Give people a reason to carry around your business card so they never go anywhere without it.
Make your business card more than just a name card.
Use these beautiful cards as inspiration for your own, from a gallery of some of the best ideas and templates that I've ever seen.
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Now on to the most clever business cards and unique visiting cards, organized by category, while mentioned which type of professional used them.
Office Supplies business cards
Lamp
Elastic band
Elastic band (2) – Personal trainer
Presentation Folder – Company Folders, Inc.
Folder divider – Tech lead \ systems administrator
DIY Card Making Kit
Bookmark
Pencil – Proofreader
Ruler – Builder / Construction / Renovation
Ruler (2) – Architects / Planners
Ruler (3) – Graphic designer
Ruler (4)
Pen holder
Letter – Vice-President / Director of Marketing
Wax stamped letter
Envelope – Art Director
Box – Cargo airlines
Box (2)
Paperclips
Tool business cards
X-ray – Veterinarians
X-ray (2) – Debt recovery agent
Lock pick set
Sandpaper – Finishing school
Bike tire patch – bike repair technician
Bike tool – bike repair technician
Condom – Divorce lawyer
Car freshener – graphic designer
Matchbook – graphic designer
Wiring / cord – Department of Energy
Palette – Manicurist
Hypnotist aid
Sun dial
Solar-powered flashlight – Electronic engineer
Tape measure
Tickets
Tickets (2)
Food business cards
Beef Jerky – Survival training
Beef Jerky (2)
Peanut
Candy – Headhunter
Stick of gum – Designer
Fortune cookie – Designer
Chocolate bar / fudge – Law firm
Spice pack – Advertising agents
Coffee bean sack
Cutlery – Culinary correspondent
Toothpicks
Bottle opener
Coaster – Designer
Gardening business cards
Seed envelope – Landscapers
Plant – Designer
Plant (2)
Plant (3) – Landscape architects
Clothing & Fashion business cards
Eyeglasses
Clothespin
Hair clip holder – Hair and make-up artist
Lipstick smudge stamp
Razorblade – Graphic designer
Mirror – Barbershop
Sampler – Fashion designer
Cloth sampler
Hair styling exercise – Hair stylist
Patch
Clothing label
Shoe horn
Comb – Stylist
Musical comb – Hair salon
Medallion
Multimedia business cards
Microphone – Radio presenter
CD
CD (2)
Cassette – Designer
VHS cassette – Filmmaker
Film strip – Photographer
Piano key – Jazz singer / vocalist
Games & Toys business cards
Lego brick – Architect
Lego girl – Master builder
Airplane
Airplane (2) – Model aircraft supplier
Scratch & Win
Baboushka dolls – Graphic designer
Word search game
Balloon – Chest doctor / physician
Domino – Coal & Wood supplier
Model race car – Publisher / Editor-in-chief
Origami boat – Designer
Man – Designer
Animals – Designer
Whoopee cushion
Weapons business cards
Catapult – Mechanical engineer
Ninja stars – Designer
Ninja stars (2)
Ninja stars (3)
Tags as business cards
Body tag – Photographic artist
Luggage tag – Media director
Luggage tag (2) – Writing & editing consultant
Dog tags
Dog tags (2)
Sales tag – Designer
Art business cards
Easel
Paper sculpture
Metal sculpture
Paper doll
Hieroglyphic
Standie
Standie (2)
Standie (3)
Popout – Origamic architecture designer
Popout (2)
Items recycled into business cards
Pottery shard
Recycled cloth
Recycled paper
Miniatures as business cards
Yoga mat
Prison Cell
Bird cage
Sofa – Furniture
Chair
Piano – Piano repair service
Chart / Graph – Financial security & investment representative
Technology business cards
Microchip
USB stick
USB stick (2)
Other favorites
Cosmetic / plastic surgery
Marriage counseling band-aid
Door hinge
Farm / wool
Hairdresser
IT / Technical Support Guy
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Question of the article
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- Which is your favorite?
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Great Post!
You can find a few more here: http://blog.rounds.com/10-coolest-business-cards/
Great examples thanks for sharing. I like the yoga mat, and the word search one is likely to get looked at more than once too. I may be wrong but I imagine producing these cards can be quite expensive. I often make my own one off cards. Quite simple but people seem to like them. Here are a couple of examples in case you and your readers are interested.
http://stopdoingdumbthingstocustomers.com/brand/a-benefit-of-insomnia/
I really like the ones that transform into things like the box, horse, car and plane. Also useful ones are cool, like the shoescoop.
But I think the cutest one is the mini yoga mat.
Thanks for sharing!
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Fantastic! WOW! what an amazing job putting this together!
The pencil one: a company has to make sure that as the pencil gets sharpened the number and URL stay the longest, not get shaved off from the get go.
Mistake many people make when they make imprinted items…
🙂
Rabbi Issamar- good point (pun intended)
Very big show of amazing business cards!!!
I like plant (2).
I would like to show our photogallery for gorgeous business cards! Have a look!
We produce plastic business cards, metal bizcards, wood bizcards, acrylic bizcards, cork bizcards…
https://picasaweb.google.com/pinkograf.da/CoolBusinessCardsOnVariousMaterials
Good post.
One correction, the coaster shown is actually more of a wooden dollar, I call it a memory chip. It’s 2″ in size.
Also, could Jacob please contact me ASAP as the email he used to contact me keeps bouncing back. Seems fishy. Bad form buddy.
Amazing and Shocking! I was shock on the “X-ray Business Card” because I taught it has a x-ray vision like I thought was but I was wrong but it is really amazing.
A number of the business card designers responded to my emails with explanations of their designs:
Richard Cardona re the Hypnotist’s aid:
“The idea comes from a TV show in which people were being hypnotized by television to buy more groceries.
It is not a hypnotist’s aid. Though that is very funny.”
Albert Polyakov re Ninja Stars (2):
“Few words about card: This business card I came up two years ago for the studio where I worked (redkeds.com). The idea came to me in the head like a bullet, in an instant, and soon everyone enjoyed. At that moment I was not even thinking about how to make a business card. I was inspired by old movies about ninjas and kung-fu. I thought “why not make a shuriken that will kill and still be functional” (joke) Printing in «Locus Standi» (www.ls.ru) Material dense silver cardboard (Embossing, silk screening)”
Wes Thomas re Animals:
“The idea came from just brainstorming some ideas of how to make a card that would stand out a little bit from the rest. I am still working on this project and have recently sourced an excellent US manufacturer capable of producing these cards (and other custom animal designs) in a cost effective way.”
Emily Berry re Chair:
“The idea came from designer Ufuk Keskin’s sheet seat chair which can be found at his site at http://www.ufukkeskin.com”
Ben Morales re Prison Cell:
“I’ve always been fascinated by business cards that have an extra level of functionality and interaction, so when designing this card for my lawyer friend I wanted to create something that was clean and elegant but would also have a “wow” factor. I had seen cards with slip-cases before but they were purely decorative. I thought if I could utilize a slip-case that also reflects the theme of criminal law, it would make for a much stronger promotional piece.”
Bryce Bell re Catapult:
“I had just seen other cool business cards around and wanted to build something that was unique and fit in with my interests. After thinking about it for a while that is what I came up with.”
Brian Kammerzelt re Word Search Game:
“The idea is my own from a late night design session — I have yet to see anyone else do it. I was wanting new cards to go along with for my new professional site that represented all of my professional identities. I didn’t want some pretentious list of titles on it so the word search seemed like a fun way to communicate my rolls in a way that emphasized the common thread of being a creative.”
Abhinav Dapke re USB Stick:
“I was attending an international exhibition & exchanging cards & info about product & company is a general scenario in exhibitions. But while transferring this info they were connecting information- brochure, CD with their visiting card by stapling or putting it in a bag so that recollecting the particular information is much easier.”
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Hi,
I really liked your designs.I am looking to make Name card for Ayurveda & Wellness Business.Kindly if you can provide me some ideas.The design should have a natural,Ancient yet Modern,Scientific,Medical,Health concepts,uniqueness,catchy,classy etc…
Thanks
Regards
Kumar
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Great idea for my next business card. Thank you for sharing with us. The card Solar-powered flashlight is awesome.
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What a treasure trove! I love how all of them are unique, not a single design is boring. Great ideas!
This is a great resource full of inspiration. I decided to include some examples above along with others that caught my eye in my blog-
http://www.tendify.com/blog/inspiring-business-card-designs/
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Just did a massive update of this fun inspiration compilation 💯
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