A good business card not only helps to make the first contact, but also keeps the information about the owner with the right person for a long time. In this review, 30 original, witty, funny, and, most importantly, great working business cards.
Business card of a plastic surgeon
Advertising agency: Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann. Vienna, Austria.
yoga instructor business card
Advertising agency: Marked for Trade.
Cheese grater business card
Advertising agency: JWT, Brazil.
Divorce lawyer business card
Please note that the business card contains contact information on both sides, so one half can be given to each of the spouses.
Vancouver yoga center business card
A simple yet effective business card for a yoga center in Vancouver. The business card rolls up like a yoga mat.
Business card of a fitness trainer
A fitness trainer will help you remove your bulging belly. Advertising agency: Leo Burnett. Dubai, UAE.
Landscaping business card
Design and idea by Jamie Wieck.
Advertising agency: Healthy People by Grey. Istanbul, Turkey.
Photographer business card
Photographer's business card, made in the form of a viewfinder.
Dentist business card
The message is obvious and therefore ingenious - to remove caries from a tooth, you need to pull out the insert with the phone number. Design: Michael Häne & Remo Caminada.
Business card of a personal fitness trainer
To read the text on this business card, you will have to make an effort by stretching it like an expander. The contract with the coach has not yet been signed, but the work has already begun ...
Hair stylist business card
Design and idea: Igor Perkusic.
Business card - a set of filters for marijuana joints
Business card - a set of filters for "jambs".
Not a bad idea for a business card for an employee of the State Drug Control Service. Advertising agency: Bos. Toronto, Canada.
Business card for an investment company
A business card for a Canadian investment company clearly demonstrates when to buy and when to sell stocks and assets. Professionalism must be in everything! Advertising agency: Rethink, Canada.
Visiting card of the yoga center "Solominka"
Visiting card of the yoga center "Solominka".
Advertising agency: Leo Burnett. Shanghai, China.
Sommelier business card
A business card clearly demonstrates what its owner does, so long as he does not take work home. Design and idea: Caserne.
Business card of a personal Lego agent
Business card in the form of a photo frame
Advertising agency: Piko, Moldova.
Designer's author's business card - stylish, fun, transparent
Idea and design: Dario Monetini.
An excellent universal business card idea - a stamp can be placed anywhere, even around the neck. But the most original, of course, will look on a napkin, and safer. Advertising agency: OpusMultipla, Brazil.
Business card in the form of a folding toy chair
Advertising agency: DDB, Brazil.
Business card plunger with contacts
You can’t call it a business card, and a miniature plunger is unlikely to fit into a business card holder. But throwing out such a funny "business card" hand is unlikely to rise.
Business card in the form of a bag of seeds
Useful business card in every sense. Advertising agency: Struck, USA.
Business card in the form of a universal key for a bicycle
This business card immediately shows who it belongs to - a smart and practical bike technician. Of course, entrusting your favorite bike to such a person will not be scary at all. Designer: Rethink, Canada.
Musical business card-comb for a hair care salon
The idea of this original business card-comb is based on the principle of a music box. Swiping your finger over all the teeth in turn, you can hear the famous rock tune. This musical business card belongs, oddly enough, to a hair care salon. Advertising agency: Fabio Milito design. Rome, Italy.
Business card of a freight forwarding company
The original origami business card, which folds into a packing box, belongs to a company specializing in cargo transportation. Advertising agency: Y & R. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Salt restaurant business card stylized as a salt shaker
Salt restaurant business card, stylized as a salt shaker.
Minimalist, but original, effective and intelligible. Design: flux.
The visiting card of a survival specialist is made on a plate of dried meat. Anything happens in life... Even if a person did not have time to attend survival trainings, in some situations such a business card can save him from starvation, giving him a chance to attend these trainings later. Advertising agency: Rethink. Vancouver, Canada.
Business card for a grill company. To find out the contacts, it must be heated. Of course, such a business card is not very convenient in everyday use, but you can be sure that the person who received it will definitely check how it works. That means Bingo!
However, it happens that business cards, which, like clothes, meet specialists, are valued not for beauty or originality, but for manufacturability, which we once wrote about in our review.
A business card is a means of advertising with which you can attract a customer without making any special efforts. A business card is part of a designer's portfolio. It can be both an effective weapon and a means of anti-advertising. Designers are creative people, so their business cards have original shapes and types. Also important is the convenience of business cards and the availability of information. Clearly readable and high-quality information attracts any client.
Some forms of business cards differ in orientation. A business card can be more than just horizontal. Sometimes a vertical shape can suit your style.
The second thing you need to pay attention to is the shape of the business card. To add originality to a business card, use various forms in the form of any shapes, images, layouts. 
A business card should contain a sufficient amount of contact and additional information. It's also not worth bending over. A large number of phones and unnecessary information can alienate the client. He simply does not want to dig into it. Below is a good example of a useful business card. 
The right choice of colors for business cards is one of the main advantages of a quality style. Colors should evoke affection and sympathy. A large contrast of colors is unlikely to cause positive emotions in the client. 
A business card should be compact. Convenient shape and size - this is the ability to easily fit a business card in a pocket, purse, etc. The business card will always be at hand with the client, and he is more likely to contact you. 
Consider some examples of creative business cards.
Rolland Murillo.
Creative business card of Roland Murillo, famous designer and creator of Murillo Design. Properly selected shape (chip image) and pleasant colors sympathize and attract. At least all owners of such business cards keep them. 
Fritz Kletke.
A business card in the "window" style conveys the idea that any person should focus on the main thing, cutting off everything superfluous. A large number of unnecessary sources, factors and external "garbage" prevent us from perceiving information correctly. 
Stephen Heinem.
Stefan says with his business card that you simply must always carry his card with you and it will come in handy at the right time. This designer will help you at any time. 
Stefan Segmeister.
Stefan's business cards have been working for 3 years now. Many of the designer's clients were hooked by the non-standard image of the business card and became an impulse to use his services. These clients include Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones. 
David McLean.
On this business card you can see all the features of the brand. David saturates business cards with a lot of information that shows all sides of this designer. Some might notice the data overload on this card, but David's point is exactly that. 
Joe Duffy.
Such well-known companies as Coca Cola and McDonald's became the clients of this designer. His business card is made in the style of minimalism. Joe is of the opinion that creating a business card should not take much time. Business cards create the first impression of a business. At least Joe Duffy needs no introduction and the style of his business card is just a formality. 
Joe Shumbat.
Joe Shumbat is an employee of Actual Size Creative. His cute business card fully conveys the mood of the firm's clients. According to him, the card should be very simple and understandable, but at the same time contain a touch of humor. 
José Antonio Contreras.
This guy will make you think a little. Jose claims that this business card allows you to establish contact with the client, start a conversation and forge a partnership. His task is to surprise the client at the first meeting. With the exception of rare cases, cooperation is successful. 
Tim Hartford.
This person, along with a business card, offers a 2-cent discount on services. In this way, he wins over the client, who instantly receives positive emotions. 
Janie Mattson.
Janie's business card is a set of master keys. You can easily extract any of them. The business card was created specifically for cunning and thoughtful "characters". 
Itomi Creative.
Itomi Creative is a design bureau. Renowned Italian photographer David Gasperini was interested in making his business card as productive as possible. In addition to information about the photographer, the card is a stencil for signing his work. As the customer himself stated, this interesting and useful business card helps a lot in the work. 
Ed McCulloch.
As a business card, Ed uses a small paper envelope with his information. Silk square with his initials, as planned, puts inside. This is necessary for a special perception of information, which gives the effect of memorization. 
As you have already noticed, there are no limits to the imagination in creating business cards. Be careful in your choice, because the first impression is sometimes deceptive.
In the opinion of the editors, business cards of the industry, and the site asked Russian agencies to show their cards and explain their design.
The Martin Agency
In 2014, the Martin Agency rebranded. His main idea was the desire to emphasize the individuality of each of the 543 employees of the company. And although all business cards are designed in the same style, the designers tried to make them as personalized as possible by placing unique avatars on them (even on trainee business cards), which reflect the inner essence of each team member: centaur, biker, guitarist.
"The personal and corporate qualities of our employees are equally important to us," the agency's spokesman said.
At the same time, all avatars were selected based on the results of a questionnaire on the agency’s website, said Chris Peel, creative director of Martin Agency and lead rebranding designer: “A special utility analyzed the test results and determined how this or that employee spends his free time, without which he just can't live and identified other features that helped the image generator find the most suitable image for it."
Omelet
When designing the business cards, Los Angeles-based agency Omelet purposefully used a strict design, against which its unique ambigram logo sparkled with new colors, emphasizing the creative versatility of the agency. Moreover, the company paid tribute to the hometown by using appropriate visual elements in the design of the logo instead of using standard colors.
“Our personal and creative qualities should speak for us: we relied on this idea when designing our business cards,” says Clemente Bornacelli, Deputy Creative Director of Omelet. - If you know anything about our agency, then you probably know that we were born and raised in Los Angeles. That's why we decided to use the visual elements of this amazing city."
Mekanism
Mekanism's business cards are an extension of its logo, a circled "M" that looks like a superhero badge. However, the similarities end there, but distinguishing Mekanism business cards from competitors will always be easier than ever thanks to the non-standard square shape.
Made of extra-thick cardboard, with an engraved and varnished logo, they would easily fit the role of a superhero weapon. “They also fly superbly, just like star ninjas,” said Mekanism creative director Tom Lyons.
Eleven
Eleven decided: since information from any card can be easily transferred using mobile and digital devices, then a creative business card should be an anti-digital artifact. In order to appeal to the human feelings of each client, the agency paid close attention to detail. The process of making business cards uses three different printing techniques, including the number 11 incision in the middle of the card.
“You have seconds to make a good first impression when exchanging business cards,” says Michael Borosky, founder and creative director of Eleven.
Grace Blue
When thinking about the design of business cards, Grace Blue wanted to achieve both visual appeal (thanks to the luxurious design) and tactile. Careful selection of paper and printing method helped to realize the plan.
Alex Griffin, graphic designer: “When we hand over a business card, it’s like sending a gentle hello to the interlocutor to start a conversation and leave him a small souvenir of our conversation.”
Work & Co.
The main requirements of the agency Work & Co. When creating business cards, there was simplicity and the highest quality of paper and printing. Each of these red business cards is imprinted in a very dense deck of cards.
Since the production of such business cards is by no means a cheap pleasure, they contain only the name of the department in which their owner works, so that when you increase, you do not have to order an additional print run. Akzidenz Grotesque and Garamond fonts are used for printing.
Joe Stewart, designer and partner at Work & Co: “Our business cards look expensive and massive, which always attracts attention. We don’t need a “heavy” design: the business card itself weighs a lot.”
Safari Sundays
The Safari Sundays business card features a mascot for a company named Steve, a bizarre interweaving of curved lines that form the letter "S". As the agency's name suggests, employees hunt for fresh ideas during daily safaris. The letter "S" is also engraved on the back of the business card.
DDB Worldwide
The idea of DDB business cards is to clearly demonstrate that the company respects customers, is familiar with human nature and has remarkable creative potential. The main idea is that history and mythology have played a major role in human culture from time immemorial, so the back of the business card is decorated in the style of cave painting.
Keith Reynard, Chairman Emeritus of DDB Worldwide: "I chose this design to remind myself and others of the importance of passing on experience and knowledge, since since the time of the cave dwellers we have shaped our culture by telling each other stories."
Muhtayzik Hoffer
The logo of the Muhtayzik Hoffer agency is a virtuoso play on the theme of heritage, as well as an obvious reference to the TV series Mad Men. But for the agency's co-founders, John Matejczyk and Matt Hofherr, this presentation is a symbol of a company that defines the future.
According to their idea, business cards should be designed in a single corporate style and convey a special atmosphere to customers, so their design reflects the spirit of the headquarters. Deer antlers are also depicted on the business cards - part of the company logo.
John Matejczyk, co-founder and creative director of Muhtayzik Hoffer: "We wanted our logo to be as free as we are when we create the most relevant content for our customers."
Huge
Huge was founded on the idea that good design makes people's lives easier, and the simpler it is, the better. In 2014, Huge brought this principle to life with their own agency, introducing an updated corporate identity, a new logo and an optimized website.
Brownstein Group
The priority of this agency is funny and non-standard ideas. This is noticeable at least on the business cards of his employees, where discreet business information is in the foreground, and a real mess is in the background.
The front side is simple and represents the company logo (in the form of a Rubik's cube). But each employee is free to decorate the back side at his own discretion, choosing an image that best conveys his inner world. In this case, it's a distillery in Sonoma, California, but the agency also has a business card with a caricature of a pet in its arsenal.
Immortology
The main goal of the Immortology agency is to literally create "immortal" brands, so it is quite natural for its employees to have a pack of business cards on hand that can convince an opponent of the company's permanence and reliability.
This is how cards made of thick linen paper with a clear type combined with contrasting orange elements were born. The company's logo is a snake eating its own tail. This is a stylization of an ancient symbol called ouroboros.
David Smith, creative director of the agency: “The three curls in which his tail is laid symbolize our customers, their customers and their competitors: in order to create legendary brands, we must know everything about them in great detail. The outer circle is another ouroboros, symbolizing the wheel of fortune that our clients and their customers face.”
CP+B
No matter how thoughtful the design of your business card is, it is destined to end up either in the trash, the newspaper writes, or in the back drawer of your desk. To prevent such a sad outcome, the leaders of the CP + B agency decided to make useful business cards. More recently, they released stencil cards with cut-outs of various figures, including Henry, the company's elephant mascot.
Baldwin &
At Baldwin& it is not customary to put labels on people. Instead, employees are given complete freedom to be whoever they want. David Baldwin, for example, is "Solo Guitarist", and Bob Renew is "Dreamer".
Baldwin: "You come and choose how you are addressed: here you can be who the hell you want!"
Kettle
Before us is a fairly standard execution of business cards, which is distinguished by the high quality of paper, printing and the choice of color combinations: white and yellow. What attracts attention is the orientation of the text on the front side: it was decided to give preference to horizontal rather than vertical layout.
Paul Munkholm, Chief Strategy Officer at Kettle said, “We decided to play around with the text orientation a bit, shifting the focus away from the design - it's simple, but it fits perfectly in this case. And this is the true embodiment of the Kettle philosophy.”
Base New York
Base treats brands as living organisms and tries to keep this spirit alive in their company by celebrating the value of all their employees working towards a common cause. That's why every Base business card begins with the phrase "I" followed by the name and position of the employee, and then comes the general collective conclusion: "And we are the Base agency."
Sullivan
Sullivan's business cards feature five different pictograms that reflect the agency's commitment to its clients.
So, shoes symbolize the willingness to walk a mile in a client's shoes in order to understand him. Police cap - readiness to protect his interests. Bulldozer - the desire to dig deeper. The head of the devil is a reminder that the devil is in the details, and you need to be more careful. Thundercloud - the swiftness and surprise of the agency's creative decisions.
John Paolini, Partner and Creative Director at Sullivan: “One of the reasons we chose this business card design was the ability to provoke dialogue. Regardless of the situation and context, there is always an opportunity to strike up a conversation with another person, create intrigue and encourage the interlocutor to learn more about who we are and what we do.”
School of Thought
A young but ambitious agency from San Francisco pays special attention to the quality of its work and finds an original approach to each client. They printed their business cards on double paper, and the cards turned out to be slightly wider than the standard ones - 2.7 inches versus 2.5. On one side, the letters are printed, on the other - offset paper and filled with rich red.
Stimulant
Business cards of Stimulant agency embody the company's obligations to its customers: confidence, reliability, attractiveness and love for details. The cards combine printing technique and edge coloring. The coating pattern is unique for each individual business card.
Exebid.DCA
Den Grishin
Managing partner of the agency Exebid.DCA
Shishki
The design of business cards is quite simple, designed in our corporate style. They have our logo, Joe's brand name (not to call the blue stick a blue stick, we gave it a name) and contacts. Everyone came up with one bright phrase for themselves, which we placed on the front side of the card. These phrases are about a personal attitude to problem solving, but they all fall into the spirit of the brand.
Kira Lazareva
Shishki agency brand strategist
RTA
The business card design reflects our approach to work. Of the many tools offered by the market for solving business problems of clients, we choose only those that bring real benefits. No water and excessive "decoration". Black inscription on a white background. Information is read in three seconds. We value simplicity and minimalism, so we cut off all unnecessary and leave the essence. Clean ideas, effective tools, thoughtful implementation.
Tatyana Gitelman
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Why creative business cards are important for attracting new customers
The fact is that any creative is welcomed by almost all people. What does creative mean? It means funny, topical, original and unusual. As soon as you create a creative business card, customers will literally run to you. And this is no ordinary chatter.
Just imagine how much you will stand out from the competition if you are full of creativity and creative ideas? Your name (or the name of your company) will be recognized by hundreds of people who receive your business card. Moreover, it is possible that the photo of your business card will end up on all social networks on humorous public pages. After all, people love wit. You will simply be torn from calls from potential customers!
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Why creative business cards are best designed in "Idea Print"
A business card is an indispensable attribute of every business person. Its main purpose is to provide information about a specialist or company, and to sell services. But does an ordinary white cardboard with dry text written on it cause interest? Hardly. Such business cards are usually automatically hidden in a pocket and then thrown away, or lying around on the desktop for months. Creative people create for themselves truly unusual business cards, which in themselves are an interesting souvenir.
Someone will say that such business cards distract attention from the main information on them. We think differently: only original and memorable business cards can arouse real interest in a specialist and a desire to use his services. After all, even if a person made such a banality as a business card phenomenal, then he certainly does his job perfectly.
The most unusual business cards: photo
1. Business card of the creative studio Skill Lab. Made using extrusion technology.
2. Business card of the Grafanna company, which specializes in the development of design for packaging. If you look at a business card from a certain angle, an optical illusion is created. We see a solid image, which is actually located on different faces of the paper structure.
3. These delicious business cards belong to a grocery store in Vancouver. Agree that their appearance causes a strong appetite!
4. Built-to-spec online store business card in the form of a gun. With a single movement of your hand, you can turn the gun into a rectangle and read all the information.
5. Business card of the company L Multimedia. Carrying it in your wallet may be inconvenient, but the shape is very creative.
6. Personal business card of the artist Noel Pelavin. They look especially impressive in piles :) Maybe he distributes them in whole packs?
7. Limbo business card. Small, but unusual!
8. But this business card is made of organic glass. For the manufacture of only fifty copies, you need to pay about $ 30.
9. Business card-robot company Scizors. If you follow the simple instructions on the business card itself, you can quickly make an interactive robot out of a flat image.
10. Fabio Bortolotti business card in the form of a space invader! According to the designer who developed it, this mood was inspired by the video game Space Invaders, which was popular in Japan in the 1970s.
11. Business card of Alan McCormack, owner of an online store. This business card is made of walnut wood.
13. Business card for Tian Lan Photography, designed by Cohezion. Well, what other business card can a photographer have? By the way, the "cap" of the lens is removed.
14. And this is just a very stylish and modern business card. Black and white will always be in trend.
15. Business card for Paper Donut in the shape of a pyramid. You can turn such a business card in your hands for a long time and even keep it as a souvenir.
16. Business card of a specialist who helps people cope with baldness.
17. Making a business card in the form of a keychain is a great solution! So some may not part with it at all. And if you need to sew a shirt to order, the contacts of the sewing company are always at hand.
18. Business cards that make you want to enjoy a banana or strawberry milkshake. And the manufacturer only needs this :)
19. And here is a very impractical business card from Ryan Johnstone Electrical. But it is immediately clear that the activity of the enterprise is connected with electricity.
20. Fitness trainer business card. He will stretch your muscles the way his business card can.
21. Editor Dan Rose showed all his talent in making his visiting card. It turned out such an interactive thing in the form of a car. And not just any, but the Nissan Skyline.
22. Business cards for designers should be especially original. So Roland Murillo created business cards for himself, which are remembered by absolutely all the people to whom they fall into the hands. They can be used as counters, as coasters for coffee cups, and just as an unusual thing to have around.
23. Business card "find the right words." José Contreras loves to see people's reactions when he hands them his business card face down. But on the reverse side there is a clue to the verbal rebus.
24. Business card of stylist and hairdresser Yuki Suziki. As hair for the images depicted on the business card, ordinary invisible hairpins were used.
25. Business card of the Flow yoga center in the format of a training mat - it can also be twisted into a roller. It is a pity that its size is not suitable for use in yoga classes :)
The list of creative business cards, of course, does not end there. Soon you will find new collections of all the most interesting and unusual!
