Notes on business card design
Short pieces on making cards people actually keep.
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Guide · 7 min read
How to design a business card, step by step
Four ways to start, and the seven decisions that follow - wording, hierarchy, safe area, the back, stock, finish, and what to check on the proof before you order.
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AI · 6 min read
AI business card design: what actually happens
AI business card design is not a template picker with a chat box bolted on. What happens between describing a card and holding one, and which parts you will still fix yourself.
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Print · 6 min read
What makes a business card feel expensive
Weight, finish, contrast and edges: the four things people register in the two seconds they hold your card, and where the money is worth spending.
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Buying · 6 min read
Cheap business cards without cheap-looking cards
What actually drives the price, the levers that save real money, and the three cheap decisions that are visible the moment someone takes one from you.
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Buying · 6 min read
Looking for a Vistaprint alternative? What to compare
A buyer's checklist for choosing where to print: proof accuracy, whether you can really edit, what happens on a phone, what you own afterwards, and the full price.
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Design · 4 min read
What actually belongs on the back of a business card
The back of a business card is half the surface and usually wasted. Here is what earns its place there, and what to leave off.
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Design · 4 min read
QR codes on business cards that actually scan
How big a QR code needs to be on a business card, how much blank space it needs around it, and the mistakes that stop codes scanning in the real world.
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Business · 3 min read
Why a piece of card still beats a phone number
Business cards did not survive because people are nostalgic. They survive because handing someone an object solves a problem that typing a number does not.
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