Business Card Crit
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- uberdesigner0
if this took less than 25 years to design then it's crap
- it didphilkiel
- strathmore 60 lbs. holds a crease.uberdesigner
- philkiel0
shud be bigger now with outlines
- Andrew_D0
Lose the red lines, keep it all type. I'd even drop the MEWA, as most will get the drift of what the info is related to.
- philkiel0
you wouldnt even have black lines?
yea good idea about the MEWA
does it need to have more on it? too much white space?
- monospaced0
But seriously, the kerning needs work. You have some characters as tight as touching and others with major gaps between them. Ki is too loose while ie is too tight, etc.
- philkiel0
I think the layout works on my website, http://philkiel.com
though it might work well on the card too
- baseline_shift0
i like the simplicity, but it might get boring depending on the finish/paper. Lose the red lines, keep it 1 color over 1 color, and get it foil stamped on some thick, toothy stock.
what point size is the phone number, etc?
- monospaced0
I would experiment with scale a little more so it doesn't look like it was taken straight from Grid Systemes 101.
- philkiel0
its 6pt at the momen, so probably better about 8
- at least 7 with some trackingmonospaced
- yeah, little bigger.baseline_shift
- Mal0
some interesting ones in here too
http://creativebits.org/cool_bus…
- Scotch_Roman0
Don't abbreviate in your address. It looks lazy. Dr should be Drive.
- Any thoughts on the font selection?flavorful
- Helvetica is OK, though I'm personally sick of it. He should at least open the tracking overall.Scotch_Roman
- And as someone else said, fix the kerning in some places.Scotch_Roman
- and then move the postal code beneath the address.Andrew_D
- Scotch_Roman0
A bigger issue is your monogram. I'm not wild about it, and I don't think it works. It seems forced. I'd rethink that. Flip your P backwards, so it can share the same stem with K. That will look much, much better.
- I'm not so bothered by thatmonospaced
- I like the monogram inside the circle on the website... Although i will say.. it seems rather... generic. =\d_rek
- philkiel0
good thinking,
1 place I struggle is what discplines do I put on it,
im not a creative director yet
- Nairn0
Do a test print, play with it in the real world.
I hope you'll find what you're looking for, and in amongst, a realisation that your contact details (the raison d'etre of your card, let's face it) are probably a mite illegible.
- digdre0
I like the 1st, the back with logo not so much, maybe you should do a new logo
- itstimefortea0
maybe have a black back with the logo reversed out. maybe play with the composition... like butting it right into a corner or something. so you have straight type on one side and a striking composition on the other.
- baseline_shift0
if you flipped the p as scotch suggested, the monogram would look really nice as a blind emboss, giving you 1 backwards letter per side.