Building me a Business Card
My existing company business cards suck bigtime (and thankfully I am out of stock). So I need new cards, and I tok the opportunity of getting a new design altogether. So I asked my dearest friend kitty aka yadu to design em some. Unfortunately for me he is out of ideas and time, but is trying his best to help me out. He infact designed quite an unconventional business card but that needed some tweaking. Inspired by it, I picked up GiMP 2.4.5 (these days I am running Fedora 9 Live) and set about the task of designing me a card.
Ideally, a designer should work on what is a very crucial conversation starter – one’s Business Card. But the heck! I have no designer. So i have to trust my logic and my understanding of stuff that is around to do so.Below is the card I finally made. Lets call it Draft 1.
Business Card - Draft 1 (Click for Full View)
Now, I’ll attempt to discuss its features and describe why I think it is good. Feel free to contradict me at any point (don’t forget to log it as a comment).
- For some reason, I have always believed that a business card should always be minimalistic. Carry only what is essential, do away with all the crap.
- It should be different. Business Cards are very strong conversation starters. Something different, something unconventional, something uncommon are great tools to break the ice.
- It should be YOU! Its your card isn’t it? And it talks about you – who are you, how to reach you; right?
- Don’t waste the backspace. A lot of cards don’t use the backspace. True! Most Cardholders don’t show the back space, but when you hand out the card, the person will look at the back too. Dont miss a chance to create an impression.
Go on now! Sort out that itch you have; post a comment…
Comment by kitty on February 15th, 2009
its in my to-do list.. really!!
Comment by Swanand on March 22nd, 2009
Your first-name other way reads ‘Linus’…. :D
Comment by Kinshuk Sunil on March 23rd, 2009
my last name, other way reads “linus”… first name reads “kuhsnik”