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BROWSE
Client
Self-Promotional
Quantity Produced
500
Production Cost
€300 ($405)
Production Time
7 days
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
85 mm × 55 mm (3.3 in × 2.2 in)
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Uncoated, 380gsm
Number of Colors
1
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Foundry Sterling
Karpem diem or carpe Karpem, either way you put it, this business card inspires creative and adaptive reuse of business card materials to make more business cards. How meta.
Recycled Karpem is the paper the print house uses to nicely box up freshly printed business cards. Making the most of the organic feel of this material, and using up the existing stock, these business cards were letterpress and laser engraved.
The laser engraving was a challenge, it needed to be a subtle effect yet legible. It took some experimentation until getting it right, and the solution was the dotted effect.
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
Kelly Cree
Kelly Cree
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
February 2, 2011
Filed Under
Business Cards
Tagged with
laser engraving
letterpress
recycled paper
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Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
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products we sell
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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
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