December 12, 2024
By Web Designers for Web Designers
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15 Beautifully Minimal Business Cards

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Following yesterday’s business card giveaway kick-off, I thought it would be appropriate to show some more beautiful cards from Card Observer. This time we’re going to look at those cards that are both minimal in color scheme and design elements. This minimalism in design is what makes these business cards so beautiful and effective. But since there’s not a lot going on with the design of these cards, the elements that are printed have to spot-on. That’s why it’s so important to find the right business cards printing services.

If you want to see more details about the cards, just click on the images.

Bryon Darby

Bryon Darby

Job Design

Job Design

February

February

Aaron Kapor

Aaron Kapor

Portsmouth Tea Co

Portsmouth Tea Co

Frederick Van

Frederick Van

IQ Videography

IQ Videography

Fuse

Fuse

Agency ND

Agency ND

Bellucci Stores

Bellucci Stores

Justine Ungaro

Justine Ungaro

Elemental Architecture

Elemental Architecture

Playful

Playful

Precision Networking

Precision Networking

Another Limited Rebellion, Inc.

Another Limited Rebellion, Inc.

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85 Comments

  1. Freelancer Crowd Reply

    Fuse is lovable.
    Bump/relief cards look good when you give them, but are not very practical in a long run as they age pretty bad.

  2. Brandon Cox Reply

    Awesome post – I’ve been needing to design business cards for myself for quite some time – maybe I’ll get started today… and I’ll keep it minimal. Thanks!

  9. oak Reply

    All of these cards are stunning. This post also reinforces for me the importance of good presentation and great photography to really make the designs sing.

    I love the use of camera angles and depth of field and contrast in so many of these pictures. It’s the difference between the perception of a merely good card and a truly great design.

  11. laura Reply

    I am looking at my cards right now and feeling sorry for them… Poor things never had a chance! LOL. Maybe we should do a HandBookLive video manual on business cards. Doesn’t quite fit our format though 🙂
    Anyway, I feel inspired, so thanks!

  12. Kathleen Reply

    These are beautiful. I just love minimal. 🙂 It’s not simple and it allow you to just feel everything else instead of what is through the eyes. The texture, the quality of the wording…

  15. krisis Reply

    Fully a third of these are awful. Pretty fonts, reverse type, and embossing do not make something beautiful – and certainly not useful! Pretty things get looked at and then tossed. If your business card has ceased to be a card to both brand and contact your business with, then you have failed.

  17. Mike Reply

    Ugh. Hint to designers: Business cards are white. White, white, white. Or maybe some light pastel shade. Business cards are not black. Why are business cards not black? So that we can make notes on the back about who this person is. A black business card is useless, and I toss them in the trash.

    Same for non-standard sizes and shapes. Design is above all about working within the requirements.

  19. Mel Reply

    Minimal ? What is your definition of minimal I am wondering. Embossed cards are anything but minimal in my regard. Minimal is what I can print out of my inkjet printer, not $3 per piece business card wanna-be.

    Get your facts straight dude(ette)

  27. Erich Quist Reply

    Hi,

    Does anyone know where some of these cards were printed? I’m looking for an online printer that will print on a wide selection matte black paper and maybe even offer spot glossing.

    Maybe I need to go to a local print shop…

    Thanks.

  28. John Reply

    These are really great designs. I always prefer business cards that are not too fancy but have a strong character and aesthetics to them. This is delicious-worthy.

  30. bob Reply

    These cards sure do look pretty, but my engineer’s eye just sees a lot of wasted space. Where’s the person’s email, phone, website, pager, and other contact info?

    What is a business card, if not a way to pass contact info in a standardized form?

    Sorry to say but as beautiful/artistic as these cards are, they’re useless beyond that

  31. Shannon Reply

    I do did the minimalism. However, the cost of not having the contact information on some of these cards (like Frederick Van) negates the advantage of a neat design.

    Do we expect people to google the name? Why make it harder for potential customers to find you?

  34. Yana Reply

    @Mel Minimal refers to the design not the price. I the only thing on the card is a name, I don’t care if it’s embossed, foil stamped, diamond encrusted, it’s still minimal.

  35. Smithwood Reply

    I have to laugh at some of these negative comments. A business card should represent you and your brand. And that’s not always “white, white, white”. In fact, if you’re an agency, that will likely get you “ignored, ignored, ignored”.

    Business cards have a rich history, and for practicality’s sake, they’ve been replaced by smart phones and computers and such. Now they are small introductions and say volumes about the person presenting them and who they represent.

    So I for one find many of these sublime, beautiful, and very very purposeful. I personally don’t want to give a card to someone who needs to write notes on the back. Obviously I’ve not made the right impression.

    Rock on!

  37. rick Reply

    RED ALERT! You will regret your black/dark business card the moment you try to write down a note on it. And you can be assured your prospective client will be frustrated as well!

    At least make the back solid white or close to it.

  44. Zayne S Halsall Reply

    Hi,

    Excellent collection of cards, so thanks for that.

    Perhaps it might be worthwhile having a standard method of photographing these cards? The way they’re done now it’s hard to easily compare or judge how the card would look in “normal” lighting and angles…

    -zsh

  46. Nate Johnson Reply

    Yeah, but what do these business cards GUARANTEE? They’re not dye-cut, foil stamped, OR embossed. They are crap. They probably didn’t even take 25 years to develop.

  51. Aaron Reply

    Writing on a business card, especially a designer’s card is an insult. Shame on the uninitiated who write on people’s business cards. How many cards do you get in a day that you can’t remember this person’s card. It was the best card ever and you want to deface it???? My gawd, how tacky.

    Another reason why some would not want writing on their cards was car dealers. I worked for Honda for years and once a salesperson wrote a price on a card, the unloyal customer would take that card to another dealer. If you want to write notes, use note paper or something else.

    I really have a difficult time understanding why anyone would deface a designers card. Idiotic if you ask me. I didn’t even touch on the cultural issues of writing on a business card when in Asia. Just simply a BAD idea. I see this as a largely North American phenomenon, where we simply don’t know any better and care more about fastfood (for example) than business etiquette.

    1. PG Reply

      I’m with Alex. Aaron, lighten up. If a designer’s biz card is such a ‘work of art’ then they’ll more than likely have a version framed behind glass somewhere.

      Also, have you considered that the card is part of ‘stationery’? Helloooo… is the letterhead not to be written on either? Geeez.

  52. Alex H Reply

    What are you so banged up about dude? Are you talking about when you design a biz card with text on it? Or when people actually write on the biz card to deface it? Who cares what you think, people are allowed to design it anyway they want. Have you heard of typography, it is a pretty big deal you know in terms of communication AND design.

  57. mauco Reply

    I just love the minimalist concept in everything. pity I didn’t get to see these designs before we launched our new card designs. Great post.

  60. Tabrez Reply

    Business cards are not objects of desire which are meant to end up on a shelf in a museum. It is only a piece of paper which serves as an introduction, and yes, it is meant to impress, but there is clearly nothing wrong with writing on a card. God forbid if someone creased one of the above cards! Graphic designed objects are meant to be used, written on, age etc etc.

    Regarding these cards, I’m not sure if I’ve become completely cynical with design, by I agree with the comment above that these are cards by designers for designers. Although, the Bryon Darby one is extremely beautiful!

  72. Robby Reply

    I have created some nice designs like these and, though we can all see they are pretty, they were rejected by GrpahicRiver. Isn’t it a wierd world when we all like this style except GR ?

  79. Grant Reply

    Absolutely love the first one! I like my cards minimalist and letterpressed–though most of the time those kinds of cards are the more expensive ones. But it’s worth it.

  80. Tania Reply

    Really awesome collection. I recently start working on designing after finishing my +2, and now i really want to see my design here, thanks 4 inspiring me..

  82. Bitten By Design - Syndey Freelancer Reply

    It is nice to see the letterpress and embossing being used so well. These days with digital printing being so cheap, it is nice to see people take that extra step and get something done to add to the look and feel of the card rather than just rely on the low cost of digital printing.

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