The Modern Materialist : Business cards

Meat My New Business Card

Alex Zalben — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Things that are totally awesome:

1. Meat

2. Lasers

And that, my friends is why Meat Cards are the most awesome business cards ever. Just listen to the text from their website:

We start with 100% beef jerky, and SEAR your contact information into it with a 150 WATT CO2 LASER. Screw die-cutting. Forget about foil, popups, or UV spot lamination. THESE business cards have two ingredients:

MEAT AND LASERS

Unlike other business cards, MEAT CARDS will retain value after the econopocalypse. Hoard and barter your calorie-rich, life-sustaining cards.

Relax guys, you've convinced me!

[Meat Cards]

[Via Boing Boing]

Facebook is My Business

Alex Zalben — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:35:00 GMT

It's only a matter of time until we all move over to the next social network, right? Twitter and Facebook seem to be existing peacefully together, MySpace is over, and Friendster is... Well, what was Friendster again?

But the day of reckoning for Facebook isn't here yet, and that's why we're still getting new twists on the site, like these business cards:

Just a concept, but a fun one nonetheless. And I think this guy would approve:

[Via Craziest Gadgets]

Best Business Card Ever?

Alex Zalben — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Considering my business card is made out of coffee grounds and a gum wrapper (if available), most business cards are the best to me. But, in the world of ALL business cards, this is easily the best ever:

Want to get one for yourself? Go work in PR at Lego. Because they're so expensive, Lego only makes them for people who regularly aren't hard at work in the plastic head-mines.

By the way, the one pictured up top, for a personal trainer, is easily the stupidest business card I've ever seen. Any card that requires follow up instructions to use isn't worth giving out.

[Via Chief Happiness Officer]

Quick Tip of the Day: Design Yourself a Clever Business Card

Steph Auteri — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Check out this clever business card design by Ji Lee. It invites the recipient to simply google your name.

A bit presumptuous, but I like it. Especially since my top Google search results are way more professional nowadays, bringing up links to my professional site, my presence on Nerve, my Freelancedom blog, my profiles on Vimeo, LinkedIn, Brazen Careerist, and Lemondrop, and my personal blog. Nothing too crazy. (My Google search results pre-marriage were a bit more shady, with "masturbation poetry" taking the top spot.)

Get yourself over to one of these way-affordable business card sites and design something equally clever. It'll make you stand out like nobody's business:

[Via Gizmodo]

Mixing Business With Pleasure

Diana Vilibert — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:51:00 GMT

I've been in search of the perfect business cards. I haven't found them yet, but I'll update you on my search. In the meantime, I found the perfect business card case to hold them...

Must. Have.

[$29, Pinup Girl Clothing]

Shrinkage

Diana Vilibert — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Things that are better when they're small:
1. kittens
2. credit card debt
3. packages

If you agree that good things do indeed come in small packages, well have I got a small package for you...

Isn't it adorable? This honey-I-shrunk-the-file cabinet holds 800 business cards and even comes with lettered tabs to keep them all alphabetized. Who knew something less than five inches long could be so useful?

[$12.99, ThinkGeek]

Business Cards For Your Ears

Alex Zalben — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Cool business card, right? Wrong!

They're actually earplugs you can carry around in your wallet, that snap in and out of their business card sized case. Nifty?

[Via Yanko Design]

Moo Cards

Wendy Atterberry — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT

If you're like me, you probably have a million digital photos saved in some photo file on your computer--maybe you even have a bunch posted on Flickr where they've collected hundreds of comments and have been "favorited" by lots of people. You love your photos, but I bet you've never even bothered to print most of them. Why? Because what are you going to do with the prints--stick them in some album you never look at? Great. But what if you could use your photos in a practical way? What if you could turn them into gift cards or notecards or postcards or business cards? Check it out: Moo.com takes all your favorite Flickr photos and turns them into cards you can actually use. No more corny business cards from your day job--start handing out your info on cards that actually reflect who you are, not what you do in some office from 9-5 (unless that is who you are, in which case, um...yeah...good for you. I guess.).

[starting at $9.99, Moo]