liked!
October 7th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Nice Mate! Great way to sell some Pssy too!
October 18th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Olá.
Adorei os modelos dos cartões.
Bjos
October 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Very awesome collection here.
October 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Although all of these cards are definitely cool, I’d imagine some of them are fairly expensive to produce. This is the fourth such list I’ve seen today and yet none have shown a dollar bill business card. Now, those are really cool… and they’re not expensive either!
Best Regards,
John
http://www.DollarCardMarketing.com
November 19th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
These are great samples!I gave it a thumbs up on SU!
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
i like this collection very much ! sounds very close to my graphic specs
do u think mine could be added to this awsome collection ? http://www.johnbrightman.com/business-card/
thank !
December 6th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
nice cards, very cool looking, better than most boring business cards
January 5th, 2009 at 12:35 am
I love the Imaginet and Arne Werner cards - where can I get those printed? I looked at vistaprint and several others but haven’t found anything like them.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Great collection, I just found your website through another blog and I am amazed of the stuff you have, keep up the good work. Congratulations.
Daniel Silva
http://www.silvaheeren.com
January 14th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Waow, great ideas there! I’m very happy with my cards, they are different but still very fancy and grab the attention, thanks to myminicards.com
Sandra
January 15th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Wow! I got a phone call today from a complete stranger in a different city congratulating me on my business card design and when I asked him where he saw it he told me about this post.
What an awesome compliment to have my design included as one of the business cards you should’ve seen.
Thanks
January 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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January 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
Nice collection!
Here another collection of 300 plastic business cards: transparent, clear, metallic, white, coloured ….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biglietti_da_visita
Plastic business cards are different, elegant and original.
Please take a look at the photos!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I really like a lot of these designs. Especially the hello my name is tag ones and generally all the ones that are cut with one or two rounded edges, they are slick.
If anyone is looking for some plastic card ideas, check out some of the videos I’ve posted at youtube.com/plasticprinters
February 4th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
March 15th, 2009 at 3:30 am
WOW! Exellent list!
I like this business cards
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 am
incredible cards - no 0815 designs
March 26th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Very good!!! Fantastic collection! Thanks for sharing.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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April 7th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
There were a few nice ones but ‘36 Cool Business Cards You Should’ve Seen’ is a bit extreme. There were some wicked lame ones in here so I disagree with the headline. I also agree with ‘Harry’ who said they mostly lack substance. Some have amateur written all over them.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
WOW! Exellent list!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Wow… these are very creative… This is a great site to reference as I am in the market for a creative business card
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I found the graphics very good super
April 24th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
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Cam on da chia se!
April 29th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
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May 3rd, 2009 at 4:31 am
i love business cards which you sharing, hope you
posts more beautiful designs with us, thanks…
Vidiya
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 am
I really like a lot of these designs!
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wow… these are very creative!
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
I found the graphics very good super
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
thanks, very good
May 6th, 2009 at 9:26 am
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May 12th, 2009 at 11:09 am
We love designers that design outside the square! We have also collected a list here: http://www.thegraphicdesignschool.com/blog/advertising/your-business-card-is-crap-note-quite/
Comments welcome!
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I really like this collection of Business card designer. The quality of graphic design in then is superb.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
actriz de peliculas,novelas,y comedi de cualquier tipo
June 7th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
I found the graphics very good supermalykay webdesign
June 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Thank you for the creative ideas! I found a design that’s been very effective for me. It’s everything we look for; it’s alluring, it’s seductive, it’s persuasive. Check it out at http://www.mlmflyer.com. I hope your results are as good as mine
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Great post! We linked to this on our blog!
http://businesscardsland.com
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 am
Nice Collection,
can i use one of them as my cards?
any license issues with them?
Thank u
July 30th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
super cool designs !!!
July 31st, 2009 at 4:17 am
You biz cards design above looks 1,000 times better than the one that I’ve just printed out yesterday! thanks for the idea
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 am
Excelente!
August 28th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Great Designs but I still can’t find inspiration… :/
Does anyone have ideas for an mma shirts store?
August 31st, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I would agree with those of you that thought these were weak. Most of them are Web 2.0 and pretty tired. I thought only 2 cards were worthy of being in this post…. unless of course we were trying to lower the bar.
August 31st, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Some great inspiration here. A few great and unique techniques and materials used. Thanks for rounding these up!
August 31st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
this is most uncreative list of business cards i have seen so far…
September 1st, 2009 at 5:09 am
Fail. Did not deliver.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Wow Nice designs to make a good looking and professional business cards.. I also going to use one of the design for my biz card..Thanks for the design collections..
September 10th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Thanks for the post! I should ve seen those
Does anyone have ideas for an mma store?
October 7th, 2009 at 1:17 am
A successful business starts with business cards – and to be successful you can’t just go dishing out hundreds of dollars on expensive business card
October 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am
I’m not sure I could keep a straight face if someone offered me a card like some of those illustrated. Sure there are others that are exemplary ‘corporate chic’,
October 15th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Cool designs and great ideas.
Thanks!
October 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
It is a nice collection…
November 1st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Excellent list with a whole bunch of unique cards that I have not seen elsewhere…
So much food for thought! thank you!
Izzy
November 12th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I love these ideas! They definitely make me want to go out and create. I also found a pretty cool baseball card style card the other day (www.searchschwag.com). It’s pretty cool but I really love the colorful ones you posted.
November 29th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
As a designer creating cards for others, I really appreciate this post. It helps me brainstorm what to do next.
I think the hardest part is trying to conceptualize something that would really stand out, since we all know how important it is to be memorable in the world of business and networking.
Right now, I’m working on designing Christain themed cards for my pastor and its really a pain in the butt to come up with cool ideas for a church that doesn’t cost a ton of money. If anyone want to comment or point to some examples, feel free!
Anywho, I appreciate the post. Keep it coming!
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 am
That is really a big collections. Thank for the hard work.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:14 am
i love collecting business cards, these templates are so great, thanks for sare, pal…
Power up your Business cards
December 18th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Hey! some of these cards are so great..!! out of mind! great job. it makes me think of new designs to create some cards… thamk..!!!
January 26th, 2010 at 12:16 am
I can understand why a few people are critical of these cards - but many of them are *concept* business cards. As you can see, sometimes no contact information is provided, and quite a few aren’t actually real but instead made with a program.
I do agree they mostly share the “Web 2.0″ look, but some do carry that out quite successfully and that should be applauded. From a practical standpoint, however, many of these cards would be quite expensive to mass produce.