Tart cards, calling card for the world’s oldest profession

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 18 June, 2009 to the design and art subset

A collection of “Tart Cards”, which are usually placed in London phone boxes by local prostitutes, to advertise their services.
Even if a police crackdown, the internet and the increasing use of mobile phones suggest their days are numbered, tart cards are still so pervasive they are now regarded as items of accidental art and have [...]

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Cut size business cards for a cut size economy

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 18 May, 2009 to the design and art subset

Leonardo Borges’ reduced size business cards for recessionary times.

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Beautifully designed unique business cards

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 March, 2009 to the design and art subset

Who needs generic, template designed, corporate business cards anymore?!

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Sharp edged business cards better suit lawyers

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 10 March, 2009 to the comment subset

Could a business card could be considered a concealed weapon in the hands of a lawyer?
Take into consideration the edges of your business card. A spa, for example, may make better use of a rounded card. It’s softer and feels more relaxed. A very serious law firm, as another example, who likes to keep things [...]

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You are what your business card says you are

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 6 March, 2009 to the design and art subset

If these were mine the space would always be blank!

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Something old, something yellow, a 110 business card

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 September, 2008 to the design and art subset

Alister Cameron is asking people to dig up the oldest business card they can lay their hands on, and post a photo of it.
The oldest example I could find is this card from my web design days in 2000 – during the dot-com boom – when I was working for (the sadly now defunct) Sydney [...]

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Calling Cards 2.0

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Don’t leave home without your… calling cards. I’m not entirely sure of the exact difference between calling cards and business cards (which I do sometimes forget to take when I leave home), but the former are apparently making a comeback.
In the 1800s, there was a certain logic – and a cool distance – to the [...]

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Don’t design new business cards until you’ve seen these…

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 3 July, 2008 to the design and art subset

Fantastic collection of well designed business cards.
Very inspirational. :)

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Cool business card designs

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 28 April, 2008 to the design and art subset

Cool business card designs.
A simple calling card with a name and phone number just doesn’t cut it anymore…

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Rip my heart apart…

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 9 April, 2008 to the design and art subset

Marisa Schmidt, a “couple therapist” has some super cool business cards which are bound to make her stand out from others in her field.
Marriage counselling anyone?
Via Advertising/Design Goodness.

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