Eye Candy: Cool Letterpress Business Cards July 20, 2008
We printed some very cool letterpress business card designs this week and wanted to share a few of our favorites with you. These three cards are unique in their own way. The first card was printed by us at Dolce Press but designed by Cara Kleid (left). We thought this 2 color card emphasized a nice way to combine illustration with a creative font layout.
The second card (center) we designed and printed for Tina Chang who wanted an elegant card with a flair so, we decided to do a subtle background in transparent white so the card wasn’t overpowered with color. The transparent white is an easy way to get a color 1 shade darker than the paper.
The last card (right) was again printed by us at Dolce press but designed by David Caso. We actually took 1 of his cards, scored and folded it. When we spoke with David, he told us that he had different intentions for the card. He was going to cut the 3.5 x 2.5 business card and dry mount them to make a duplex card. He is also considering adding rounded corners. When he is done putting the finishing touches on this great card, he promises to send us a few to photograph for the blog. So if your interested in seeing the finshed card, definitely check back on our blog.
Check out our flickr letterpress card album for more business card designs.
Letterpress is underutilized these days. As new technology emerges too often we overlook previous technology that can offers very specific and unique qualities that can not be achieved any other way.
Great work!
Comment by Reno — July 20, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Texture can certainly make your business card different. My favorite is the second one.
Comment by Matt Lilly — July 21, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hi,
What stock is each of these printed on? They are fantastic!
Comment by Bill Sherman — July 25, 2008 at 12:05 pm
hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information
Comment by letterpress-Fan — August 1, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks! Good job.
Comment by Janet26 — August 3, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I love your blog!
Comment by Simonbike — August 5, 2008 at 8:10 am
[…] Dolce Press prints out beautiful business cards with the letterpress process. These three cards are all unique in their own way. The first card was designed by Cara Kleid (left). This beautiful 2 color card emphasizes how to combine illustration with a creative font layout and the very cool letterpress printing process. The second card (center) we designed and printed for Tina Chang who wanted an elegant card with a flair so, Dole Press decided to do a subtle background in transparent white so the card wasn’t overpowered with color. The last card (right) was again printed by Dolce Press but designed by David Caso. It was printed, scored, and folded. […]
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That is great, You made an ordinary business card look extraordinary.
Comment by Anthony — September 10, 2008 at 6:26 pm