Exciting Business Cards

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It was time to make sure my business card was on point! To that end, I explored a few forums, zapped a few materials, and was able to whip up this little guy:

Attributions:
Base design for card: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:211
Gear 1 Icon (Watch) - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/smashicons
Gear 2 Icon (Head) - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
Gear 3 Icon (Magnifying Glass) - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/mynamepong
Gear 4 Icon (Hands) - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/geotatah

Outer layers are 110# Park Lane cardstock. Middle layer is 0.05" chipboard for the gears and 0.05" Plaskolite (acrylic) for non-gear parts to reduce friction. Sadly, I had to cover my credentials to maintain privacy.

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Those are cool! If you get a chance, it would be great to see a picture (with details blurred out).

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As you wish!

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That is pretty awesome.

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Thank you! It’s gorgeous.

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Now that’s a neat business card!

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That’s excellent. What are your thoughts about durability?

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Well I spent all day playing with it and it held up, so I think it’s good to go! The acrylic in the middle layer definitely helps.

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C’est chic!

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You should make it a puzzle that they have to decode to get your phone number.

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Don’t tempt me! I’m sure a disk lock business card would be a hit in the (somewhat narrow) field of cryptographers.

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WOW!

Nice appropriation of elements.

I 'd think a future biz associate or client would appreciate your resourcefulness in re-purposing assets–and not spending too much time re-inventing the wheel. Many designers fall in love with some aspect of a project, lose sight of the real goal and then spend w-a-y too much time on UN-essential elements.

Get to the point–quicker!

Congrats on a compelling and memorable promotional biz card!

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