10 Dark Business Card Designs (+1 by me!)

Posted: April 3rd, 2008 | Author: Jennifer Farley

*Update 03/01/2010: This is probably the most popular post on my blog, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to point out a similar post I wrote here on (the colour) Green Business Cards*

I’ve been doing some logo design work and a business card for a client and I generally offer two variations on a theme. In this case I put together a card on white paper – fairly traditional – and also a darker design – a very, very dark red. I was delighted the client took the bold move of choosing the darker card design. You can see the front of the card below, with the back underneath it.

AISRA Business Cards by Laughing Lion Design

Needless to say before I started work, I went searching for inspiration and in my travels, I came across some nice examples of dark coloured business cards. Here’s ten business card designs that I liked, with links to their creators websites.

201 Creative

210 CReated Biz Card

Bada Bing

Badabing Biz Card

Skull Machine

Skull machine

Aritab

Aritab Biz Card

Avant Grape

Avant Grape Biz Card


Buff by Aaron Rudd

Buff Biz Card

Mobitim by Chilli Design

Mobitim biz card

Magrette by Steve Leggat

Magrette Biz Card

Connected Matters by The Goodness

Connected Biz Card

Bellagio
Bellagio Biz Card

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40 Comments on “10 Dark Business Card Designs (+1 by me!)”

  1. 1 Adam Hyman said at 7:16 pm on April 3rd, 2008:

    Wow, those are beautiful and useful!

    I really like the idea of putting the mission statement on the back of the business cards.

    I also like the sideways writing, which is at a right angle to the rest of the information.

  2. 2 Brian Yerkes said at 10:07 pm on April 3rd, 2008:

    Hi Jennifer,

    I really really like the card you designed. Did you create the logo also? I love that “A” mark with the circle.

    I just recently designed a dark business card also for a client, have a look
    http://www.brianjosephstudios.com/blog/2008/04/business-card-design-victory-marketing.asp

  3. 3 Brian Yerkes said at 10:09 pm on April 3rd, 2008:

    Also, thanks for adding me to your blog roll on the left side there!

    You are linking to my portfolio tho!

  4. 4 Timo said at 11:25 pm on April 3rd, 2008:

    Hehe great to see our business cards (bada bing) here and thanks for the email.

    Timo

    http://www.timokuilder.nl

  5. 5 Jennifer said at 8:37 am on April 4th, 2008:

    Thanks Adam.

    Hi Brian, yes, I did the logo too – it’s very simple (simple is my mantra!). I like your dark card too. They really stand out don’t they?

    Hi Timo, thanks for visiting! You’ve got a super portfolio there.

  6. 6 Krishna De said at 7:36 pm on April 5th, 2008:

    Great design Jennifer.

    One thing though I always teach when speaking about business development and the specific things we need to include on our business cards if we want to ensure that our bsiness card is really effective marketing collateral to bring in more prospects and profits – be sure that one side is a light colour.

    I see too many business cards – and usually from people in design, media and creative roles with dark business cards. Most commonly they use black – just as you have demonstrated in the examples here.

    The reality is that many people write on the business cards they receive – even as a prompt about where they met the person.

    Unless you are going to give our a white, silver or gold pen with every business card you hand out, don’t make both sides of the business card a dark colour.

  7. 7 Jennifer said at 8:56 pm on April 5th, 2008:

    Hi Krishna

    Thanks for the great tip. I’ve certainly scribbled down some info on business cards in the past.

    In the case of my own design in the post, as you can see one side is white – I’ll pretend I did that for the reason you mentioned above!!!

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  10. 10 Jerry said at 11:22 am on April 30th, 2008:

    hi Jennifer, nice to see your card design (and other card designs), maybe sometimes you can share about all card you’ve designed and how to create it.
    i love it
    cheers.
    GBU.

  11. 11 Jennifer said at 6:43 pm on April 30th, 2008:

    Hi Jerry, thanks for visiting and for your kind words! To sum up briefly, it was created with a bit of sketching, lots of looking at business cards and logos, magazines, tv – anything to avoid real work ;) and then lashed the whole lot into Illustrator.

  12. 12 Brennan said at 6:11 pm on May 4th, 2008:

    Feel free to check out my dark card, viewable in the Selected Work section of Brennanbarney.com.

  13. 13 Jennifer said at 8:55 am on May 5th, 2008:

    Hi Brennan, thanks for visiting. Nice work in your portfolio.

  14. 14 Intenta » Blog Archive » Links 05-05-2008 said at 9:30 am on May 5th, 2008:

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  15. 15 Saúl said at 11:47 am on May 5th, 2008:

    My cards http://www.nerv.es/blog/11-partes-de-una-tarjeta-de-visita-para-una-empresa/

  16. 16 Anand Mistry said at 4:51 pm on June 12th, 2008:

    Hello Jennifer,

    I saw your work, its so simple and pleasing to eye and heart…

    i have been into graphic designing and wanna open my mind… as you are instructor.. I want your help…

    my mail id is anandmistry.16@gmail.com i would love to be ur student.

    Looking for ur favorable response

    Thanks

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  19. 19 Arthur Porte said at 5:29 am on July 18th, 2008:

    hi there jennifer im soo in love with the first one with an “A” i need to have it how much are you willing to sell it for?

  20. 20 Jennifer Farley said at 10:50 pm on July 29th, 2008:

    Hi Arthur, thanks for the kind words – glad you like my biz card. Unfortunately, that design is being used by a client, but I am always available for hire for new work ….

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  22. 22 emrah serdaroglu said at 3:48 pm on August 21st, 2008:

    hey thank you ! :)

  23. 23 Jennifer Farley said at 8:32 pm on August 21st, 2008:

    You’re very welcome Emrah.

    Jennifer Farleys last blog post..A List Apart Survey

  24. 24 Marc Norris said at 10:31 pm on September 1st, 2008:

    Those are definitely some stunning designs – it is nice to see something different than the traditional white cards.

    Have you tried comparing the effectiveness of light versus dark cards to see which one is more memorable? I would like to know which one works better.

  25. 25 Jennifer Farley said at 12:23 pm on September 4th, 2008:

    Hi Marc

    I have no factual evidence of which is more memorable. On a personal basis, I’d say I take notice of dark cards more readily.

    Maybe I should do a little online survey sometime?

  26. 26 Laura-Jane said at 12:49 am on September 12th, 2008:

    These designs are inspiring me! Thanks for sharing.

    Laura-Janes last blog post..Why Bother? Because It Feels So Good to Love and Be Loved

  27. 27 alanya said at 10:48 pm on October 11th, 2008:

    very good… Thanks you very much

    alanyas last blog post..bakıcı

  28. 28 arthur said at 4:33 pm on July 11th, 2009:

    Hi Jennifer

    I want to have a website designed. Please suggest how to proceed>

    Regards

    Arthur

  29. 29 home said at 6:07 pm on August 8th, 2009:

    Great business card design. Thanks

  30. 30 MGdezigns said at 5:24 pm on September 19th, 2009:

    great collection, I also offer a dark business cards

    http://www.zazzle.com/mg_businesscards
    .-= MGdezigns´s last blog ..Chic Business Cards =-.

  31. 31 Mihir Patel said at 10:14 am on September 27th, 2009:

    Hello,

    It’s Very nice Designs… I like designs very much… Please share new designs if you have..

    Regards,
    Mihir
    ask4itsolutions.com

  32. 32 Puregroove_Org said at 6:31 pm on November 5th, 2009:

    very cool… Some of those would be ones I would keep, due solely on how cool they are.

  33. 33 Konferens i Stockholm City said at 11:39 am on November 9th, 2009:

    these cards are really cute and having impact over viewer, but i think they may be costly, how much they cost? any one know?
    thanks
    .-= Konferens i Stockholm City´s last blog ..Konferens på Krägga herrgård =-.

  34. 34 milind said at 11:56 am on December 21st, 2009:

    i like u card design.

  35. 35 Red Parasol said at 1:11 am on December 22nd, 2009:

    very nice cards designed.

  36. 36 BESPLATNO oglašavanje apartmana said at 10:04 pm on March 3rd, 2010:

    Wow..i like the card you designed…very nice.

  37. 37 jennyrusks said at 5:29 pm on March 5th, 2010:

    Thank you Besplatno!

  38. 38 bhushan said at 2:28 pm on April 29th, 2010:

    this is one of the gretest design that I ever seen in my life

  39. 39 Boldis Media said at 1:28 pm on May 3rd, 2010:

    Buff by Aaron Rudd is very cool dark design.

  40. 40 Paula said at 1:42 pm on July 12th, 2010:

    I do the same too, search around the web for business card designs to inspire me. The method really works especially if you’re having a hard time coming up with a design :)

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