How Indestructible is your Business Card?
A few weeks back, I posted a video about my new Business Card Design. I talked about many aspects of the design, but neglected to put it through the ultimate durability test: How indestructible was it?
Well, after my daughter got her grubby mitts on one of them—I must say, it faired pretty well. The cards were printed onto 400gsm Equest® stock, so the attack of Said child’s saliva made the edges droop somewhat.
Trouble is, she then proceeded to chew it.
My advice? If you want an Indestructible business card, get them printed on plastic…
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Or engrave it in metal, that would be cool!
21 Dec 2009 07:12 pm Viktor Edholm
How Indestructible is your Business Card?…
A few weeks back, I posted a video about my new Business Card Design. I talked about many aspects of the design, but neglected to put it through the ultimate durability test: How indestructible was it?…
@Viktor → Funnily enough, I looked into how much it would cost for the whole etched-metal business card thing, but it turned out to be about £1 per card, shock…
21 Dec 2009 07:12 pm Andrew Kelsall
When/If I become insanely rich I will most definetly make a few thousand of those.
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21 Dec 2009 07:12 pm Viktor Edholm
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Ooof, the thought of your daughter chewing on a metallic card makes me shiver. But how cute is Paige?! I hope she doesn’t give you too many sleepless nights, Andrew.
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21 Dec 2009 09:12 pm David Airey
You dont get any sleepless nights from our daughter, its me!!! You neglected to tell your fellow bloggers that you have trained your 4 (almost 5) year old son Chase to hand out cards and say “Call me!”
21 Dec 2009 09:12 pm Lulukelsall
@Viktor → …although paradoxically, you wouldn’t need the business, lol.
@David → Well, I could have made up some wonderfully untrue story about how I crawl out of bed in the middle of the night to attend to her every whim. Unfortunately, “The Wife” has made her first comment on my blog. I’m sprung.
@”Beloved” → Well, I work sooo hard, so obviously, I’m a heavy sleeper. Our son knows how to use Photoshop already, so I’m just preparing him to be my office assistant, hehe. Oh, thanks for pointing out (behind the scenes) another of my legendary glaring typo’s. I’ll change “petty” to “pretty” ~~
21 Dec 2009 10:12 pm Andrew Kelsall
Sounds like a good’un there, Andrew. Hehe. Nice work training Chase, too.
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22 Dec 2009 09:12 pm David Airey
@David → Yeah, I’ll have him writing his own blog in no time.
Oh, by the way, I’ve finally ordered your Logo Design Love book. Lookin’ forward to it
22 Dec 2009 10:12 pm Andrew Kelsall
Great, thanks for ordering, Andrew! I got a shipment yesterday, and am pleased with how it turned out (I was anxious about the print quality of a few images, but they’re spot on).
Hopefully your copy will arrive ASAP.
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23 Dec 2009 11:12 am David Airey
@David → It better be a good read, or I’m sending it back to the author…who ever that is
23 Dec 2009 03:12 pm Andrew Kelsall
Hi Andrew, the business cards look great!!
Would you mind telling me where u got them printed? I’ve been really struggling to find a decent printers in my area! What would you recommend?
Cheers!!
26 Feb 2010 07:02 pm Nick Pilling
@Nick → Hi, I got them printed at RCS Printers, based in Retford, who I use quite often. Their web address is http://www.businessprinting.co.uk/
The great thing is, you can order anything and upload + Pay online, which is great!
Sidenote: I also have another post and the design and printing of my card at http://www.andrewkelsall.com/first-video-post-new-business-card-design/
Cheers
26 Feb 2010 07:02 pm Andrew Kelsall
Thats awsome Andrew cheers!!
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