Creative Business Cards
September 5, 2007 by Oli · 36 Comments 
Your business card carries the brand of your company and represents yourself, a well designed and printed card can impress and make people take notice and remember you which is what you’re aiming for. A badly designed or printed card can leave a bad impression or even worse be simply forgotten.
I’m currently researching creative business cards as I felt it’s about time I made some up for my company, there are many examples of great business cards and today we will be showcasing 15 of the best, Enjoy …
Simplebits – When I was beginning to research this topic, the first I thought of was Dan Cederholm’s rebrand for Simplebits – great type and logo letter-pressed into good quality card makes this one of my favorites
Thielen Designs – Mimicking clothing sale tags, includes a rivet and the designer’s 2 cents!
Harold Lee Miller – Love the retro-quality of this card, Ties in with the website branding and letter head design well
Intersection Magazine – Definitely a one-off, this card actually folds into a miniature Nissan Skyline car
CHM Systems – I’m not a huge fan of strange shapes as I think a card should fit a wallet but they definitely stand out
Heads Inc – Printed on perspex, gives the card more perception of value, as a commenter says “This is one card I would keep forever!”
Lodge Design – Embossed metal, I shudder to think of the cost but they look great. Another card that won’t get thrown away
Heinz Wild – Another personal favorite, absolutely brilliant
Four Seasons – A striking image must make this stand out like a sore thumb amongst a drawer full of plain white cards
Wunderburg Design – The company mark embossed in a seal, great stuff
Hows my designing ? – Great curvy retro design
Citizen – Immitating a cinema ticket, another great example of a card that stands out
Pomagranit – Lovely letterpressed type with a paper-overlay and lovely grainy card stock
Promptt – Another card imitation a tag, lovely work
I-D – yet more cards pretending to be something they aren’t – This time its coupons!
I hope that has proved that your business card doesn’t have to be boring – Take some inspiration from these and make your card stand out.
Thanks to Daily Poetics Business Card Stream at Flickr – for examples of more great cards pay it a visit.
Please feel free to share examples of your cards in the comments below …
These are great inspiration!! Thanks for the post!
for the record, tony thielen of thielen designs is a complete jerk.
You know, the steel card thing was mighty popular in London for a while, particularly for post production (editing) houses since you cut stuff with those cards. Yaknow. White stuff. Ahem.
Lovely examples.
Kevin Mitnick has a very cool business card
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6669/kevinmitnickcardtq5.jpg
this is quite a helpful article.
this will certainly help me in my future designs.
thank you.
do you have a link to where you can buy some of the cards above. i really liked the theater ticket one but the link is to a flickr page. many thanks
Definately check your spelling.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/definitely
The Olympic retro style baseball cards are by the
The Chopping Block http://www.choppingblock.com/
Their motto is “World domination through graphic design”
Really nice bunch of guys too
great design
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Nice and creative! Kewl ideas. ^_^
I just want to encourage people to create their own designs. I enjoy viewing other creative work as much as anyone else, but when that becomes a source of inspiration, I begin to understand why there are so few original, creative voices out there.
Awesome business card designs, some really cool and creative ideas here
I love this great selection of creative business cards. They are a great inspiration.
You design is inspiring me so much.. I have develop a business card generator.. maybe you can give any suggestion to make it more better??
You can visit it at: http://generator.idbusinesscard.com
Shinebox Print offers business cards bound into a matchbook-style booklet:
http://www.shineboxprint.com/
I like Tony Thielen of Thielen Designs. I’ve always found him to be professional, intelligent and witty. I think it’s in poor taste to slam someone online, especially when they are obviously an amazingly talented designer. This is not the venue for personal vendetta.
Wow what a cool collection. I like the shopping tags, that would confuse most my friends
I like this one best
http://woodpad.eu/
This are wooden cards. Very special!
this is the art side of desing
I dont understdand this kind of desings
interesting stuffs
I agree with you in regards to certain professions that creating a business card that is creative is important so you can stand out from the competition. However for certain professions, such as managers within the business industry, these kind of designs are usually a put-off because clients would not take these people as seriously with over the top cards.
Simple does not necessarily mean boring. You can create a hologram or used raised printing and have your card stand out while not having it be “too much” for your client. Check our company, Kendall Press, out. We design any type of business card imaginable for every type of profession imaginable.
Great cards. I like them all. If you need to print regular business cards (not metal nor die cut) I suggest going with a business card printer www.mind2print.com.
Steve S.
if your looking get some free business cards, check out www.giggleprint.com.
Those are some great ideas for business cards and brand recognition. The 2 cents idea is fabulous. The agencies behind these cards are definitely a cut above.
With all these great ideas, I’m looking for a company that can produce hologram cards – something like the old baseball cards where you see them in one place and then you see them swing the bat…..Please help! I’ve been wanting these business cards done for a while.