A design collation

I've always been a big fan of good, well executed design. I'm usually the one that gets branded a pedant because I like a design to be perfect. I like the sleek, clinical whites that Apple use for their branding, the colours and style of the Firefox logo. Working here, I'm fortunate enough to get the chance to see hundreds of unique and wonderful designs every week and I often scour the packing belts for cards that I like. It can be very inspiring to see the power of a good logo or design that stands above the rest.

We're all brought up on the basis that we're to share good things, so over the next few months, I'd like to share with you a few designs, ideas and items I've picked up in the factory over the past few weeks. After working here for a few years, still I'm impressed with new and exciting ways in which our customers design their business cards. It's important, no matter what sector of business you're in, that your cards make a decent first impression. The couple I've picked out to talk about certainly grabbed my eyes as good cards with excellent implementation of colour, design and layout.

Alison Faulkner's business card wasn't an upload design, it was in fact one of our most popular templates on our website. What made it stand out to me was the colours that she decided upon. It's common knowledge that the retro look is 'in' at the moment and that fact has certainly been reflected in recent business card orders. The combination of duck-egg blue and pale pink makes for a very effective and easy-on-the-eye look. You can see Alison's card below.

Leaving the retro look behind and moving swiftly to the equally popular modern look, the guys at Radflek had their cards designed by Paul Holt who created a very crisp and clean design. When I first saw the cards, my mind was instantly drawn back to Apple's iPod advertising campaign (both on the television and in posters) that featured crisp, blocky characters dancing to music on their iPods. Eye catching colours and a sleek image make this one stand out from the crowd. Nicely done Paul!


I'll pop another couple of designs on as soon as possible. I originally planned to do one long blog post but I though it'd be better if I split it into a few pieces and spaced them out over a few weeks. Easier on the eyes that way and it's less time consuming.

If you've designed business cards with us and you think your design is worthy of a blog mention, please do send me an email on nick@goodprint.co.uk and I'll see what I can do! Anything to inspire us and others is welcome!

Cheers!

Nick