Hand out a little piece of yourself with cute, creative, or corporate business cards. Learn effective business card design. Get tips on fitting all that information in such a small space, the etiquette of business cards, using photos, best fonts, and layout ideas for freelance or do-it-yourself business card design.
Making your business card work harder tips.
Put as much info into your business card as you can...
Do you have a great-looking business card? Show it off. And tell us about the design process and what you like (or don't like) about your business card.
No matter how great the business card design, if important parts are missing it doesn't do the job as effectively as it could. Make sure your business card design has all the needed parts.
Although designed as a lesson plan for use in the K-12 classroom, non-students can learn about the business card design process.
Learn the principles of business card design by creating a card for a literary or historical figure.
Learn about business card design by checking out the business cards makeovers in our Makover Project Profiles. The specs for this business card design calls for a specific spot color and the creation of shells for in-house personalization. Browse the
redesigns.
The purpose of these business card design layouts is to help you visualize how various components might be arranged on the page. Alignment, proximity, balance, and contrast are the main principles addressed here.
Ignore the limited fonts and colors and concentrate on how the arrangment of elements affects the look and feel of these vertical business card design layouts.
This book from Chuck Green is recommended for small business owners and non-designers tasked with creating an identity system, including business card design, for their business. For designers, it is also a valuable addition to any design reference library.
Full ReviewBusiness cards serve many purposes but their primary purpose is to tell what you do and give the recipient a way to contact you. At the very least a name and contact method (address or phone number) should be on the card. What else?
Want to create those magnetic business cards but not sure how to do it? In the forum we're discussing the pros and cons of stick-on and print-on magnets and other printing processes. Talk about "attractive" business card design.
This short video shows you how to set up Adobe Illustrator to create a business card.
Addresses business card design basics including what to put on the card.
Tired of the same old business cards? Take a gander at IDEO's Identity Card Concept Project. It's a collection of ideas that use business cards to explore concepts such as privacy, identity, and new ways to communicate. You might not want to actually create and use cards like these, but they certainly provide food for thought and perhaps a little inspiration.
Browse a gallery of business cards by Daniel Will-Harris. Read brief details on the development of each business card design.
Chuck Green has great tips, layouts, and ideas for making your business card design work harder to promote you and your business.
"Professor Print" shares thoughts on business cards. Read about a chocolate business card (yummy but not easy to file away for reference), how to make your business card stand out, and how to distribute business cards.
Maria Nerius offers her thoughts on elements, design, and creative uses of a business card.
Chuck Green offers ideas and business card design examples for different ways to use business cards including referral card, billboard card, card pad, coupon, sticker, and Web card. Includes a business card design checklist.
Get Chuck Green's specific tips for business card design and letterhead design for small businesses.
