Since recently joining the Twitter community, I been introduced to a diverse range of creative and talented persons that share my same passion for graphic/web design, web development and blogging.
I asked my designer, developer and blogger friends on Twitter if they would like their business cards featured in my next blog post (add me on Twitter so you don’t miss out next time). Here’s the outcome. Drum roll please…
Brian Hoff (me)
Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Blogger | www.brianhoff.net | Twitter
Viximo
Design Evangelist | http://blog.viximo.com | Twitter
Doug Cloud
Artist, Writer, Blogger | http://dcblog.net/ | Twitter
Ronica Design
Graphic and Web Designer | http://ronicadesign.carbonmade.com/ | Twitter
Hot Glue Media
The card says exactly what she does | hotgluemedia.com | Twitter
Mayhem Studios
Develops identity and brand recognition / Blogger | http://www.mayhemstudios.com/blog/ | Twitter
Arron M. Lock
Focus on logo development; Blogger | http://www.arronlock.com/ | Twitter
OnWired
Graphic Design and Web Development | http://onwired.com | Twitter
MCG Studio, LLC
Small studio specializing in interactive design and development | http://www.mcgstudio.com/ | Twitter
LogoMotives
Engineering creative identity design | http://www.jfisherlogomotives.com/ | Twitter
3Stairs
Graphic Artist, Typesetter, Web Designer | http://3stairs.com/ | Twitter
Tamar Design+Marketing (TD+M)
Design+Marketing Studio; print, identity, and web design | http://www.tamardesignmarketing.com/ | Twitter
JustCreativeDesign
Graphic, Logo and Web Design w/ an exceptional blog | http://justcreativedesign.com/ | Twitter
Huddy Design
Flash Designer | http://www.huddydesign.com/ | Twitter
Silver Solutions
Web and Software Application Developer | http://www.silver-solutions.co.uk/ | Twitter
iDesign Studios
Custom Web Designer and front-end Web Developer | http://www.idesignstudios.com/blog/ | Twitter
Visual Dexterity
Graphic and Web Designer | http://visualdexterity.com/ | Twitter
SEI Design Group
Architectural Design Firm | http://www.seidesigngroup.com/ | Twitter
Fuel Brand Studios
Designer http://adellecharles.com/ and Blogger http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/ | Twitter
Chad Engle
Print, Web and Package Designer | http://ceaweed.com/ramble/ | Twitter
R27.CreativeLab
A Creative Studio | http://www.r27.co.uk/ | Twitter
Train Machine
Web and User Interface Design | http://www.trainmachine.com/ | Twitter
CMD+Shift Design
Web Design and front-end Developer | http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/ | Twitter
Rocking I Designs
Visual Communication Studio | http://www.rockingidesigns.com/ | Twitter
Niki Brown
Graphic and Web Designer | http://nikibrown.com/ | Twitter
Green Tea Design
Freelance Web Designer | http://greenteadesign.ca/ | Twitter
Are you a Graphic or Web Designer who uses Twitter and would like to add their business cards? Feel free to critique our cards. I’m sure we would all enjoy some feedback 
Also, check out JustTweetIt.com co-created by Adelle Charles (card above; Fuel+Brand Studios) to search directories of graphic designers (and other categories) who are on Twitter. Great resource to meet new friends!
nice job behoff. Great post. I think we are all starting to build a nice little design community on twitter.
Wow, now thats what you call kick ass business cards, Thank you Brian for including mines amongst the list. It trully is amazing with what people can do with just a small business card, and yet for the creative idea to have an ever lasting effect on someone.
Keep up the good work!
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I agree Chad! and BIG THANKS to everyone who participated this time around
Thanks Brian!! some beauties there.
River Girl´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
Thanks for including me!
And all I can say is WOW - what gorgeous cards from everyone! Twitter has a very talented crowd of users, that’s for sure!
Selene M. Bowlby´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
oh wow. i totally got frustrated.
these are awesome!
now take mine out, pls. kthxbai. haha
Anca´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
Some great cards there! Love the variation from one to another
Tom Sinclair´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
There are some great looking cards here! Thanks for including me in this post!
Liz´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
Great job getting these together, some really good cards, makes me want to design one now, nikis varnish finish looks rather cool ( if it is varnish )
Max | Design Shard´s latest post..Lovable Links: Design Resources Search Engine
well these totally make me want to redesign my card!!! haha :/ Nice work, everyone!! You’re all very talented and have some pretty spiffy style.
thanks for including mine in the group, Brian.
Sarah Hudson´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
What fantastic talent.. Love this blog - kudos to the designers
Pamela Jacob´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Thanks for including the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives card in this collection. The variety of cards is great.
Jeff Fisher LogoMotives´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Additional business cards can be viewed here
http://www.brianyerkes.com/business-cards-of-bloggers/
Brian Yerkes´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Just wanted to thank you for putting this together, a nice bunch of quality business cards.
Jacob Cass´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Those sure are some sexy cards. Great job to all of you on your business card designs. Thanks Behoff.
Arron Lock´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Thanks Brain for putting the list together and the opportunity to submit my card too.
Congrats every, great looking business cards!
- Cal
mayhemstudios´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Nice collection Brain, nice to see the creativity in the card designs
Awesome . some nice cards..
Martin Newham´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Awesome designs, I love business cards. Any of you designers for hire? I happen to need a business card design. You can find me on Twitter here. Thanks for the inspiration Brian.
Mark Fulton´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Great list!
I’ll use this list for my ispiration to made my card
pizzulata´s latest post..26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
Mark,
I am sure all of these designers, including myself are available for hire.
Brian,
Great list you have going on yourself. I’ll be submitting mine shortly
Pamela,
I’m glad you like the blog…Makes me happy!
Thanks, Brian for the great post!
Thanks for including me! Could you change my link to http://nikibrown.com ? Thanks!
Wow, some real beauties! What a great selection everyone : D
Thanks Brian for you hard work on this post and including me in the mix!
Great cards Brian. Kind of makes me want to go back to the drawing board with my own! Good job everyone and thanks for contributing!
Brian, thanks for including us in your business card roundup. It’s really nice to see some new stuff after all of those “Top 2000 Best of the Best Business Cards” posts that just show the same stuff over and over again — the one printed on the rubber band that you have to stretch to read, funky die-cut metal, etc.
Sweet Post … you might have to do a part 2. So I can get my card in.
I’m with Steve. Here’s mine: http://www.sleepyhero.com/business_card.html
Hey Brian, thanks for this fabulous post. It was great to see the impressive work of my fellow designer Twitterers. Nicely done!
Thanks for the post… I’ve also noticed about a quadrillion new follows today, probably in response.
Great idea, good marketing post, and lots of good business card ideas. I am digging this post!
Love seeing some high quality card design. Especially loved viximo’s card. High quality. I’m always surprised when designers don’t make the effort to have an absolutely SWEET card. It really makes the old card exchange at conferences much more fun! Yes, that’s right, I’m talking to you… this list should have 100s of great examples on it. If you’re a designer, you need a beautiful card.
kat
Nice lineup. I adore Doug Cloud’s cards, so cute and outstanding
iDesign Studios card looks sexy. Simple but effective.
This makes it even harder for me to come up with something great for my cards.
Thx for the post, love it!
Thanks for the include. I like yours the best!
Wow. Got some nice ones there. Still working on mine. Then again, aren’t designers always re-designing their own things?
Niki,
Your link has been updated.
Josh,
I agree. After seeing everyone elses, I think I am going to rework my business cards again
Steve,
I will definitely be holding a part 2, in the near future. So stay tuned on Twitter
Eli,
Great looking card! Be sure to submit your biz card next time for part 2
Everyone else,
Thanks and glad you all enjoyed it!
Business cards from bloggers.
Great work! Here is mine
http://www.imaginarydesign.co.uk/images/business_card.jpg
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Imaginary Design,
Great looking cards…The elaborate flourishes on the back compliments the clean, “open” front where your names appears extremely well… Good stuff
Health,
Just briefly checked out your website. Looks pretty goo at first glance, and the prices seem rather competitive. Thanks for the info.
Excellent - thanks for pulling this together, Brian!
(As an aside, the hot glue media card above is for my partner, Meredith, who is @braindouche on Twitter. I’m @daniellenelson, and my card is at http://flickr.com/photos/30079024@N06/2945313294/)
Dani,
Your and Meredith’s cards are great. I really enjoy the color palette and the simplicity of the cards. Plus the vertical orientation is a nice change of pace for viewing a business card. Thanks!
Hi Brian,
Great idea for a post. I’ve linked to my personal business card through my name, and you’ll find me on Twitter at the below address:
http://www.twitter.com/davidairey
David,
Beautiful business card - Love the choice of substrate you used instead of standard card stock. Good stuff!
Thanks very much, Brian. My card is one of my favourite print projects, given the time necessary for personal design projects (often much longer than those for clients).
Order some new cards last week and was looking for inspiration then, now I stumble across this, a week too late - typical!
Excellent resource for inspiration though, and some great looking cards on show.
Mark
Creative cards. My next project re-design everything I have and use some of the designers here. Thanks
A lot of nice looking cards but one thing is not one has a call to action or point of difference on them. Even though cards look nice if they say the same thing as a card that doesnt look great what is the real differnence.
Would you want your card to not only look different but be different as well.
Just my 2 cents.
Rich
Niki Brown gets my vote as favorite card. That design is awesome.
Wow! Awesome cards. I’ve bookmarked this post and will come back when I’m ready to design my own business card. Don’t think I need one for my current profession of “wannabee web designer”.
Great article!
These are all great, but my faves include the Silver Solutions one, which at first I didn’t like with the “Age†listed – I think that’s weird, but then the lady bug blurb made me smile. Very cute! I like the Logo Motives one also – very clever with the Monopoly look. I also like Arron Lock’s b/c of the “ninja†look to go with his title. I like yours’ as well since I’m a fan of straight, clean lines – reminds me of Mondrian art.
Great collection of cards! It’s fun to see other designs. I always get new ideas from different designs.
I don’t think I could pick a favorite - they’re all pretty cool!
~ Annie
Wow these are some great cards! I like the black and green on the cards from MCG Studio, LLC
Wow! Thats a great list. Thanks for sharing
http://www.productivedreams.com
http://twitter.com/gopalraju
Too late to request a critique / addition?
http://www.laffing-horse.com/grafx/biz-card-1108.jpg
I’m no longer a designer by profession, as you’ll see when you look at my card. And my card may violate every current design law.
The cards above are all quite nice, but at least 2 violate laws I learned when practicing.
Ah, well, laws change and old dogs new tricks, right?
Shawn,
Thanks for the comment. Just took a look at your business cards, and as per your request here is my critique in short…
The two separate sides makes the card and your business seem disconnecting, as if you had 2 completely different businesses on 1 card. Also in my opinion, the Papyrus font selection mixed with the arial font on the contact info, does not seem to work well. One (papyrus) is a decorative font, while arial/helvetica is a more modern font.
Hope this little bit helps. Let me know if you need any more help or critique?
You’re absolutely right! I’ve had a rough time trying to combine the aspects of both sides of my crafts business (fiber arts and brooms) and so, after months of trying to find a unifying theme, I gave up and decided that a split personality was better than no personality at all.
I’ve always felt that logotype should be kept away from the info and vice versa. hence the use of 3 faces in the card… the Papyrus and the script being the logo and the Arial conveys info only. What combination would others suggest?
really a nice post here! joining you guys on twitter (http://twitter.com/aslammemon) hope to see all of u there
Very Very Very Nice Cards.
Thanks !
Those are some fantastic designs, these are lucky to have you do this for them.
great works…!!
i am junior designer from malaysia.
i am not so much confidence to complete my first job about business card design.
may i just submit my few designs and let u all take a look my work…?
thanks u very much… (please forgive my poor english)…:)
Nice piece of works. Thanks. I really enjoy all the stuff. So nice.
kimberly ventura
Inspirational… Graphic designers have all the fun. Those who are in the *creative* arts — particularly those in graphical arts - can really go to the max with your cards and other marketing materials and make them eye-catching.
Some cards have to still be those *boring* institutional cards (you don’t see too many accountants and lawyers going wild with their card/marcom designs, do you?)…
Ah well. I’d like to error on the wild side. And this post really gave me some ideas!
Thanks for the pictures and descriptions!
Regards,
Dave Gardner aka EditorDave
Very Nice Desings.
Thanks for your post. GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
Krishan
Some truly beautiful business cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’ve been looking for some good business card inspiration. This is the first list that is actually creative, beautiful, and not too weird.
graphic designer here, thanks for the post. anybody needs a designer for freelance contact me. I have 9 years of real experience.
These guys are a great resource for new design trends and information. I’m also a web/graphic designer… follow me: http://twitter.com/iBlend
Wow! such a wonderful display of business cards but the one really caught my eye was Niki Brown’s business card - its simple and yet artistic.
Lots of great visual design, however, from a naming perspective many of these are on the less-strong side, imo.
This is a really interesting post! Just Creative, CMD + Shift and Niki Brown are the only card that look like they’ve been created by a graphic designer, the rest look like they’ve been done by an accountant with a mac, there is more to Graphic Design than making pretty pictures and its really quite obvious to see here who has it and who doesn’t. It’s the wanna-be’s in the industry that perpetuate bad design like this. If only you needed a degree to practice not just the Abode creative suite package….
I am probably an outsider not in your target audience, however for me I’d like to see more commentary. e.g. xxx has powerful palette, 12pt font is a little too big/too small , nice shape but still doesn’t fit in your wallet, or something like that…
Hi there, nice cards,
would like to add ours
http://www.terra-preta.nl/blog/proces-van-schets-tot-realisatie-tp-visitekaartje/
http://www.twitter.com/terra_preta
But why have none of the cards got a Twitter address on them?
Surely if you are bothering to Twitter you want people to follow your feed?
Or is Twitter seen as too unprofessional for a business card?
What Oli Wright said is very true, some of those are horrible and some are great. Sorry Brian I dont like yours much, it looks so corporate and uninspired
Nice Collection, the best creativity in these card designs.
wow.is very good .i’m from china.
very nice….. cards…..very attractive…..
thanks..to share .this…
The CMD+SHIFT card is superb.
Great post and inspirations! I follow a lot of these guys blogs, its cool to see their business cars.
Thanks!
Good stuff. Starting to kick around new business card ideas and it’s always good to see what others are doing.
I am always pleased with business card blog posts. But this one is fantastic. I must say though, your card is the best of them all. Very modular.
Some of those cards are just so well thought out.
I hope ours can compete next time!
http://www.gotham.com.au/images/business-card-design-gotham.jpg
thanks a lot
Some of these are just plain weird…
In the sense that I expected weird and got normal in many cases… I love the designs of Ronice, huddy and chad engle
An excellent resource of information i will certainly return to check on the latests posts. I m working on My few bolgs and i want to bring traffic on them.
All business cards are designed well, Good collection, Well Done!
I love the Ronica Design artwork. Great design
Great inspiration! There’s so many awesome cards out there.
mybusinesscarddesign.com
Very nice! Here is my card:
http://aureliandesign.blogspot.com/2009/11/contact-aurelian-design.html
Business card revised and placed on my new domain…
http://aureliandesign.com/ADCard.png
Fantastic Collection, thanks!
Off to follow…
FreePrintingSamples.com
these are some truly amazing business cards i have seen!thanks for sharing this amazing 26 business cards with us which will inspire us to make some of our own.
Nice collection. Inspirational
I LOVE business cards - especially creative cards like these. Thanks for sharing these inspirational designs.
Wow… I am speechless… I feel like such a rookie! LOL… mine isn’t posted here .. and I am going to do a new one before I submit! haha! Wow.. I enjoyed seeing all this awesome talent! You peeps are great inspiration!
Melody C. Montgomery
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