Even More Awesome Business Cards

September 21, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

The awesome business card designs have been building up in my bookmarks, and I think it’s about time for another round of swoonworthy business card design inspiration. Oh, boy, do I ever have some fantastic designs to show you!

First up are motion graphics designer Sophie Gallo’s handmade business cards. She calls this project “her Everest”, and I can see why. She used a combination of screen printing, Gocco, and letterpress techniques to create these beauties. I’m absolutely fascinated by her use of an etching press as a letterpress. Sophie actually shares a video of the process, so you can see how she used the press. Hmm, defnitely has me thinking. Here are the beauteous results:

How can you not love a business card that has been die cut in the shape of a pear, and a bearded pear, at that? And that logo is so memorable and fun! – via FPO

I’m swooning over these letterpress business cards for web development and design company Ackmann & Dickenson, printed by Studio on Fire. Custom duplex paper, a silver/gray/navy blue palette, custom die cutting, and a fantastic quilted letterpress pattern … just … swoon.

Ooh, this is one sexy business card. Created by Studio Z Mendocino for Maria Bernal Photography, the card features hot pink edge painting, clear, pewter-y silver and hot pink foil stamping, and it’s letterpressed onto ultra thick, museum mount paper. – via Card Observer

Love this letterpressed business card for Image is Found, part of the identity system created for the company by designer Lindsay Preston. Using the logo to create the pattern on the cards is so clever.

More fantastic pattern in a bold and lovely teal on Cleanwash’s letterpress business cards. I absolutely adore their logo, too!

These business cards for photographer/videographer Cale Glendening by Invisible Creature are little works of art. From the chic, embossed black mini envelopes to the die cut area that creates a filmstrip effect when the business card is pulled from the envelope, these cards are swoonworthy personified. – via Notcot

Letterpress plaid (!) patterns are jaw droppingly cool on these business cards designed by Mark Saunders for PlaidLab and printed by Studio on Fire.

Oh so adorable and lovely letterpress business cards for jewelry designer Elephantine by We Heart Paper:

Love the pattern and texture on these embossed, foil stamped, and engraved business cards for Vertical Product Development / Soudy Khan. – via Card Observer

images from their respective owners

House Industries Typography Posters

August 30, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

These fantastic new typographic prints from House Industries shot to the top of my paper wishlist as soon as I spotted them last week over at Design*Sponge. The combination of kick butt letterforms and metallic ink (mmm … copperlicious) is simply too much for me to resist. Posters are hand-printed on acid-free French paper, and some designs have been hand-pulled onto 5/8″ furniture grade plywood that’s been pre-drilled for wall mounting. I’m also intrigued by House Industries’ forthcoming Photo-Lettering site, which sounds like a very cool concept.

More fabulous metallic eye candy from the new print collection:

images from House Industries

More Awesome Business Cards

July 26, 2010 // kristen // 9 replies

I was very excited last week when I received my new letterpress business cards. I’ve been wanting letterpress cards for a long time, and I’m completely jazzed about these beauties, printed by elum. I’m so happy with how they came out!

This also gives me the perfect opportunity to do a little roundup of some of the completely swoonworthy business cards that have caught my eye recently. I never tire of looking at pretty business cards!

Check out these business cards for Cinch Creative — owls and woodgrain on the same business card? Hello, love! – via Card Observer

Cinch Creative Letterpress Business Cards

More gorgeous letterpressed woodgrain in Verve Studio’s business cards — six passes through the press for these! The cards were designed by Leslie Vega and printed by Studio on Fire.

Really digging these clever cards, cut to look like tags, in a rainbow of candy colors by Erin Vale.

Absolutely gorgeous business cards for photographer Lisa Rigby, designed by Funnel : Eric Kass. The cards feature engraved printed accents that make for a wonderful, textural element.

Beautiful red and white letterpress cards by Ribbons of Red. Printed by Angel Bomb Design. – via Oh So Beautiful Paper

I’d seriously love to get my hands on these letterpress business cards, designed for Touchpoint by Merge Studio and printed by Studio on Fire. Duplex paper, foil stamping, laser cutting, lovely letterpress — these cards certainly have a wow factor or ten.

Completely droolworthy letterpress business cards for photographer Kate Murphy, designed by Jessica Hische. Hello, lovely hand lettering and vivid yellow! – via Design Work Life

Love the deep impression on these red and white letterpress business cards for John Henry, designed by John Henry Donovan and printed by Blush Publishing.

These letterpress business cards for Cricket Design Works pack a punch of color from custom duplexed papers in the French Paper Poptone collection. Metallic silver ink adds a bit of razzle dazzle to these super cool cards, printed by Studio on Fire.

Cricket Design Works Letterpress Business Cards

images from their respective owners

JP + Kiera’s Dreamy Typographic Wedding Suite

July 22, 2010 // kristen // 6 replies

What happens when two talented graphic designers, who also happen to be the bride and groom to be, decide to DIY their entire wedding suite, printing included, themselves? Pink and gold letterpress wedding invitation and save the date perfection, that’s what happens.

JP + Kiera Letterpress Wedding Invitations

JP and Kiera met when they were both attending the Parsons School of Design so, when it came time to create the paper elements for their wedding, they saw it fitting that they would create everything themselves. After window shopping dozens of fonts, researching wedding blogs for ideas and inspiration, and making a trip to a flower warehouse and photographing elements and colors that they loved, their concept was a lock.

The couple took a letterpress class at a local Brooklyn shop and printed their save the dates themselves in mid-January. The biggest challenge, they said, was in cutting the cards and lining the envelopes!

The wedding invitations were a further extension of the save the dates, and the design process was truly a collaboration, with JP setting the type and Kiera, who is also a talented illustrator, drawing the flourished letter extensions. During the process, the two said that they learned just how much they were meant for one another — don’t you just love creative projects that bring you closer to your partner? Best wishes, JP and Kiera!

You can check out many more photos of the gorgeously dreamy letterpress save the date cards and wedding invitations on Flickr, but here’s a little more pink and gold eye candy before you go:

images from Jean-Pierre Gary and Kiera Ormut-Fleishman

Cameron Moll Colosseo Letterpress Prints

July 05, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

I spotted this breathtaking letterpress print via @feltandwire on Twitter, and my jaw was on the floor as soon as I saw it. Cameron Moll, who also created a jawdropping typographic rendition of the Salt Lake Temple, has created a representation of the Roman Coliseum that is beyond words. Colosseo was handcrafted character by character over the course of 250 hours (for the original 24″ x 16″ poster — shown above is the smaller letterpress print, which features a portion of the larger artwork). Characters from the Goudy Trajan and Bembo Pro typefaces form the Coliseum, and the poster and print were letterpressed by Bryce Knudson of Bjørn Press in Provo, Utah.

A detail from the original letterpress poster, which is also available for purchase:

Both the poster and the smaller 8″ x 10″ print are available in black, as well:

A poster of glyphs, based on the work of master Italian calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino and hand-traced by Cameron for use in Colosseo, is also available. If typophiles aren’t drooling yet, then I think this letterpress poster will do it: