100 (Really) Creative Business Cards

nice collection

Awesome collection, good job !

amazing b-card designs. nice collection

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!

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

Cool list!

Thanks as always.

These are all so inspiring

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.

Awesome collection! Great inspiration!

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

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/

Nice collection. Inspiring as always.

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

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!!

amazing post.Thanks very,very much!

Best collection of business cards i have ever seen.

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

Thanks for sharing.

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

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

http://www.itsonlyacard.com

couple of oldies but goodies. ^_^

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

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

Excellent collection. Some really inspring stuff here, thanks

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

Tom

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/

Great list! Thanks for putting these together.

I love it! Nice collection.

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!

Thx for sharing people

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

Nice collection.

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.

Darren Coates’ isn’t exactly original:

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

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.

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.

Great collection, very creative.

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

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

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

Awesome collection, really enjoyed the Dallas Printer Google one

I love that Google Search Results one

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

Brilliant selection! Thanks for posting

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!

Nice collection, they are all great!

Wow! Nice job on the list! Cool collection!

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…

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

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

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/

Divorce lawyer’s card is my favorite.

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…)!

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

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

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

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!

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

Very cool.

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

Thank for you the feature.

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

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.

Amazing, thanks.

very very beautiful cards

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

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

Perhaps mine can the 101

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

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.

Great collection.

Hi !

Very nice indeed

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).

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

Take that patrick bateman.

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

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!

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

Many of these are not that creative.

These are AWESOME!

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.

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

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

beauties

I love just about all of these designs.

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

Looks like the work of this years graphic design majors…

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

I like them. Thanks.

this is a really nice list

What an ideas… breath taking !

Very cool list! Def got my creative juices flowing!

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.

Seen some of these before, but definitely a good collection

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

Yes, great collection!

Wow, great collection. Really really good.

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

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

Definitely these cards, if they inspire.

Thanks for such an excellent collection.

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

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!

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

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

Awesome collection thanks a lot

these are the best business cards i’ve seen!

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

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.

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!

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

i love these!inspiring!

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

AMAZING, spot on!

lurve Woz’s

Great collection – have tweeted the link.

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

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

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

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

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

Mitnick scares me.

amazing card,cool design!

These business cards make mine look so boring!

Be, Viewzi and Plasma Design. Love those !

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

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.

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

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?

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

Great

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

Somewhere, Patrick Bateman is feeling inadequate

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

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

Great !

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

Inspirational great collection.

I love looking at these! Very creative.

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

Toxic Puppy Business Cards are an oxymoron of adorability!

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

Very creative.. love them..

Very Nice Collection

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

Really very great card collection..

Really very gr8 card collection..

super collection

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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awesome !
But how about a list of manufactors

Very amazing collection and good ideas! Nice!

Great collection. Great for inspiration.

Great round up. Nice variety.

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

Cool collection of cards.
Inspiring.

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.

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

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

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

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

cheers

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

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

muitos bons!!!

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

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

i like google look like. really best collection!!

KEVIN MITNICK?!?! Awesome!!!

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

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

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

great idea ignitors. mark, panama.

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

Cheers, Richard

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

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

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.

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

very nice

These are beautiful cards. Thanks for the creative inspiration!

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

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

like the compilation of this stunning business cards!
thanks!

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.

Super, nice top:)

thanks! nice collection!

I’m bookmarking this amazing list.

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

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

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

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

it’s so creative,thanks for sharing

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/

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

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?

So many beautiful designs. Very impressive.
The Rake

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!

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

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!

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

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.. :<

Really nice, I print somenones ;D

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

I love it !

muito Baummmmm

Very Good! I Like this!

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

great collection. i love it.

Excellent list. Dentist one is the best!

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.

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

Yevgeny

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

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

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

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.

The divorce lawyer – no doubt about it hahahaha

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’,

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

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

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!

Fantastic collection, good job !

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

Really Great Post!

wowow cool collection thanks for sharing these stunning designed cards

I love whoever compiled this list / found all these…

especially gbcannon.com

interesting stuff, need to sort my business card out

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

a chinese student .

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

yeah cool

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

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.

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…

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!

Cool! Great collection!

They are all great.

wooow This is nice collection

great collection, good job..

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

What about my care…its pretty cool.

Many of these are not that creative

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

“guaranteed” *

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

Amazing!

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.

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!!

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

Very Cool List
i glad for those idea

Amazing collection!

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

wonderfull….. i like it

a very creative collection…must appreciate!!!

Amazing Hatts off

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

creative work! pretty nice

nice collection….

Very cool.

I never knew that business cards could be so versatile!

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

Loved the sewed up card!

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.

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!!

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..!

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

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.

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

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

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

Nice designs!

Fantastic designs! The one with the balloons is awesome.

awesome!!

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

Nice collection of business cards.

omg I love these, thank you for posting

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

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

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

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

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