I Heart These Business Cards

Despite the fact that I am very much a web designer with the emphasis on web, I get suckered into doing business cards for existing clients every now and then despite the fact that I hate, hate, hate print. The Proofreading Girl’s card was really awkward to do, simply because the email address and URL are so bloody long; justifying them on either side broke the centre line, and centring the contact details just looked… lazy.
It seemed natural to extend the text somehow, so I came up with this. There are not a huge number of ways to make your cards stand out when you’re doing “€3.99 for 250 cards” printing at VistaPrint, but I think this is pretty damn clever.
Tip: VistaPrint prints reds darker than your colour values; the preview colours after upload are an accurate preview. Which explains why these are hot pink; they will print in a more plummy shade.
02 Mar 2009
| In: Design | Tags:business cards, print
Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Very nice and very clever way to put in the contact details.
02.03.2009, 9:50 am.
I’m impressed with your creativity!
Job well done.
03.03.2009, 6:48 amLove this idea, really made me look twice and three times, which is rare with business cards…
19.03.2009, 5:29 pmBrilliant. I can’t see the fourth one, which just makes me keep coming back to try again.
27.04.2009, 3:08 amThere/their, it’s/its, than/then, and “in” is repeated twice :)