Notes on business card design
Short pieces on making cards people actually keep.
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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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