Business Card Designs

Developing a Business Card

You are to design a business card for your self. The business/service can be real ie. to offer a service that you already do, or it can be a dream job, or a fictional occupation. The main objective is to develop a business card that represents your service effectively and creatively. So first take a look at some designs that represent the service symbolically. Business cards typically are 2" x 3.5" in size.

Assignment 1- Business Card Research
Find 5 interesting/inspiring business card designs and post them to your blog.
Here are some sites to get you started:

Cool Business Cards
More Cool Business Cards

Assignment 2-Business Card Design Project
How to Design a Business Card Video 

1. Identify the service that you are promoting. 
2. Develop a logo (you already have this and slogan (brief description of service).
3. Consider contact information- How do you want to be contacted? i.e. email. website. address. phone. cell. fax
4. Identify the person named on the card.
5. Organize information in a creative and eye catching way to personalize your business card and represent your organization/service.
6. Brainstorm ideas- sketch, doodle, consider your look and the overall concept...10 ideas. Use principals of design to guide your various design ideas. Try the square design.
7. Create your card 2" x 3.5" using Illustrator 
8. Organize InDesign.