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30 Best Graphic Designer Business Cards Sure to Inspire

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For obvious reasons, graphic designers and other professionals in the creative fields have the most visually appealing and creative business cards. How can other people trust them to design their business cards if they themselves do not have a business cards to show off their skills? So, whether you are a freelancer or you own your own design firm, it is crucial to have business cards for your graphic design business as this serve as the best tool to let other people know what you do. Here is a compilation of what we think are the best business cards of graphic designers from all over the world. Read Best Design News

28 Most Creative Business Cards from 2010

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One needs plenty of ideas, creative juices and inspiration when designing a business card. As graphic designer, you need to consider so many things before you can come up with a concept. With a limited space, the challenge to design a business card that speaks of the product or services that it is promoting. In this post, we gathered together what we think are the most creative business card designs released from January-July 2010. Read Best Design News

Letterpress wedding invitations showcase: 25 Great Examples

Letterpress printing remains to be one of the most popular for wedding invitations. Many couples prefer letterpress wedding invitation cards because they look elegant and formal. Letterpress also gives invitations a unique texture and depth, which could not be achieved using other printing processes. For your inspiration (whether you are looking for inspiration in designing your own wedding cards or for a client), we are showcasing here today 25 great examples of letterpress wedding invitations. Read Best Design News

25 Cool Print Ads for Major Shoe Brands

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Shoes are among the top consumer products these days. That is why, big brands are also spending much more to promote their product in the market. However. to capture the attention of consumers and attract them to patronize the brand, one needs a very effective advertising approach. One of the best ways to sell is through humor. Read Best Design News

26 Wine Packaging: Unusual and Creative Design Inspiration

Wine packaging design plays a major role in wine branding. Especially when a new wine is being introduced to the market, the label design can in fact, make or break the success of the brand. No matter how excellent the quality of the wine itself, the packaging design is the first thing that customers see and become the basis of most customers when deciding to buy the wine or not. Read Best Design News

Black Letterpress Business Cards: 15 Elegant Examples

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We have seen a lot of inspiring galleries featuring letterpress business cards on white card stock. And we fully agree that they look stunning and very elegant, especially those that make use of the minimalist approach in design. To balance the equation, we decided to come up with our own gallery of letterpress business cards printed on black stock. Letterpress printing on back paper can be equally stunning and elegant. Just browse through the designs below and be inspired! Read Best Design News

20 Fresh and Inspiring Annual Report Design Ideas for 2010

annual report designAn Annual report is a comprehensive report on a company’s activities throughout the preceding year and are intended to give shareholders and other interested people information about the activities and financial performance of a company or organization. Since the core of an annual report are mostly numbers, designing an annual report thus require extreme attention to detail and a large amount of creativity in presenting numbers in an interesting way. Read Best Design News

Creating brochures: 12 step-by-step Photoshop tutorials

creating brochures Creating brochures is a lot tougher than most people think. If you are new to graphic design, there are actually a number of things that you need to consider before conceptualizing a brochure design. First of all, you need to ask your client what he wants to accomplish with the brochure, know the target audience as well as the message of the brochure. Next, you need to get the specifications of the brochure such as size of paper, stock type, trimming, folding, or special cuts as as these will depend on the budget of the client for the brochure. Read Best Design News

30 Very Catchy Typography Design Concepts in Print Ads

typography designIn advertising, one of the measures of how effective an ad campaign is its recall. In other words, advertisements that leave an impression in the minds of the consumers are the most effective advertisements. We have been seeing a growing number of print advertisements that make use of fun typography to convey the message across. Typography is becoming the new black…even in print advertising. Here are 30 very catchy and creative print advertisements with typography as the main or dominant element in the design. Read Best Design News

20 Best Silk Business Cards with Spot Gloss

silk business cardsSilk business cards are very popular because they look very elegant, classy, expensive and at the same time durable and last longer. In commercial or offset printing, silk refers to a special laminate finish being applied to full color business cards and other printed materials to achieve a matte finish and super silky smooth appearance. The laminate also make the paper or card stock used for printing your business card tear and water resistant. Silk business cards also look expensive because they are usually printed on thicker card stock (from 10-16pt heavy card stock) Other people, however, find the matte finish boring and flat. You can further enhance the appearance of silk laminated business cards by adding highlights such as colored foil stamping or raised spot UV or spot gloss. Read Best Design News