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38 Business Cards of Top Graphic Designers – The inspiring creative gurus

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Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

I won’t start this post listing the advantages a well designed business card contributes to a business. We all strive to represent ourselves and our brands in such an impressive way that people remember us for the lifetime.

Whenever, we want to get an outstanding business card designed for our business, we look for skilled graphic designers. But have you ever wondered, how extraordinary could be the business cards of these creative gurus?

Therefore, I bring you an extensive compilation of business cards, belonging to well-known graphic designers. However, other cards are owned by not-so-famous graphic designers but the brilliant creativity is hard to ignore.

If you are a graphic designer as well and you think your business card is extraordinary enough to be on the list, send in your creation. I request all the graphic designers to submit your business cards so we have them compiled for an upcoming post on GDB

Business Card # 1 Jeff Clark

Business Card # 2 Doug Cloud

Business Card # 3 Shian

Business Card # 4 Hot Glue Media

Business Card # 5

Business Card # 6 iDesign Studio

Business Card # 7 Logo Motives

Business Card # 8 Arron M. Lock

Business Card # 9 Just Creative Design

Business Card # 10

Business Card # 11 TDM

Business Card # 12 Glitschka Studios

Business Card # 13 Huddy Design

Business Card # 14 Fuel Brand Studio

Business Card # 15 Rocking I Design

Business Card # 16 R27 Creative Lab

Business Card # 17 Nike Brown

Business Card # 18

Business Card # 19 Chris Colhoun

Business Card # 20 Green Tea Design

Business Card # 21 M.S

Business Card # 22 NC Web & Publishing

Business Card # 23 M.S

Business Card # 24

Business Card # 25 Greg Wallace

Business Card # 26 Ignertia

Business Card # 27 David Gheorghita

Business Card # 28 Poppen Design

Business Card # 29 Leschinski Design

Business Card # 30 Dragos Muntean

Business Card # 31

Business Card # 32 Jackrabbit

Business Card # 33 Youandi Graphics

Business Card # 34 Dexter Maneja

Business Card # 35 Craig Mccreath

Business Card # 36 Antonea Nabros

Business Card # 37 Prescott Perez-fox

Business Card # 38 The Darling Tree

I am sure, it must have been fun stealing a look at these amazingly creative business cards of graphic designers from all over the world. Don’t forget to send in your business cards and do comment which of these cards was the most appealing.

Author Charlie B. Johnson

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62 Appreciated Responses

joyoge designers' bookmark On July 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 am

1

really nice business cards here, thanks for inspire..

Camille On July 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm

2

Very nice collection! I like the variety of design and style - very important when looking for a bit of inspiration. Thanks!

Sarah On July 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm

3

All of them are creative and inspiring ! The ones that grabbed my attention are #10 and #26

mimojito (aka Efren) On July 3rd, 2009 at 6:59 pm

4

What a GREAT collection of business cards! I guess I should get my @$$ in gear and get mine updated

Great article!

Wendy Sefcik On July 3rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm

5

Love these cards! Very fun and unique designs

Donnie On July 3rd, 2009 at 11:24 pm

6

This article gave me some great ideas for my cards that I have been thinking about for weeks.

BiB On July 4th, 2009 at 3:02 am

7

Nice. Thanks. You may visit http://www.cardonizer.com for more great business cards ideas.

Reji On July 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

8

Thanks Dear for sharing
As the cards belong to different categories like retro, clean etc.,its difficult to say. But my vote goes to:
1. # 34 Dexter Maneja
2. # 26 Ignertia
3. # 15 Rocking I Design

Sean On July 4th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

9

There’s some great cards in here, thanks for posting.

Jahangir agha On July 5th, 2009 at 9:53 am

10

Excellent designs. I will try to design my own card as creative as these business cards are

Monika Halim On July 6th, 2009 at 12:59 am

11

Great collection! My favorites are #19 and #35 simple and stunning in black and white!

I’m working on my own card too, thanks for the inspiration.

Monika Halim On July 6th, 2009 at 1:00 am

12

oops… I meant #19 and #38, not #35

Sven Giesen On July 6th, 2009 at 6:56 am

13

I like #3, #14 and #21

heres mine: http://creattica.com/business-cards/svengiesen-de/21447

Prajwal Rao On July 6th, 2009 at 7:25 am

14

On #17 It’s “Niki Brown”, not “Nike Brown”

Daniel Hunninghake On July 6th, 2009 at 9:45 am

15

Very cool. #19 is easily my favorite. Nice work!

christian @ printedproof On July 6th, 2009 at 11:22 am

16

awesome list. i follow many of these great people on twitter, cool to see their cards

Brant On July 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pm

17

Nice post Thanks.

James On July 6th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

18

Business card#24 is freakin awesome!
Also love business card#27 -collect all 4!
great pics!

Nina On July 7th, 2009 at 4:27 am

19

Nice post… business card#34 is awesome..

M.blaine On July 7th, 2009 at 4:29 am

20

#24 #32 n #34 are gudd

Anna Green On July 7th, 2009 at 11:25 am

21

These are some great examples of well designed business cards. I fond business cards one of the harder things to design. I feel the pressure to design something amazing and tactile but im hemmed in by loads of constraints like size shape and content. Its surprising really

Webme1 On July 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am

22

Some interesting designs.

I particularly business cards 19 and 34.

Donald Nordog On July 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

23

Well some of these are really terribly bad if you ask me.
But of course, you don’t.

Bex White On July 10th, 2009 at 9:54 am

24

Always good to spot a collection of cards with different styles really helps show how varied cards can be - thanks for taking the time to collect them.

Trevor Collins On July 10th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

25

I really like the Ignertia card. However I could never get one of my customers to accept a truly grate modern design because it would be to much for them. Goodness know we have tried!

Meagan Burns On July 10th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

26

Number 2? Seriously? Hard to take this list seriously when that’s the second one from the top.

Henry On July 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

27

Nice list. Check these out as well http://ffffffive.com/inspiration/75-immaculate-business-cards/

Clear Cards On July 11th, 2009 at 1:56 am

28

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

diegogod On July 11th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

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i’m with donald nordog on this one. these are awful. i think one… maybe two are any good. people talk of unique or creative and only one isn’t ‘card shaped’ !

creative kiwie On July 12th, 2009 at 2:17 am

30

The great, the good, the bad and the ugly. Some are nice, others not so much. But over all nice selection. creativekiwie.com

Victor On July 14th, 2009 at 10:00 am

31

Cool! Check mine at http://mycaricature.com/bcsamples.aspx

Sherry On July 14th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

32

My top fave is #24; my least fave is #4.

I appreciate #7″s cleverness- making his card look like one of the Railroad cards from the Monopoly game.

While I enjoy “out of the box” shapes and sizes- I always wonder if thats a good choice, since it would have to be folded in order to get it into a wallet or biz card holder…

I really like #19. Very sleek; clever having the paper pull down to reveal the coding… But if you don’t know anything about web design/coding; you may not get what he does- he doesn’t list “web designer” or any other job title. Example, the market I’m in is very slow to web- hand that to a feed store owner and chances are good he wouldn’t be able to tell what Colhoun does. … But then, if his target market for clients is not the local shops down the street, then, these cards may not be a problem.

I like #2 if he’s an illustrator or animator (and the back of the billboard does list illustration). I like the details- the back of the card has the backs of the lamps and birds.

#24 is also fun for an illustrator- shows a lot of creativity that you would hope to get from an illustrator.

As for the rest… Most are rather average. The only “innovative” thing being that they either have rounded or die cut corners… Or use exceptionally bright colors or use fancier card stock.

Overall, it’s fun to look at a wide range of biz card designs for inspiration.

David Boni On July 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

33

I’m not too impressed. Check out the cards at http://www.itevenhasawatermark.com for some really remarkable cards (perhaps not from “top designers” but highly creative nonetheless).

Mohsin Ahmed On July 17th, 2009 at 12:03 am

34

i like few of concepts .. specially i like #26 and #06 these are different..

Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach On July 17th, 2009 at 7:13 am

35

Very cool! I like #19 the most. Shame that many of the cards ignore the back portion - that’s prime marketing territory too.

Rae Anik On July 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

36

These are all great examples of graphic design work at it’s best. So many creative ideas and styles, it’s hard to pick a favorite!

Thanks for sharing,
http://www.raed8design.com

Clear Cards On July 21st, 2009 at 4:28 am

37

It is a really nice collection of these business cards.These are some gracefull examples of nice designed business cards.Keep it up.

Chris Woodhouse On July 21st, 2009 at 3:07 pm

38

A very interesting mix of styles and some unique solutions. I am in the midst of making my own card and these examples will definitely provide me with some inspiration. Thanks for posting this.

Miguel Muelle On July 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm

39

Wonderful gallery. Amazing what we can do with some font and some imagery. My present card went fairly minimal: http://miguelmuelle.com/bcard1.jpg

rina schneider On July 21st, 2009 at 7:00 pm

40

vote for 3 and 19.
the rest, is really nothing I would pay for.
3 will open doors. If you do not have the looks, 19 do the professional thing.

Huh? On July 27th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

41

Top Graphic Designers?
What? Not a single one of these people are top graphic designers, and looking at these hideous cards, I’m baffled as to how you would think so.

Absolutely awful…

Roberto Blake On August 8th, 2009 at 11:56 am

42

Most of these cards were amazing, I’m not sure what makes someone a top graphic designer though, its an interesting debate. Is it the measure of success based on how big your clients are, how profile the work that you’ve done is, or weather you are “known”? Or does the graphic design community determine this in some way I’m not aware of via the blogsphere? It’s an interesting debate don’t you think?

Roberto Blake On August 8th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

43

I really enjoyed these and felt they were very well done.

BlindAcreMedia On August 20th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

44

The first card really catches my eye. It has really nice typography.

Jmags Graphics On January 21st, 2010 at 11:39 am

45

Some of these are really nice but some look like a kindergartner did them. And some of the ones that are nice, I went to the website and either have broken links or their art just plain sucks!

Business Cards Custom On January 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am

46

Nice Business Cards.I think graphic designers especially should have really creative business cards. Since they’re in the design industry their business cards should be a showcase of what they can do.

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Beth Warren On July 8th, 2010 at 4:04 pm

48

Gorgeous designs! thanks for sharing..

Mike Jameson On July 16th, 2010 at 12:44 am

49

These must be some of the worst graphic designs of all time — and surely the business cards are among the lousiest and most unprofessional looking I’ve ever seen.

Some coder chick On July 16th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

50

I LOVE #19 (the one with the corner pulled in to expose source code). Fresh, witty and looks sharp!

Gabriella O'Rourke On July 17th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

51

#19 is smart - I love the revealing of HTML beneath the surface!
#26 is also great, with the cloud of services. These cards are intelligent and representative rather than simply pretty.

I like the aesthetics of some of the other cards but smart and relevant will win for me every time.

My own card was designed by a superb graphic designer ex-colleague and friend. I’m so pleased to see how well it stands up to this representative group of modern thinking (colours, intelligent description/representation of the business, use of space and use of the flipside etc.)
Thanks for sharing!

Jassal S S On September 9th, 2010 at 7:21 am

52

Lovely cards . Thanks for sharing them….

Business Card Templates On November 27th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

53

Another Great post with fantastic business cards, thanks

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54

I really like the #3, #9 and #20. very professional

Cynthia Fox On February 28th, 2011 at 9:28 am

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Number 3 for graphics but wasn’t sure how well they carried the branding on the rest of their materials. Number 7, loved the implication to a favorite board game, my daughter’s favorite game. Favorites, 30, 27, 10.

Stuart Chester On March 3rd, 2011 at 6:07 am

56

Great inspirational ideas here, I’m just looking to get my cards designed alongside my new company branding, thanks for the ideas

Gia Dimarco On March 15th, 2011 at 6:29 am

57

Thanks for the great advice. New years is a great time to refocus and come up with some new goals for any small business. Look over last years profits and this year, reach a little higher. Thanks.

plastic cards On July 4th, 2011 at 2:30 am

58

i think Business Card # 1 Jeff Clark is the best.
i think most of people will like this style .
Business Card # 38 The Darling Tree also great..
both of these are nice. thank for your share.

Tanaya S. On August 5th, 2011 at 10:53 am

59

Thanks for the ideas, very nice collection, I really like # 3,#9,#26,#37 the most.

JB On October 21st, 2011 at 1:55 pm

60

you’re kidding right? pickup a copy of any design annual if you want to see brilliant inspiring business cards. except for one or two, the above samples do not even rate as good examples of mediocre

Perseva On December 23rd, 2011 at 6:05 pm

61

Hahaha I seriously tought this was a sarcastic joke. Not to be mean or anything but anyone who thinks that these are top designs has no future whatsoever in graphic design. I suggest you go to a nearest bookstore and find some graphic design books and magazines, learn the simple basics about design, color, typography etc. and you will see what I mean.

Steve On March 30th, 2012 at 9:34 am

62

There are some great business cards. The typography on the first couple really caught my attention. Business cards are great way to show your companies creative side.

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