Collection of creative business card designs that everyone should see.
01 - AEN Business Card
02 - Deisel Design Business Card
Business cards of all staff members in one small package.
03 - Actual Size Creative Business Card
05 - Structural Graphics Business Card
06 - Thielen Designs Business Card
07 - Francesca Pasini Business Card
08 - Studio Nine Business Card
09 - The Creative Company Business Card
11 - Creative Suitcase Business Card
12 - Fifth Floor Gallery Business Card
14 - Emmi Solonen Business Card
15 - Raeta Estates Business Card
16 - Peanut Business Card
17 - GEYRHALTER DESIGN Business Card
19 - Duffy Business Card
Awesome business cards designed by Promptt.
21 - 0-99 Business Card
22 - Nils von Blanc Business Card
23 - B. Uhrig & Son Business Card
mike
#20 is the best!
Aug 7th, 2008
Managed Services
03 - Actual Size Creative Business Card Is pretty cool.
Aug 7th, 2008
Alex Steed
There are all awesome - except at least half of them I would see in my wallet and think that they were trash.
Aug 7th, 2008
Bob S.
I’d love to get a Jimmy.la business card…
It comes with an iPhone (based on the picture)!
Aug 7th, 2008
jj
Art is Art,dates back to caveman days in the caves.
I rather see this than,the artists who have metal plates fused in their heads with art work dangling above their skulls
what will it be in the year 3000?
Aug 7th, 2008
David R.
If #12 is real wood. I think it has to be the most creative and original.
Aug 7th, 2008
Timmy
Yes, agree with Bob S. Jimmy.LA is the way to go since you get the iphone with it. Wonder where he gets the material for that though..
Aug 7th, 2008
krista ranillo
i love all of those designs
Aug 7th, 2008
business
This remarkable. I can just imagine people getting these cards and telling their friends about it, which is exactly what you should want.
Aug 7th, 2008
maria
cool designs!!!
Aug 7th, 2008
Deion M
All those great business cards and you spaced on Kevin Mitnick’s? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/
Aug 7th, 2008
Omar
I think there missing the kevin mitnick business card.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/
Aug 7th, 2008
subcorpus
i hope the “designers” do the same creative things for their clients …
Aug 7th, 2008
mj
Some brilliant design work, to be sure… but some of the most creative designs are also a bit counter-productive. A block of wood or a peanut not only won’t fit into a rolodex, they aren’t going to get filed anywhere–as is the case with most cards of non-standard size or materials, once you get past the initial “wow” factor, they’ll be in the trash and are unlikely to be where you want your prospect to have them–easily accessible to them.
Brilliant designs, nonetheless.
Aug 7th, 2008
Jonny R.
Way too much sacrifice of functionality and readability in the name of uniqueness or creativity. That is not what design is.
Aug 7th, 2008
raphal
put this on the list:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/
Aug 7th, 2008
ak
Definitely the best looking card I’ve ever seen:
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Dreamten-Studios-Card/98718
Aug 7th, 2008
Mark Brown
very creative designs…. really like number 13.
Aug 7th, 2008
Krazd
Good stuff! I wonder how much each of these costs to make
Aug 7th, 2008
Derek
About these not fitting in a roladex, or going to the trash… Im a designer and I have plenty of very creative business cards and no roladex. I just find a creative way to keep them.
As to cost, some of these with crazy die-cuts would be very expensive. My personal business card has a Die-Cut and 1000 cost me $500, and its simple. A bunch look hand made so those would be very cheap. Also I priced a metal die-cut business card for a client once, they turned it down because the die alone was going to cost $2500.
Aug 7th, 2008
Chuck
@mj
rolodex? really?
Aug 8th, 2008
Kyle
hahaha, who the hell uses a rolodex?
Quit being such a square mj
Aug 8th, 2008
Anonymous
Pretty cool. My favorite would have to be #10
Aug 8th, 2008
Wishlist Fairy
I never thought I would see so many different ideas for business cards.
Some of these are amazing!
Aug 8th, 2008
erichansa
Surely makes my card look boring!
Aug 8th, 2008
Blake
Are there firms specializing in printing/building these alternative designs or are they all made by the designers?
Aug 8th, 2008
Adam Morse
I am supposed to sit down this weekend and design two sets of business cards, so this was a perfectly timed post.
Aug 8th, 2008
United Voices
These business card designs are quite good. But I also think that it should be practical too. I liked the design of the fifthfloorgallery.com
Aug 8th, 2008
Rob
Surely I thought my design was decent for my business card, but these are just amazing.
Aug 8th, 2008
Ken
Good selection! Some concepts are pretty awesome and daring. Thanks for sharing!
Aug 8th, 2008
Tech Blog
Really great and design nice card was awesome, and surely my card design would be great too…
Aug 9th, 2008
JimmyLA
Wow! Thanks for the mention, Toxel!
To answer some of the questions… you don’t get a free iphone with my card, I was using it to show the transparency. (lol.. yes, I know it was a joke)
While I can’t vouch for any of the other cards here, I can say that my cards were printed at PlastekCards.com for about a dollar a piece.
It sounds expensive, but when I hand people this card they say “wow!” and hold on to it. It may not be today or tomorrow, but somewhere down the line someone they know will need web work, and they’ll have my card. This is also why I made sure mine would fit in a wallet.
It’s working… I have to turn away business daily. My phone rings a few times a day now, thanks to this Toxel thread.
Anyways, I appreciate it! You have a new reader.
Jimmy
Aug 9th, 2008
Dairyman
I have never seen so many varieties of business cards. Two men are not alike and your cards would definitely cater to different taste buds :)
Aug 9th, 2008
Roy
@Omar
That was the #1 B-card
Aug 11th, 2008
Ivan Cash
Check out this card:
http://www.ivancash.com/images/commercial_art/14.jpg
Aug 12th, 2008
francesca
hi!
thanks for posting my business card, i made the one in fabric and i think it’s the poorest one!here there are some masterpiece!
i haven’t spent any money it’s all made by old stuff from my mother’s fabric collection…i made them just for fun but i’m happy if anyone enjoys them!
(sorry for my bad english)
francesca
Aug 12th, 2008
ramin rahdar
very nice
Aug 13th, 2008
d52
very nice. Good job thanks
Aug 13th, 2008
The Ad Mad
ahhh some of those papers are awesome! Wish it didn’t cost a fortune to do that kind of cards :S
Aug 13th, 2008
morayakizi
wooww awesome and my favorite one is the number 23. can you imagine this original idea. all things is for kids:)
Aug 15th, 2008
PJH
all good - love the domino’s
Aug 15th, 2008
Viridiana
Very nice and usefull, GOOD.
Aug 15th, 2008
Jazhara7
Francesca, I think your card is awesome. It’s simple, doesn’t cost you much, but is still effective. It’s different from the norm, so it catches the eye, and that’s the point of having a creative business card. Very nice!
- :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Aug 15th, 2008
Rob
Quite a few of these look like they may have come from PlasmaDesign in the UK. The translucent plastic card looks very similar to the examples on http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk/plasticbusinesscards.htm and I believe they might have manufactured Kevin Mitnicks card too.
Aug 17th, 2008
sakato design
very interesting!
thank you!
Aug 27th, 2008
mike
#12, where can i get this done?
Aug 27th, 2008
web tasarımı
thanks for inspiration
Aug 28th, 2008
Calvin Cox
Awesome collection: I haven’t been that excited about redoing my business cards or talking about creative design for business cards since getting so involved in social media; but this is a great list to bookmark for some great ideas. Thank you for posting this.
Sep 13th, 2008
koSkesh
kirom too i design!
Sep 20th, 2008
melin_flamenco
i dont get it.. they look inappropriate
Sep 28th, 2008
tasarimci
agree with Bob S. Jimmy.LA is the way to go since you get the iphone with it. Wonder where he gets the material for that though..
Sep 30th, 2008
kirtasiye
ahhh some of those papers are awesome! Wish it didn’t cost a fortune to do that kind of cards :S
Oct 1st, 2008
CreditBestMan
Great info on business cards…its given me some great ideas. Thanks
Oct 1st, 2008