Business card research

 The one thing I thought about whilst researching into business cards was the visit from the paper/printing people (cannot remember their name) but the importance of the paper quality and how that can impact the viewers opinion but sadly I have realised this too close to the deadline so won't be able to print them how I would like but I will say my Ideas and hopefully for my portfolio make it happen. The business cards I have chosen to show were the ones who focused on typography and quality rather than gimmick like ideas, such as balloons, stretching and interactive designs. For me they represent my style, simplicity is really what I go for and aspire to and here are a few examples that show exactly this and somehow I would like to incorporate this with the busy explosive style used for the bands branding. In the majority of these examples the business cards are portrait which for me is new, it hasn't been done often before to my knowledge, and t be subtle things like this make the artist stand out to others rather than in your face approach or the opposite oh so boring and un original. I like the idea of having a statement typography piece that is the main attraction I think as a design student this is important whereas if I were creating a design for say a supermarket this wouldn't be the case. The Elkha design to the left is what triggered the thought of the 'paper people' presenting the styles of paper and effects that can be created, again this is a subtle way of drawing the attention of the viewer which I am beginning to appreciate now. Relating to exactly what the guys said in their presentation everyone is coming back to the idea of using real good quality paper rather than this thin plastic stuff that is easy and cheap to print multiply but obviously you won't get the same effect as you would using good quality materials, these examples prove exactly that they use a high density paper where you can see the grain in most of them making them look organic which looks eco and friendly etc, and apparently the thicker the better, which I'm sure is more expensive but it's probably one of those prices to pay to succeed.