Some of you may know that I’m majorly (huh, I always thought ‘majorly’ was a legitimate word- not according to WordPress) obsessed with typography and stationery. I even wrote an entry about how I wanted to get my own business cards.
Well… here they are! I just put the order in.
I wanted something very simple and yet eye-catching. These are the cards I designed with Moo.
All the fronts will be a variation shown above. I didn’t want a cheesy image grabbed from Flickr, and since I’m not a company (and will probably never use my own name, even if I do start a company), I didn’t want to design a logo either. So… email. Functional. Simple. Unassuming. The back is very clean and concise as well. Just my name, cell, email and this website. No Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Hi5, Bebo, etc. I figured, once they go online, it’ll be easy to find all that other stuff. I mean it’s on the front page of janyxu.com.
It’s utilitarian with a fun font and from what I’ve seen, pretty rare. (If anyone loves the first Ocean’s Eleven as much as I did, you’ll probably remember Daniel Ocean’s calling card. Damn, it was sexy. I wish I could find a picture of it.)
My only fear is that the paper weight of the cards (I don’t think Moo uses very heavy paper) will make the cards look too bare. But that’s a risk I’m definitely willing to take.
What do you think?
2 Comments
August 11, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Hi Jany,
Danny Ocean’s card looked like this - http://www.liongraphics.com/BusinessCards/HollywoodStyle.htm
Not quite as awesome in 2D but simple nonetheless.
If you’re interested in getting some slick letterpress calling cards, you should check out Brooklyn Social Cards.
http://brooklynsocialcards.com/
They’re made by Moontree Letterpress which also does beautiful custom letterpress work.
http://moontree.wordpress.com/
August 11, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for the link. I think it looked so cool in the movie because you can see that it’s embossed and a nice creamy, matte paper.
I’ve seen Brooklyn Social Cards before and totally love the site. I guess the only two things that kept me from going with them is 1) I wanted something glossy and 2) I love the designs but wanted something super unique and having a variation seemed like it would cost a lot. BUT, if anyone’s interested in having amazing, artistic card, you should check them out.
Thanks for the comment!
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