This company is providing 1000 free business cards to creative/design professionals (and students). If you do not already have a card designed you can download templates from the site or use the site to design them. After you sign up they'll send you a coupon code. Then you pick out the size and style (glossy/matte/etc. - but your options are limited) that you want and upload your own design. Double sided is OK! I ordered 1000 (why not? it's free!) and it's only going to cost $6.00 for shipping.

The offer is only good until March 31.

http://www.uprinting.com/Free-Business-Cards-KickStart09/

For some awesome business card inspiration check out this site: CardObserver.com

I also went to all of the sites that advertise on CardObserver.com and requested samples from each of them. In the next few months I'll be required to design a new brand and card for myself and I want to get some samples now so I'll now what to ask for when I actually PAY for a batch down the line.

Labels: print

I wish I'd seen this when it originally was released but that doesn't make it any less funny.

Iron Man Trailer Controversy

Labels: trailer

Pleasing to me, at least. I find the blue/orange contrast palette to be the easiest to use and the best looking. I found this poster today (while doing some internship research) on the site for the design company Gravillis Inc. and instantly fell in love! (Granted, I have an obsession with Winona Ryder so it would have found its way on my wall ANYWAY.)

It's so complicated in its design yet comes off as simple and easy to read - I believe, in part, due to its color palette.

(Sidenote - I'm still in love with the Jing screen capture software, which I used to grab the above image. You can see a corner of Gravillis' site (the orange bar at top and left) because I did a sloppy rectangle. Still it shows how the bordering contributes to the look of the poster.)

Labels: jing, palettes, poster design