100 (Really) Creative Business Cards

http://www.webdesign-ne.ws Web Design News

nice collection

dev

Nice collection
Surf

Nice? Many clever. A few also possessed useful beauty. Not many. Clever cloys at 100.
- http://www.ntagas.com Webdesign
  
  Beautiful collection, Thanks

http://www.danhbaweb20.com/ Danh ba web 2.0

Awesome collection, good job !

http://blog.insicdesigns.com insic

amazing b-card designs. nice collection

Jonathan

You are gorgeous!
http://www.facebook.com/Tyre112 michael

wow, you really are totally gorgeous for sure.

http://www.zacjohnson.com Zac Johnson

Amazing list of amazing cards. I’ve seen many of them on lists before, but there were also a good amount of new cards. Just goes to show how important original and creative ideas get rewarded!

http://www.graymason.com Mikah Sargent

Where is a good place to get the clear plastic business cards? I’ve always been intrigued, but never pursued.

http://stacyskemp.com Stacy Skemp

I found ours in the UK online from a company called Plasma Designs. (http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk/) The are nice and thick, people tend to keep these. I have purchased through cheaper options as well, but they are either too clear (and too easily scratched) or too frosted (hard to read) and flimsy. I have had great luck with P D’s.

Deepak

Cool list!

Thanks as always.

http://zelsieweb.com elsie

These are all so inspiring

http://www.justinledelson.com Justin

Very cool! Those are a great inspiration. Although, a hard business card may get annoying if people want to carry them in their wallet. I would prefer a more flexible card.

http://ideamashups.com ideamashups

Awesome collection! Great inspiration!

Onse

I am soooo much in love with no 2. – its cute ^^

on the other hand. – the google card is very creative (thumbs up!) and the hair-dress card (the one after the divorce card) is very stylish.

man.. I think I need to re-do my business cards :D

http://twitter.com/PeteWilliams Pete Williams

You missed my favourite – business cards printed on beef jerky with a laser!

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/meatcards-print-your-business-cards-on-beef-jerky-with-a-frickin-laser-beam/

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

I replaced one of the cards that was repeated with your favorite one :)
- http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter
  
  Actually not the same card as shown in your link, but a ‘meaty’ one nonetheless. Hope this one is tasty as well :)
naturedog

actually meatcards.com was included.

http://fludotlove.co.uk fludotlove

Nice collection. Inspiring as always.

@Walter – 54 and 94 are the same (might want to take one out).

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

Hey, well spotted. Thanks a lot for this, I’ve replaced it with Pete’s favorite card (comment #10).

Thanks again :)

Craig Worth

This would be my all time favourite

http://positivesharing.com/2009/02/coolest-business-card-ever/

If you work at Lego, your business card is a lego person, made as close to your physical likeness as possible!!

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

That is super cool :)
- http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter
  
  Just added this one instead of one that was repeated. Thanks again!

http://www.kadaffy.com kadaffy

amazing post.Thanks very,very much!

BestManEver

Best collection of business cards i have ever seen.

http://notabeneconsulting.com Nota Bene Consulting

AWESOME!!!! Great list post and good inspiration.

Thanks for sharing.

http://www.suburban-glory.com/ Andy Walpole

yeah not sure about those…

some of them are okay but most are a bit wacky aren’t they – the traditional rectangle shape for a business card is optimum otherwise people just lose them too easily

http://www.abrandlincoln.com pol

Nice, thanks!
Let me add another one to the list, free to download and use :)

http://www.itsonlyacard.com

http://twitter.com/_enzo enzo

couple of oldies but goodies. ^_^

http://www.resalaworld.com ehab saladin

yes, very nice collection

http://www.weblogku.com Azam

Cool collection.
To me some of it doesn’t seem that practical to be use in daily life but it is very creative.

http://disordereddesign.com Krystian

Very inspiring collection. It is amazing that such simple ideas like “divorce lawyer one” are so rich.

http://www.patternhead.com Patternhead

Excellent collection. Some really inspring stuff here, thanks

http://tomduong.com Tom Duong

Very nice collection of business cards! Some I’ve seen before and some I’ve haven’t, but overall – very inspirational.

Tom

http://csswizardry.com/ Harry Roberts

The Darren Coates one can’t really accept any credit: http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/making-a-print-ready-business-card-using-only-photoshop/

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

Thanks, someone else spotted that, too. I went ahead and replaced it with another one.

http://joeldrapper.com Joel Drapper

Great list! Thanks for putting these together.

http://www.kheendesign.com - Toby -

I love it! Nice collection.

http://www.yancyjones.com Yancy Jones

Really good collection. I hope mine turn out that good. Though my favourite business card was from encinitas surfboards as they kept changing them. The razor one was well cool, yet scarey at the same time!

http://www.edison.be Really Cool Card

Thx for sharing people

http://idsandclasses.com Dusan

Great collection. I bet some of them are sooo expensive to make

http://www.tocki.de tocki

Nice collection.

http://www.nurbsatwork.com Osito

Love the list. Does someone know where I can get a company to be able to make creative cards like these? most of them are just the standard shizzle.

Jas

Darren Coates’ isn’t exactly original:

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tutorials-effects/using-the-vanishing-point-filter-to-mock-up-a-business-card/

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

Thanks for spotting that – I’ve replaced it with the lego business card suggested by Craig – truly awesome!

Matt

Many of those cards are fantastic examples of graphic design but may be impractical as actual business cards.

In my experience, clients want business card to have two main attributes, besides contact information of course:

1. The ability to fit in a wallet

2. Space on the back to write on

A lot of these examples would not fit in a wallet (at least, not without significant mangling) and cannot be written on (the plastic ones especially).

That said, they are beautiful little pieces of art and their creators should be commended for their great level of creativity.

Another Matt

@Matt

I think you’re forgetting the point that comes above both of those though, which is creating an impression and being remembered.

great collection
not matt

the client isn’t always right. that’s why thy hired you. try educating them as to the purpose of a business card rather then just giving them what they “think” they need.

Karen

You also repeat the Davide Gasperini card, although I have no idea which numbers they are.

Fantastic list! Not all are practical, and some would be incredibly difficult to put in a wallet or Rolodex, but they’re all fun.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

Replaced with a new one, thanks.

http://www.eibonmetal.com/ Jerome

Great collection, very creative.

http://decisiveorigin.com laurie

this is a really nice list. saved some on my pc for reference

http://www.nunofisteus.com/ Nuno Fisteus

The “Another Bloomin’ Designer” card is the best. Very creative!

http://www.1klang.de frank katzer | 1klang.de internetagentur / fulda petersberg

really a “best of” collection – thanks for the inspiration!

http://blog.jakerocheleau.com/ Jake

Awesome collection, really enjoyed the Dallas Printer Google one :)

http://www.csskarma.com Tim Wright

I love that Google Search Results one

http://arajay.com arajay

perfect for those with a $10,000 business card budget.

Hernan

je je je….right on the dot about the comment.
(of course the cards are amazing, no question about that)

http://www.theappleofmyi.com/blog Jon Moss

Brilliant selection! Thanks for posting :-)

http://printedproof.com Christian

GREAT WORK! Is it weird this stuff turns me on? Kidding…

I’d love to have some of this work in my Flickr group for print design. I use this pool of creative-ness for articles and posts on my website. (http://printedproof.com) Can I drop a link?

http://flickr.com/groups/printedproof

Great stuff!

http://newevolutiondesigns.com Tom – New Evolution

Nice collection, they are all great!

http://foundation-jobs.weebly.com/ Foundation Jobs

Wow! Nice job on the list! Cool collection!

dj

Interesting. Fun. Artsy. Waste of money? Adds to overhead, thus increasing costs to clients?

I think an unusually shaped biz card is more likely to get thrown out because they can’t be scanned electronically via standard equipment, they don’t fit in the wallet, or portfolio. Some of them looked like they weren’t environmentally friendly, either.

Still fun to look at though…

http://teenormous.com Teenormous T-shirts

I used to collect business cards when I was a kid (and I still have my collection). I have a few that I thought we re really cool – wood, metal, etc. but these put my prized ones to shame. I am also in the candy industry now and have a bunch of cool cards from that industry – Maybe I should take pics and post them ;)

Brian

Tolana

It’d be interesting to see the cards in your industry. Please share! :)

http://www.networkingpartner.squarespace.com donnalynn

Terrrrrifffic and inspirational. I can’t wait to get started on mine.

http://www.nathanjonesphoto.com Nathan Jones

Yo that first card up there is mine, you can check out the designers other work here:

http://thedaughter.net/

and her blog

http://orignauxmoose.com/

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

Great job Nathan, truly original :)

http://www.admirimi.com Admirim

Divorce lawyer’s card is my favorite.

Sue

I just saw it (divorce lawyer’s card) I was screaming with laughter it’s so perfect!

http://www.prettygreenbag.com Pretty Green – Trúc

Inspiring! I’ve been wanting to redesign and adding more of a branding message to ours. I love the cheeseburger one (because I’m hungry now…)!

http://BlackHealthCareProviders.Org BlackHealthCareProviders.Org

This is a fantastic collection and very inspiring to those needing to re-vamp an image. Thanks a bunch!

http://www.kidsdreamgym.com/ Marina

Cool collection. It is hard to pick a favorite one.

http://www.suziorman.info/ Suzi Orman

I hope mine turn out that good. Though my favourite business card was from encinitas surfboards as they kept changing them.

http://www.logoblog.org/ Nora Reed

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. They are extremely creative business cards. I think that if your company has the extra budget to afford the creativity in marketing, it will definitely pay off in the end. Cards such as these can really leave lasting memories on consumers. Same as a great logo!

CandaceK

I love the lush seed packet, the bobby pin hairdresser, and the divorce lawyer.

http://crystalposey.blogspot.com Crystal

Very cool.

http://www.bizcard.com/ Business Card – Bizcard

Very large set of business cards. This should be enough for those looking for inspiration before designing theirs.

http://www.induswebi.com Shubhankar Dey

I do agree with your comments.

http://chriscolhoun.com Chris Colhoun

Thank for you the feature.

Some fantastic cards here, love the Divorce Lawyer and Post-Marriage Counseling.

http://seobythehour.com SEO by the Hour

I’m looking for someone that can create a business card that can compete with these for my business. Can you recommend anyone? Feel free to contact me through my site.

http://www.daandelange.com/ Daan

Amazing, thanks. :)

http://www.ventzke-partner.de Frederik

very very beautiful cards :-)

Insanemoe

Great stuff, I like them. Inspiring too. thanks.

http://businesscards24.com/cool-beer-business-card/

http://sivinkit.net/ Sivin Kit

Perhaps mine can the 101 :-)

http://sivinkit.net/2008/07/19/name-card-2008/

Debbie

I love how clever people are. Those cards, many of them at least, must cost a fortune. Some of them look like they’d be five dollars a piece.

http://www.internetovehry.cz Online Hry

Great collection.

http://www.conseilsmarketing.fr Fred de ConseilsMarketing.fr

Hi !

Very nice indeed :D

I made aslo also a collection of 140 nice ones if you want to see more :

http://www.conseilsmarketing.fr/communication/comment-reussir-ses-cartes-de-visite-en-8-points

Ps : I also made a small tutorial of how to create goog business card in few steps (in french).

momof2n8993

Those were very good, some stood out more than other, and were unique, and unusual;

choobeepbeep

Take that patrick bateman.

Cat

Most of them were nice, i have a few faves.
Nice work, thanks for posting.

http://www.johnpash.com JP

I’ve seen this list a dozen times before, but each time it gets rehashed there are a few new surprises.

The dentist (tooth w/cavity) is simply brilliant!

nik

That was interesting. Where do you get all those pics from? :)

AaA

Many of these are not that creative.

insaneman

DO better! you cant

Sarah

These are AWESOME!

John Davies

Very nice site!

I don’t think I’ll ever hire an architects who equates a 1/4 inch to 1 foot.

I wouldn’t hire one that doesn’t use metrics, for that matter.

http://cahcepu.com Tukang Nggame

just wanna to say AMAZING
i love bussiness card look like google

http://WunderCreative.com Joe

That is a long list! Very nice collection. Currently creating my business card and got tons of ideas from the above. Thanks!

http://www.plechi.cz plechi

beauties

http://bsaves.com bSaves

I love just about all of these designs.

http://MediaVoiceOvers.com Wayne Henderson

Wow! Many of the business cards you profiled are among the most creative that I’ve EVER seen! Very inspirational.

Rob

Looks like the work of this years graphic design majors…

http://www.abrishca.com.au Abrishca Digital Media

Wow – there are some really creative, out of the box designs and concepts here!

http://www.msnkartvizit.com www.msnkartvizit.com

I like them. Thanks.

http://www.msntasarim.com www.msntasarim.com

this is a really nice list

http://www.przyroda.org.pl Sklep Zoologiczny

What an ideas… breath taking !

http://www.qoof.com Richard Kligman

Very cool list! Def got my creative juices flowing!

http://none teresa mealer

I am looking for a buisness card for my husband as a surprise. He is a baptist preacher. The name on the card for the buisness should read Pulpit supply. He is liscenced to do marriages/funerals.

http://www.albert-pak.com Albert Pak

Seen some of these before, but definitely a good collection :)

bebopdesigner

Loved the tin ones! Amazing ideas. Thanks for posting.

http://www.csswebsites.nl Marc

Yes, great collection!

http://www.rainfall.ro Dalibor Vasiljevic

Wow, great collection. Really really good.

http://www.sametomorrow.com Adam

Nice collection, it’s always interesting to see creative business cards.

http://businesscardsland.com BusinessCardsLand

Great post! We linked to a few of these beauties on our site!

http://pasiongrafica.blogspot.com Mykeura

Definitely these cards, if they inspire.

Thanks for such an excellent collection.

Tolana

I’m wondering if Dallas Printing got in trouble with Google for copyright violation?

http://www.interblockstudios.com VorteX

Awesome collection~! I thought the professionals working on divorce were really cool! haha… Divorce lawyer, his card can rip in half, then another mends them with tape, and a third one offers condoms for his in-divorce clients!

http://www.squareonemd.co.uk Web design cheltenham

great post some brilliant and very funny cards out there, I’ve got a feeling I’ve seen some of them on other blogs though

http://ideamashups.com ideamashups.com

Each time I come back for inspiration I notice a new card I did not notice before! Thanks again for the great collection.

http://samacreation.com sama creation

Awesome collection thanks a lot

http://www.hybridanime49.com hybridanime49

these are the best business cards i’ve seen!

http://www.aboutsabah.com Adrian L

Practical. Brilliant. Impractical. Humorous. Sexy.
Where can I get one printed?

http://www.gugaw.blogspot.com claire

wow this is an awesome collection of business cards – love the ‘handmade’ ones using felt…and the ones where you get free stuff is great – seeds and hairclips. would definately keep hold of these cards.

http://www.uniquewebsites.co.uk/ Janet

I’d no idea business cards could be so imaginative! I was just about to do some pretty standard, conforming business cards for our own property business, but now will start thinking!

http://gunnerpress.com J Mehmett

The largest collection and best creative business cards to see. How many years were you collecting these?

red

i love these!inspiring!

http://fearlessflyer.com michael soriano

You weren’t kidding when you said “creative”! Awesome collection here.

http://www.magicalsaltmarshes.com e

AMAZING, spot on!

lurve Woz’s

http://www.yourfbs.co.uk Ed Hart

Great collection – have tweeted the link.

http://paulsoare.ro paul

nice bizcards. i might use some formats in the future as the ones shown above.

http://www.crearedesign.co.uk Adam

I’ve never seen anything like some of those business cards – utterly bizzare. They sure make our company’s business cards look ordinary!

http://www.webhome.be Webhome

Some business cards are realy ‘out of the box’.
Great work / great inspiration!

http://www.kidsdreamgym.com DreamGYM

Amazing!

Many of the cards are VERY clever in delivering a message about the owner.

Thanks for sharing! Now I have something to talk about with my designer for the next batch of cards.

Thanks again,
DreamGYM

Rob Randtoul

At least 4 of those cards (the plastic and the metal business cards that is) came from the guys at http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk

Jab

Mitnick scares me.

DAVID_DENG

amazing card,cool design!

http://www.gurucreations.com/news Wendylee

These business cards make mine look so boring!

http://www.thisisours.info Jacob Saaby Nielsen

Be, Viewzi and Plasma Design. Love those !

http://www.superwindy.com Aaron Martin

As the designer of the Viewzi card, thanks for the kind words.

http://www.dotker.com kerwin

mine are so plain too, its time for redesign.. :(
thanks a lot for those inspirations! i really like the metal business card..

http://www.basicfrenchonline.com Carol

Excellent inspiration. I am redesigning my own and this just totally inspired me to step out of the box. Love the fluorescent pink on clear.

http://reneehindmanphotography.com reneehindmanphotography

These are super cool and I would love to have something designed for me!

http://potential2success.com Ralph

Wow! These are some cool cards! That Lego one has got to be the best I’ve ever seen. Where can i get my hands on some?

Murtaza. Soni

Excellent ideas.

Even though you might not be the greatest of graphic designers but business cards like these will definitely get the customers into believing that you are a kick-ass designer.

These business card ideas are unbeatable. the only issue I see that the production cost of such cards will be over whelming. An ordinary design firm will always find it tough to sustain the cost of such cards when produced on large scale.

Life can be like a Brilliant Business Idea

http://persiandeveloper.com Mmahdi

Great

http://www.myorangepen.blogspot.com Avijeet Das

Marvellous !! some of us can become so creative.. absolutely amazing !!!!

wildefae

Somewhere, Patrick Bateman is feeling inadequate :D

http://alienize.tk ric

Mine – http://alienize.deviantart.com/art/Business-Cards-116404382

not as brilliant as some of these, but I’m happy with the design I came up with. I was actually inspired by the “Google” card :)

http://www.nburmandesign.com Media Designer

Great stuff. If only I had the chance to work for clients with the budget to get these cards printed!

http://oseox.fr Aurelie

Great !

sian

some fabulous designs here. My favourites are the dentist one with the tooth and cavity and the divorce lawyer card that tears in half.

http://3rdeyeview.co.uk/biz/index.asp Business Defnition site

Inspirational great collection.

http://www.jsfishtankaquariums.com Fish Tank Aquariums

I love looking at these! Very creative.

http://www.a-door.com A-Door

Ain’t just amazing? Where are ideas 4 this kind of design coming from?
Nice post ;=)

http://www.freebusinesscardbailout.com Free Business Card Bailout

Toxic Puppy Business Cards are an oxymoron of adorability!

http://www.travel-china.net China Travel Blog

This is really an awesome collection of the creative business cards, a truly eye opening post.

http://ridhuan.co.cc/blog/ Ridhuan

Very creative.. love them..

dev

Very Nice Collection

http://www.damiengraphics.com www.damiengraphics.com

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http://www.sailblogs.com/member/danube/ Danube

Very impressive collection of cards. It shows imagination and creativity in the same time.

http://www.webcatalyst.org WebCatalyst

Really very great card collection..

http://www.webcatalyst.org WebCatalyst

Really very gr8 card collection..

praveen kumar

super collection

http://www.DollarCardMarketing.com Dollar Card Marketing

Always love seeing posts like this. It’s yet another reminder that people don’t have to settle for the plain old boring card stock “card” that’s not likely going to see the light of day after being given out. You need to capture your prospects attention immediately, and hope to keep it.

Our dollar bill business cards to just that, and NOBODY throws these away. They might as well be throwing away money!

Best Regards,

John

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http://yousearch.dk claes

awesome !
But how about a list of manufactors

http://www.traumzauberhaus.de Axel

Very amazing collection and good ideas! Nice!

http://www.embed-design.com/ Oliver

Great collection. Great for inspiration.

http://www.designerbusinesscard.com DesignerBC

Great round up. Nice variety.

http://www.e11world.com e11world

I love the clear plastic look on the cards. GREAT COLLECTION!

http://www.mando-matic.com Armando

Cool collection of cards.
Inspiring.

http://adela-chioveanu.blogspot.com Adela

Great piece! Those cards are so creative and I am sure that they are really helpful in today”s economy when everyone is trying to find a way to be different. My favorites are the ones of the divorce lawyers.

http://CosmicInternetProtocol Xijn Joseph Edward Clarke

Thank you for showing me some very imaginative designs in card variation. Those examples could bring lots of lucky Charm.

http://www.mydreammeanings.com Dream Meanings

I think the piano repair card is the best one. Simple and actually forms a piano without too much trouble.

Bella Jones

Do you know where I could get any buisness cards like that? I think their really cool!!

cha

extremely creative. super cool; i am designing one foe my self. from this i got some ideas.

cheers :D

http://www.charlesrubinoff.com Charles

These are great.
And way to make me feel uncreative haha. But terrific inspiration.

http://joelvardy.com Joel Vardy

This is the best collection of business cards I’ve seen to date. These collections make for great inspiration!

http://dormindocomalfinetes.blogspot.com Agulha3al

muitos bons!!!

Karamu Morbida

http://www.cartonclan.cz/rapsheet/68/2

http://pixel-monster.de pixel-monster

really cool collection, but there is no company from germany…thats a little curious.

http://hardim.org hardimORG

i like google look like. really best collection!!

http://www.soundclick.com/myfinalbreath Brad

KEVIN MITNICK?!?! Awesome!!!

BiB

Really good collection. Here is another one: Cardonizer Unusual Business Cards Gallery

http://www.fomaxtech.com rajesh fomaxtech

i really liked all of the business cards, in fomaxtech also we would like to approach similar kind of creative logos.
good work
thanks
rajesh

http://www.video-videolar.com video

I’d like to congratulate you for this beautiful article was a really nice article.

mark

great idea ignitors. mark, panama.

http://www.theEnglishSpy.co.uk RFK

Cool. But where can you do these in Europe? Not at an average printing shop.

Cheers, Richard

http://www.violet-ink.com Laura

This was one of the bigger list of business card designs I have seen.
I like the google one best :P
Although some of these are repeats from other sites.
For inspiration there are a ton more on this site: http://www.itevenhasawatermark.com/

http://www.gotham.com.au Gotham – Graphic Design Sydeny

I swear I see the lockpick business card in every list of creative business cards on the web at the moment…

Ours is available at
http://www.gotham.com.au/images/business-card-design-gotham.jpg

http://lifeasiknowit22.blogspot.com irtiza104

Hi, that’s a huge collection and most of these are so cool. I found the google one and the divorce/marriage ones most interesting. the transparent ones were really cool. How do you come up with collections like these.

great work. keep it up.

best wishes.

http://www.pandawill.com Ronnie

yep ,there are truly no limits to the design of a business card.

http://www.edudirect.net/c/unv جامعة

very nice

http://www.sandiegowebstudio.com San Diego Web Designer

These are beautiful cards. Thanks for the creative inspiration!

http://www.langithariini.blogspot.com fiEkHa

COOL!!! I love the one that looks like a comb. Sweet…!

JustLulu

Only ones I didn’t like were the plastic ones… Seriously people….plastic is killing out planet, why add more uselessly?! Bah… :p

http://blog8blogs.blogspot.com/ Blogs that I blogged

like the compilation of this stunning business cards! :)
thanks!

Chris-Topher

There is a man called John Cassidy who is a Balloon Artist/Comedian/Magician who has a business card where it is a little piece of something that is rolled up and there is a rubber band holding it from unraveling, But, when it does unravel it creates a magic wand with his information on it. It’s quite good.

http://www.verycreative.eu Web Design Company

Super, nice top:)

http://www.jsh.lv jan

thanks! nice collection!

http://www.flashjourney.com j000

I’m bookmarking this amazing list.

http://noneyet Rey Chipi Tennis Academy

I need ideas for cool Tennis Academy buisness cards, that will stand out in the Miami Beach and Brickell area! Thanks

http://blog.tuesday.com Biscuit Wheels

Check these out!
http://blog.tuesday.com/2009/08/03/putting-a-face-to-the-name/

http://www.baliraniwedding.com Wedding in Bali

card design is very unpredictable, I will choose one for my bussiness card, have design for wedding organizer bussiness card

arismawan

what about this web app:
http://cardxc.com a lot of feature there and challenging for business card designer

http://www.refine-led.com ben

it’s so creative,thanks for sharing

http://blackver.com/ Blackver

One more time about dentist’s business cards: the one with envelope are a copy of Russian project made by Alexey Kondratiev a year earlier. You can find original material here:

http://blackver.com/eng/portfolio/noginskdentistry/32/

or on Behance:

http://www.behance.net/butchmakora

You can also find his metal cards in this article. Followinf the links you will see more original cards (latest ones). This PVC variant for example:
http://blackver.com/rus/news/2009/23/

http://twitter.com/euniceny eunice

Cool!!!! I’m thinking what i want to have~

dan

I hate to sound boring, and although these are fun for graphic designers, I’ve found that wacky business cards are usually less effective than the standard. Where do you put a business card that has grass on it or wool?

http://thefilmnest.com The Rake

So many beautiful designs. Very impressive.
The Rake

http://kit-reviews.com.br/lojas-de-plastimodelismo-no-brasil-e-no-exterior/ Lojas de Modelismo

One better than other!! Very nice selection and will realy give great ideas for many designers :)

I´m very impressed how cards are being made of other materials rather than just only paper. Amazing.

Please, add more as you get them, ok?

Bye!

http://www.kitchen77.com Stephen Gagnon

There are too many good ones to choose a favorite! The meat business card is really funny though!

Allie

The creativity behind these is absolutely, beautifully inspiring! Is that real beef jerky? Not sure that would make it too long in my presence- especially if it were teryiaki flavored.

Thank you so much for the inspiration I constantly crave!

http://www.baderblog.com Bader

WOW .. that what i call design creativity ! very nice collection , thank you

jii

all these were awesome~ inspiring~

i also have a card design in mind..
where do they make these calling cards,, the shops I know could only print in paper boards and in plain ‘ol rectangle.. :<

http://vicius.lastfire.net Vinicius

Really nice, I print somenones ;D

kiity

I love it ! Good job
That what i call design creativity

I love it !

http://www.fotolog.com/lilik1402 Ligia

muito Baummmmm

http://www.jogarjogosonline.com.br Marquezi Medeiros

Very Good! I Like this!

http://www.sweetAR.com Michaela

This is truly a wonderful list. I want to add to the list with at tip on a digital businesscard, with the use of Augmented Reality – by a guy named Jonas in Germany. You can see it here:

http://vimeo.com/5651466

http://www.discountwebdesign.co.uk discount web design

great collection. i love it.

Michael

Excellent list. Dentist one is the best!

http://www.thisworks.co.uk/leaflet_design.php leaflet design

Spent ages on your fantastic site.

hard to actualy pick a favourite from this lot but I loved the stretchy one for the personal trainer….superb inspiration.

Loads of inspiration for our designs too…

Will bookmark your site an add your link to our site too.

Keep up the great work.

http://www.cr3ativity.ca Cr3ativity

This article is my favorite. All the business cards are unique and they definitely inspired me. Thank you for sharing.

Yevgeny

http://sirjorge.com/blogx sir jorge

if 100 cards are “unique” then the simple card would win over the crowds as being unique, because it’s simple and not over thought

http://www.netgenerator.de Webdesigner in Berlin – Spandau

Wow, really awesome ideas and designs. Thanks for that amazing and really inspiring collection!!

WC

a experted graphic designer must familiar with material and printing process…Becoming a sharp gun!

Rafael

I need some creative business cards. I am in the business of selling forex (foreign currency exchange) trading classes. I would really appreciate your help.

http://www.mgitsolutions.com/blog/ Mike

The divorce lawyer – no doubt about it hahahaha

http://www.vipmatbaa.com www.vipmatbaa.com

I’m not sure I could keep a straight face if someone offered me a card like some of those illustrated. Sure there are others that are exemplary ‘corporate chic’,

http://www.vipkartvizit.com www.vipkartvizit.com

Loads of inspiration for our designs too…
Will bookmark your site an add your link to our site too.

http://www.vipmatbaa.com www.vipmatbaa.com

hard to actualy pick a favourite from this lot but I loved the stretchy one for the personal trainer….superb inspiration

http://www.fuse8.com Cara Dixon

I never knew that business cards could be so versatile! There are loads of really inspiring designs here, but I love the hair and make-up artist one – a really innovative and imaginative!

http://www.corbax.com Diseño web Corbax

Fantastic collection, good job !

http://www.icebluemd.co.uk Emma Bloor

Great ideas, would love more clients like this that have the budget to allow you be this creative.

http://www.chrispierre.com Chris Pierre

Really Great Post!

http://www.inkatechnology.co.uk Web Design London

wowow cool collection thanks for sharing these stunning designed cards

dan

I love whoever compiled this list / found all these…

especially gbcannon.com

http://www.rumneyexclusive.com canvas art

interesting stuff, need to sort my business card out

shirley

i m relly interesting about this ，it’s usef ul an d help me a lot .

a chinese student .

http://rcstreet.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=6&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 RC Nitro Cars

These are really awesome. I need to call that personal trainer so I can be stretchy too.

eylk xela

yeah cool

http://ultimolayout.blogspot.com Hurmus

Great colection.
Look at this card and give your comment:
http://ultimolayout.blogspot.com/2008/12/minicampo.html
Thanks.

Raquel

Very nice work. I choose the “Divorce Lawer” as the best, very clever and yet simple and clean, gets the message sent and easy to carry.

http://www.kitchen-pans.com Kitchen Pans

I like the ones that allow you to create 3D artwork. They remind me of the small japaneze card puzzles. I wonder what I could use for my business…

Sanuly

This is Great! While traditional business cards as we know them are becoming defunct in favor of electronic storage mediums; handy novelty cards, which you can somehow keep on your desk without looking like a dork, might be the only future this archaic scrap of paper dating from the Mezozoic era has!

http://www.digitalmosaics.net Jessica

Cool! Great collection!

http://www.HaitiSolarEnergy.com Haiti Solar Energy

They are all great.

http://www.yosry.com egypt web design

wooow This is nice collection

http://www.cizgireklam.com.tr pinar dinc

great collection, good job..

http://www.owendevelopment.co.uk Web Design Manchester

This is too good to not bookmark. Thanks for sharing this creative collection.

http://www.kaiaandme.com Satie

What about my care…its pretty cool.

http://www.aydesign.net web tasarım

Many of these are not that creative

Tink

Great stuff…I just hope Michael Jordan knows he spelled “guarantee” wrong…

Tink

“guaranteed” *

http://www.lintqueen.com Gina Norman

Here’s a caliper business card that actually works — accurate and includes metric!: http://adrianlikins.com/2009/07/business-card-caliper-v2/

Menaka

Amazing!

http://www.brosix.com Kelsey

So cool! The marriage counselor one with the tape was good. I also enjoyed the landscaping businesses that were large plants or contained seeds. I really think that a creative business card will leave a more lasting impression than just a regular style of one.

http://www.pinkograf.com pinkograf

hi there!
I, also, have a big interesting collection to show you.
Have a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biglietti_da_visita/
500 plastic business cards, and more.
I think that my photogallery could be amazing and really inspiring collection!!

circleM4design

excellent collection – I especially like the 3-dimensional cards… the simplicity of Marriage counselor card is perfection.

Ali Bozorgi علی بزرگی

Very Cool List
i glad for those idea

http://www.anythinggraphic.net Kevin Donnigan

Amazing collection!

Adam

Really really cool. I feel inadequate now!

Also should check out CD businesses cards. They’re biz card size and shape but can pack 450 mb of data: http://bizdisc.com.au

http://creativezain.blogspot.com zain

wonderfull….. i like it

Arpit Shah

a very creative collection…must appreciate!!!

Ashish Garg

Amazing Hatts off

http://www.plasticcardmonster.com Plastic Card

Your business card having really nice designing so for. I like the whole collection of these cards.

http://www.it-schnittstelle.de Chalupa Webdesign Wiesbaden

creative work! pretty nice

http://www.innova.gi/ Web Design

nice collection….

http://household-budget-made-easy.com/financial-coaching.html David

Very cool.

http://www.msnkartvizit.com www.msnkartvizit.com

I never knew that business cards could be so versatile!

http://www.specialistindrukwerk.nl Specialist in Drukwer

Very nice idears. This way you will succeed in distinguish from others.

http://moocowmomma.com www.moocowmomma.com

Loved the sewed up card!

John R.

I realize that just because something has been done for a long time that, that in and of itself is not a reason to merit whether or not it would be included in your presentation but…
I just wanted to point out that ALL of the metal business cards ( both stamped & etched – yes etched none of the metal ones were laser cut ) are NOT the result of the creative mind of their namesake. Period. But that of their manufacturer.
As a custom fabricator that has worked almost the entire globe in his day I can tell you that these are just a case of everything old is new again.
I’ve know vendors as far back as ’78 who issued these razor thin stainless steel & perfectly etched cards to their sales force. Including the galvanized stamped ones as well – depending upon the manufactures specialty. The last time I saw an etched card was the early ’90′s. A company doing etching out of El Monte, CA called Vacco ( a sub of Esco ) was also issuing them to their sales people.
Not raining on anyone’s parade here ( or as you would say ‘hating’ ) just pointing out that the majority displayed are representing Creatives. And do you want to hire someone who saw this one day and said “cool everyone will be so impressed” I’ll just copy it. Or do you NEED someone that is about to represent you to be a bit more original. Details count.

http://themanalyst.com Manal Assaad

Again I am really jealous! I wish our company would make us such neat business cards. Perhaps I should just make myself one for fun… some of them look handmade actually and I’m sure I can come up of something good!

Nice collection!!

Dave

Nice and awesome. hats off to each and every creative brain behind each and every design. I am impressed with this collection. Redefined how a business card can be..!

http://izdelava-spletnih-strani-1a.blogspot.com/ izdelava spletnih strani

Really cool stuff here. Got some ideas for my business cards, thanx

Calhoun

What good is a funny tricky business card? Clients you get with goofy cards are funny tricky and seldom have big budgets. Think fortune 500 and make your cards look like that is my advice.

http://www.nekretnine-hr.net Nekretnine Hrvatska

Extra resources. I will use some of ideas for my own business. Thanks for sharing…

http://theblogtemplates.com Blog Templates

haha, the google one is pretty cool. What a great idea!

http://www.motefdesignstudio.com Kristina

This is really so inspiring collection, is anybody know where i can print custom shape cards like that?

http://www.pinkograf.com pinkograf

Hi Kristina!
My company is able to print any shape you prefer. On plastic PVC otherwise on paper.
If you want you can contact me: daniela@pinkograf.com.
Have a look at my gallery on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biglietti_da_visita/
I’m at your disposal!
- http://www.pinkograf.com pinkograf
  
  STOP!!!!!
  Here another collection:
  http://picasaweb.google.com/pinkograf.da/PlasticBusinessCardsPinkograf#
  
  have a look!

http://www.t-rexcards.com Raised Ink Business Cards

Nice designs!

http://www.speedyremovalslondon.co.uk Removals London

Fantastic designs! The one with the balloons is awesome.

http://www.lattestory.com martin

awesome!!

I love google.. search.. style business card.

http://www.lemonroe.com.au Lemonroe

Nice collection of business cards.

vnikey

omg I love these, thank you for posting :)

http://gondra.net María

INCREDIBLE AMAZING!!! LOVED IT!!! THANKS!!!
From Argentina ; )

ONiE

Really amazing and Creative! Great inspiration for new designers like me :)

last

Did you fill up with transparent cards? Those were the least “wow” ones.

http://webhostingmen.com Web Hosting Men

These are unbelievably creative. I really like the google business card. I’m definitely thinking about making one for my site.

http://www.vincentdepalma.com/ Vince DePalma

Awesome collection! A great companion article would list some printers/manufacturers where some of these incredible cards were made!

criss

cool. i love in mediador.. condon.. original

thank you, for website

criss

http://www.ogretmis.com Site Tasarım

Thank you for this inspiring designs.

BroDA

Joe Schomoe is cool!

AndrewNguyen

Kha is the greatest noob ever.

Deepak Nagar

our award winning card for a DJ

http://cardobserver.com/gallery/dj-mohit-business-card

http://www.mavencreation.com Ravi

Awesome Collection :)

zunair

amazing!! im also gonna design one for my self

http://www.mavencreation.com Ravi

My newly designed card

http://desktoppub.about.com/u/sty/businesscards/Show-Off-Your-Business-Card/Portrait-Style-Business-Card-from-Mavencreation.htm

http://www.benstokesmarketing.co.uk Website design shropshire

Ace, the plazma design card is great and I also like the transparent cards. . . think I need to revise my cards for sure.

http://www.azuredesigners.com mdasgarkhan

hi,

its amazing !!!!!!!! collections

Clint

i like google one. i Will make some 1 for me

http://www.webzoo.dk Joomla Design – Webzoo

Great collection – Keep ‘em coming!

http://fatburningfurnaceprogram.com Tulip Kiya

These are awfully creative. I absolutely like the google business card. I will be absolutely cerebration about authoritative one for my site.

http://www.bizbellpakistan.com Bizbell

Awesome cards, nice and creative. but can you please tell us that which program is really best to design these type of cards with clear result and it also available on internet

http://www.eviz.pl eViz

superb collection with many extraordinary designs, my favourite:
google, the one with photo lenses and all the metal look…
Regards

http://www.idspl.com pramesh

nice cards

http://webteilchen.de Webdesign Berlin

I love this collection. Very nice business cards. I got good inspiration.

http://pete.ro acela

I love the one on meat!

http://www.angelbolanos.com Injected Valley

amazing business cards!!!

http://www.event-foto.pl Fotograf

Great post! Love the business cards!

http://www.quintema.co.uk/ Rosie

love them! too cool!
________________________
get your website optimized at Quintema

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=12237082&id=809360536&fbid=10150194323780537#!/profile.php?id=633085312 yana

sweet compilation! THANKS!

=D

http://www.businesscards.com Mike

Wow, great examples.

http://induswebi.com website designing company india

Fabulous business cards. I am also looking for a plastic business cards… Is any one who can help ?

http://www.pinkograf.com pinkograf

of course!
I’m Pinkograf, and I am manufacturer of plastic and transparent business cards.

Here my gallery, have a look:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/biglietti_da_visita/

http://dattai.com Dat Tai

That’s very cool

Thanks alot

http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog Ryan Cowles

Some really cool concepts, but some of them I have to wonder how cost efficient they are..

http://www.dotcomprofits.co.cc suroz

I like that google business card

http://www.logoteca.ro logoteca

nice cards, i would like to get some for my business that would be referring to rubik’s cube

http://www.acfblog.com Barbara

These are super creative. It’s hard to pick a favorite! Some really made me laugh.

http://www.spotofcolour.co.uk Spotofcolour

Here’s my new business card, try to see it was a website with the peel showing the code running behind.

http://www.montpellierinteractive.com/web-design.htm Web Design Cheltenham

More? Where do u guys find all these? The next time we re-design our cards, I’m sending the designer straight here… infact just did :)

http://www.zirveofset.com kartvizit

very beautiful cards design !

http://afriot.blogspot.com Afrio

This is a great inspiration. It’s awesome!!!

http://www.dpm.net.au DPM

I placed a comment here yesterday but is seems to have vanished. Spectacular collection!

http://www.reveriedesign.co.uk/seo SEO Birmingham

I love the Google Business card :) Something like that would be great for my business.

Alan Anaya

Lego toys rocked!

http://www.cpcards.co.uk Paul Wilburn

A truly inspiring collection of business cards. The one with the radial blur really messes with your eyes!

http://www.lovesconception.com Nathan Eckman

Practicality and creativity are the two biggest influential factors to a successful business card. Of course this is my opinion, but aren’t these also the two biggest factors in determining a business’ success?

Mark Fitzpatrick

I absolutely agree!

http://www.cg95.com upen

great, i never seen such a beautiful cards.

Just love them.

http://www.mondoprint.com Mondod Print

Awesome business card designs!

http://www.freshbusinesscards.com business cards psd

Great collection thanks

http://www.lyonssolutions.co.uk Web Design from Lyons Solutions

I had some great ideas from this showcase, Thanks for the examples.

http://www.logoinn.com logo design

I like primal screen, Love the colour combination yellow with brown

http://freebusinesscardsprinting.com.au Business Cards Online

Thats a dam good collection you got happening… definately found some inspiration!

http://www.freelancemachine.com Alex Cooper

Can any one recommend a place to get cool and unique cards like this with out spending an arm and a leg?

Mark Fitzpatrick

Wow, what an incredible list. The divorce lawyer card is absolutely hysterical. I had a really creative set of business cards done recently in Sydney, by DPM Creative Group http://dpm.net.au/ . They are a bunch of incredibly talented graphic designers who made my business cards appear to have a sleek metallic finish.

This list may give me some creative inspiration to make some more! Thanks!

http://www.decisioncom.com/ Advertising Agency Singapore

Nathan Jones: The camera lens vector is really well done. The idea is simple & effective.
Poul Nielsen: Interactive name cards such as these are hard to forget.
Chris Fischer: Loving the graphic treatment.
Dr. Anita Lechmann: So very clever, why didn’t I think of it?
Cutting Edge: Great for playing a prank on someone too.
Divorce Lawyer: Smart, practical, with a dash of humor.
Asthma Allergy Centre: Definitely an attention grabber.
Howl Fire: I wonder if they burn every name card or is it a die-cut.
Meatcards: It’ll never survive in a dog eat dog world.
Ramesh Sharma: The complete opposite of the Divorce Lawyer name card.
Intersection: A very old school vintage feel.
Obsessive Behavior: I’ll say!

Ho Li Lin, Graphic Designer

http://viuu.co.uk TwitterBackgrounds

That’s what I call creative business cards :) They really have all shapes, sizes and different materials. Really liked the first one for the photographer, nice idea and I also liked the one that was Google style … it is original, although it’s not very eyecatching, design-wise I mean.
Thanks for sharing these.

http://www.m-w.co.uk web design agency london

The lego ones are great. I wish I had thought of that. Might see if I can get my boss to agree to a new line of business cards in that style!!!

http://www.adbills.com Chris Omlor

Brilliant business card ideas here. Would you consider adding adbills to the list?

Nancy Benn

The stretchy personal trainer card is very clever, but I’d like to see someone try to punch the number into their phone whilst having to pull it apart!

Second favourite,the 3D Bryce Bell Mechanical Designer’s card & third, the perforated card for the Divorce Laywer – classic!

http://businesscarddesignideas.com Seth

These are really great business cards. Although I’ve already seen some of them, the others are really great too. The Lodge’s metal business card looks great!

http://www.us-tea.com Terrence Ngu

That’s pretty impressive.. Love those uniqueness design business card..

iceman99

Really refreshing to see art at it’s finest.

http://www.securityking.com Craig Fordham

Nice ideas

http://www.craigfordham.net Lisa

Some great inspiration, Excellent. LT

http://www.bestcardprinter.com Jeff Jones

Wow! Some excellent imagination! Great share! Cheers

http://metalpigs.com metalpig

Thanks for sharing these awesome collection of creative business cards designs! =)

http://www.cardsoftware.net Amanda

These are really great business cards. Well designed, Thank you!

http://www.neu-reich.de Neu-Reich

Super work is in the cards here – thanks for the publication of these masterpieces …

http://www.ntagas.com ntagas

Thank you, very nice collection that helps me in my work.

http://www.morganandme.net Melvin Ho

A creative business card definitely keeps you in client’s minds the minute they try to recall who made the best impression. The images were awesome!

http://www.unichost.com/ Web Server

Gone through all. It’s a treat to see each creative idea ! Thanks for sharing.

John

The Google card is only $6 at GraphicRiver.

chloe tottle

wow grate cards my fav is the chef buger but they are all lovely xx

Edera

VERY VERY nice collection, how can we order?

http://budurl.com/ul54 Andrew J Titcombe

I spent so long deciding which business card to use that my business went under. Seriously………….. a great selection of ideas for those who want to stand out from the crowd Thanks

http://www.ankstechnology.com Ankit Agrawal

Very Nice Job…
And Owesome Designs I like these..
Thanks A Lot

http://www.tn34.de ben

Very lool collection!! here is another nice one: http://www.tn34.de/referenzen/tn34.de-visitenkarten.html

rj

Very creative indeed!!! Thanks for bringing to public..

Luisa

Amazing cards! I loved it! Wish some day i can have wonderfull ideas like these!

http://jump2top.com Timu@Miami

Great sample cards. I am looking for more ral estate related samples and trying to find out how can I get some of those cards. Some has cut shapeds..

http://blog.anadikt.ru/ anadikt

Awesome collection, good job !

http://www.fireskystudios.com web design galway

Great collection, well done for resourcing, my favorite is the top 2, puppy business cards and Nathan Jones – those cards will travel!

http://adibowo.com bowo

nice design bro. thanks

http://www.nordiccottges.nl Sjoerd Nordic

Wow, great selection.

Very creative!

http://www.pixelesycodigos.com jOan

Que bueno, me sirve de inspiración para crear mi tarjeta personal

http://www.macromindz.com web design manchester

The google one card is nice. Its a great selection . Cheers

http://www.appealingweb.com creative web design

Very beautiful designs, inspiring indeed. I like Geyrhalter Design.

http://visualmedia.com vikram

Hi
Nice work Great sample cards. I am looking for more ral estate related samples and trying to find out how can I get some of those cards. Some has cut shapeds.

http://www.business-card.in Business Card

Hi,

Even all the business cards are looking nice , I like the seed in the cover card very much. We can keep it for sample seed and business card.

http://movadowomenswatch.com Movado

I think the leggos are the best

http://www.rtiperformance.com/ java performance

Mind-blowing indeed! They’ll definitely catch the interest and make an impression on the person they are given to.

http://www.yiwuen.com/ yiwu

it’s really creative.nice design and great idea.

http://www.tylerkongslie.com Tyler

A great collection of ideas and inspiration! Thanks for gathering them.

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