30 October 2012

Awesome Business Card

Design Expectations Finally Granted

words Geoffrey Grosenbach

card design Paula Lavalle

Card front

While waiting in line to buy the original iPad, I gave someone my business card. He said it was an amazing card. In fact, it was the second best business card he had ever seen.

“Only the second best?” I asked. “What did the best one look like?”

“It was a plain looking card,” he said, “but if you sprinkled water on it for a week, it would grow grass in the shape of the company logo.”

I knew it was time to improve our game.

Refresh

Earlier this year we ran out of our old business cards. And PeepCode has grown since three years ago! We now have at least five people who need an awesome card to hand out at tech conferences, at nerd parties, and to random strangers.

We put our best designer on the job. We contracted Evolution Press for advice on paper, ink, foil, paint, and lead type.

Glossy black ink together with silver foil and white lettering make for a combination that can’t really be represented on screen.

Although it doesn’t contain any grass seeds (can you even take those through international customs?), we’re extremely happy with it.

We’ll be at Cascadia JS and other conferences in the next few months. Find us and ask for one!

Card edge

Card foil detail

Card glossy black ink detail

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