Business cards have been increasingly used since they were first used in 17th century Europe, changing the way we introduce ourselves and sometimes our work. It’s history and evolution is quite interesting. I’ve designed several business cards and it is something I quite enjoy – I find it is like designing a little house that suits each personality.
A good design takes into account color combinations, materiality and shape in a very reduced space in order to produce a piece of useful information.
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Virginia Duran 
what a fabulous selection of business cards… the little stand-up houses, the view-finder, the stretchy personal trainer.. really inspired! 🙂
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I would never use some of them for my own but have to admit that they gave me some new ideas and inspiration. I am glad you liked them too 🙂
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Lovely to see such an inspiring range of business cards.
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Nice collection! I’m creating business cards for myself, and these gave me some great ideas!
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I am glad to hear this! Would love to see your design when finished 🙂
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Wow, I loved them all , specially the ones for the architectural professionals!
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I felt very tempted to include several of those hehehe! Thanks for stopping by Wigdan 🙂
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Some of these cards are very creative but probably not very practical…. as soon as I get a business card from someone I scan it in to my computer. Also it’s better to keep them at a standard size for people who keep them in some kind of file system. But I enjoyed seeing them… thanks for sharing the collection.
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I think creative business cards help to make an impression, even if I trash them after getting all the info I always remember the person for what their business card looked like. Especially when we meet a lot of people (like art expositions) on the same day. But yes, some are not very practical if you want to keep them. It’s difficult to find the perfect one, right?
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Great collection! So many good ones, but personal top three are: Amelia Lyon (nicely finished and I do love the lion logo, haha, geddit Lyon? Ok. Well it made me smile ;)), The personal trainer one, and the bird behind the ‘cage’ one. Thanks for sharing!
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I know! Some of them are very witty! The personal trainer one for instance. Just imagine the person streching the card to get the phone… hilarious! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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I am continually amazed by the amount of creative talent we have in our world!! 🙂
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It’s true and I love it 🙂
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Loved this post. It’s amazing how creative people can be when it comes to business cards.
Personally, I loved the one of Zaha Hadid Architects and the one of the clothes peg.
I would like to contribute to this post by showing Egil Paulson’s easel card:
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Very nice share! It’s indeed creative 😉
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What is it with the architects? They really seem to almost be in competition.
I found some cool designs here on, where else, Buzzfeed. The ones for the Stock Broker and the App Developer are pretty creative and little humorous.
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Congratulations Richard, you’ve been selected for a free business card design. You will get all the details by email! This was a very creative share!
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Thank you!
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De très belles cartes de visite, originales et efficaces. Avec un style dont on ce souvient et que l’on veut conserver.
Quand l’art et le business travail ensemble cela fait des étincelles !
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Je suis d’acord Christine! C’est incroyable ce que la créativité et l’entreprise peut faire ensemble. Une carte mémorable fera la difference.
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Really good post, as always 🙂
Here is another example, business cards created with transportation fruits boxes.
http://www.yorokobu.es/reskate/
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Really good share and amazing way of recycling! Congratulations Arturo, you’ve been selected for a free business card design. You will get all the details by email!
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A fascinating and inspiring collection of card designs!
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Thanks 🙂
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Wow these are very original, fun and beautiful business cards! And happy 50th post 🙂 It’s a great milestone, keep it up!
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I was really happy that every week I found some time to write! Interaction makes it all worth while so veeeery grateful that you stopped by and commented 🙂
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Excellent post Virginia! I love the overall identity design of Leo Burnett’s venture center, Farmhouse. Their business card aren’t as crazy as some of the examples above but they look very neat.
Congrats on your 50 post, BTW.
http://identitydesigned.com/farmhouse/
Besos,
-Nacho
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Wow! I love the retro look and the collection of items all with the same logo colors! Congratulations Ignacio, you’ve been selected for a free business card design. You will get all the details by email!
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I like the idea of making a business card out of something else, as in the last one. Perhaps some of them take it a bit too far, but this selection is quite interesting! http://designinstruct.com/visual-inspiration/creative-business-cards-that-function-as-other-things/
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Very creative business cards! They are indeed useful. This is a great share Javier, you’ve been selected for a free business card design. You will get all the details by email!
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