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BROWSE
Client
Self-promotion
Quantity Produced
5,000
Production Cost
–
Production Time
3 Weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
Flat: 7 in × 2 in
Folded: 3.5 in × 2 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Mohawk, Superfine, Ultrawhite Smooth, 100 lb Cover, plus Matching Label
Number of Colors
Card: 0/2 Spot
Label: 3/0 Spot
I like to play peekaboo with my daughter. I also like to play peekaboo with business cards. Especially if there is a reward waiting inside — which is probably why I also like fortune cookies, but I digress. Measure’s business cards are blind-embossed on the outside, with a perforated label that keeps the card closed, only to reveal a dense party of iconography inside that contrasts so well with the spare outside shell. Measure explains further:
All of the custom icons in the interior are principles of design. The card was designed as a metaphor for design in practice. Hiding the process and detail that goes into delivering a clean and simple solution presented to the consumer. The icons also act as a talking point to reinforce the value of design and the considerations that go into it as well as the science behind it. We used iconography to display these concepts as a nod to design and the universal understanding and longevity of symbology. Of course they were designed to increase physical retention and deliver a fair degree of mystery and discovery as well. Because we have a lease that will be expiring soon, we designed the cards as shells and separate pre-printed labels to laser information on as needed. The gradation on the labels is created with an overlay of 3 separate PMS colors for saturation and depth. The labels are perforated for ease in cracking to open the card.
Measure Business Cards
Production Method
Design
Measure
Design: Chad Johnston and Chris Malven
Illustration: Chad Johnston
Printing
Offset: Holm Graphic Services
Emboss: Feiereisen, Inc.
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Armin
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
February 23, 2010
Filed Under
Business Cards
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.
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