carma - business cards

I like this. The black/white contrast between the sides is sharp and the blue is very appealing.

The line break is a little confusing at first glance, but I figured it out pretty quick.

In terms of your objectives I think you're spot on. You will want to find a good printer for these, though, since solid black can rub off in a bad way, making a mess of your client's pocket/wallet/hand and turning a sharp presentation into a smudgy mess.

If it's a huge pain then maybe try it with a 50% grey instead of black, which would also open up the front side for even more notes.

My first reaction was - "WOW - this looks great!"

The black backside is slick and professional looking, while the white side is clean and elegant - and really has an "anything is possible" air to it - the blank space seems to invite creativity.

Also, I'm really digging the texture of the paper you used.

Upon closer inspection - I found I had a small beef with the design:

This card looks perfect for a creative director/designer etc. but upon visiting the company site, I realized that their main product is some sort of vehicle monitoring system. So I imagine that a lot of the card holders will be engineers and technicians. This design doesn't sit as well for me with their job description.

I really like it, simple and professional, so many cards have been going the other way. It also leaves room for notes if you have a 'elevator' meeting with a potential client, perfect for marketing. If I got one of these I would keep it.

Great job!

I like the front with the logo and I strongly suggest you to use http://www.overnightprints.com: they are cheap and the paper quality is amazing. But I am suggesting them because they have this thing called UVSpot (free) and rounded corners ($2.00). The UVSpot is a glossy spot that you could use on the logo only. It gives the card a very rich and distinctive look. It really looks like you spent lots of money on it.

And this is what I would do on your card:

CARD FRONT It is already great. The position you chose for the logo works really well within the given rectangular area. It is almost as if you have found the golden proportions for this card. As I suggested before use the glossy only over the logo and put rounded corners, that would match the logo rounded letters.

CARD BACK I think the pixel font is great (I am a fan of pixel fonts), but I think it still needs some work. It feels rather lost and incomplete. Maybe you should think of working in somehow the little ">" from the logo. Also, instead of using a "/" to separate the title from the name you should use a solid bar or even the ">" from the logo. Bring some element from the front onto the back (maybe...); all these are only suggestions.

This link bellow has amazing inspirational ideas, please take a look: http://www.noupe.com/design/50-beautiful-business-card-designs.html

By the way, this one card looks like with what I described as UVSpot: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdnnoupe/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beautifulbusinesscards15.jpg

Good job.

The only gripe I'd have is the font, but that's only because I have a personal thing with pixellated fonts! On this specific occasion though it looks great.

I love the subtleties here, the use of the same blue either side shows great attention to detail.

Really nice, love them!

I would have used a font which is a bit more curvy, for the name and phone number part.

I love everything about this very basic card! The font chosen for the contact information is spot on, the white and black contrast for front and back is perfect and the minimalist design on the face is great... I would not change a thing.

There's white space and then there's WHITE SPACE! I understand the idea behind leaving room for notes, but while it does look clean it also looks very barren and unless you can convince them to print on nicer stock it looks a little cheap. But if you print on a matte or glossy you lose the "room for notes" concept you were going for. Once again I understand the idea of combing the person's name/email and website into one, it's cool and I got it. But you'd be surprised how many people have no idea how email addresses work. I even have a someone ask me where the @ symbol was in their website url.

But overall from a pure design point of view it's very nice. I like the retro looking computer font and the color choice

I really like the concept and think it's simplicity is what makes it so strong.

Good work.

I really like your concept here. It follow very well the KISS concept while offering in a minimalistic and clean way the necessary informations. I also love the texture of the paper and the font. I wouldn't change anything to these cards, I just love them.

Hey, I really like it - i just wonder if it needs a bigger deal made out of the employee name on the front.... other than that its great!