These are some funky business cards we printed for John @ John Waire Photography. The cards are super thick, printed on 600gsm off-white cotton paper, using a combination of transparent white, medium gray, and kermit the frog green inks.
Our photos do a good job showing the cards from almost every angle but we aren’t photographers by any definition (except maybe the amateur one). John did a much better job of capturing the beauty of these cards, I especially like this photo he took:
Take a look at a great series of photos called the “Daily Dose O’Mady“ for some real candid shots taken by John on his blog!
The latte ink we used to print these letterpress business cards for photographer Sarah Kate was the perfect color. With all of the custom inks we mix everyday (almost every color we print is mixed by hand), this is one we just haven’t tried before. Its especially nice when printed with chocolate brown (the color of the text) to provide contrast. The thick cotton paper used means that the white space in between the lines of the logo as well as the distressed parts of the lines are puffed up. When you run your hands over the design you can feel the texture.
Small text is more difficult to print, especially 6pt text, since the counters will fill in if you’re rollers aren’t set properly. Thankfully, the chocolate colored text has minimal ink coverage allowing it all to be printed in a single pass. Choosing the right font is critical as well, some fonts just don’t work when shrunk down.
John-Bryan Hopkins, the man behind Foodimentary, writes about all things food from cool facts and great recipes to food-related holidays and great food finds. Not only is he considered one of the most retweeted individuals on twitter, Foodimentary was awarded a prestigious Shorty award for “Best in Food” in 2008.
We printed these pretty awesome cards for him, which were designed by Ryan Davis at the G Brand (some very talented individuals). We’ve noticed lately that more and more people are including a twitter handle on their business cards (take a look at the back of the cards on the bottom left for the blue twitter logo). The photos say it all:
