DESCRIPTION Sassen Design Business Card CLIENT Self Promotion DATE January 2009 DESIGN CREDITS Chris O'Neil, Sassen Design PRINT CREDITS Chris O'Neil, Sassen Design TYPE CREDITS Compacta BT Roman, Helvetica Neue 57 Condensed, and Helvetica Neue 77 Bold Condensed.

QUANTITY PRODUCED 50+ and still counting PRODUCTION COST $A120 (US$97) PRODUCTION TIME 2 weeks DIMENSIONS: WIDTH × HEIGHT × DEPTH 90 mm. × 50 mm. (3.54 in. × 1.96 in.) PRINT METHOD Hand stamping PAPER STOCK Uncoated 350gsm NUMBER OF COLORS 1 spot, black.

Some print jobs require many hours from its designers while on press, and some print jobs require its designer to sit at the kitchen table for hours on end creating a slew of business cards by carefully stamping each card with two stamps: one for the business name, and one for the contact information. From the photos provided, it looks like Chris has really good aim or a really good registration set-up, because those stamps look evenly placed!

Nice

I really like the homegrown aspect of this card... it's cheap, it's easy and there is limited waste.

The card has come nice impact with the size and positioning of the type (though personally not my favorite font in the world, but that's all subjective, the impact remains the same)

Couple things that popped in my head... what, if anything, is on the back of the card? and since there was two stamps used, a second color would have been a real nice touch...

Did you have a hard time getting the stamp made?

I love how flexible a system like this is for a personal identity. Want an envelope, letterhead, or pretty much anything else? just stamp it. Great idea and it is remarkable how professional the final execution appears!

Gorgeous and perfect. I love it. There is an amazing amount of patience there and it looks to have really paid off.

@revdave :: Most stamp manufacturers will make your stamp from a vector image. It was probably pretty easy.

super cool idea! i love stamps & stamp effects, and i agree with nick, the opportunity for a 2nd color or even some cool overprint effect with a lighter ink would be fun to experiment with. also, while envelopes and other things with post-assembly folds wouldn't allow for the bleed effect here, there is always adhesive label stock, which could be cut after printing & used creatively with other components in an identity system.

Hand Made design always speaks volumes about the designer, and being a self-promo this is great! It looks great, has depth & balance and even though I'm not a fan of the typeface it works well here.

I like the personal touch of doing something by hand. Too often its a case of doing all your work on computer then handing it to a printer.

I think more designers should do more work by hand, finding cheaper solutions, and getting their hands dirty - especially for short run projects. I've done posters, flyers and CD's on shoestring budgets using office Photocopiers and "liberated" paper for folk. Sometimes the guerilla approach brings out your best work. Photoshop and Illustrator have made life too simple for us!

Screen printing and stencil sprays are next on my agenda. Time to go back to art school to learn something practical I think.

The design is very simple, perhaps too simple for a designer trying to sell himself, but it is nicely executed which is the main thing.

Have done this a bunch. highly recommended, both for fun and the varying results you get.

I made cards like these a few years ago, when I was working at Simon's Stamps (not really a plug, I no longer work there & will leave it at that. Though to answer revdave's question, getting stamps made is silly easy). Unfortunately, I lose confidence easily and started to wonder how my cards were being received - sure everyone SAID they liked 'em, but I was uneasy & made something fancier. Seeing yours, I feel like i should go back to stamped - they look absolutely stellar. Bold & handmade works.

Wow, I was looking for a cost effective way to make some slick cards for a customer and you just provided the idea. Stamps it is.

Thanks for the post, we will post your business card blogspot.com article. I will post for our customers to see your articles on your blog.
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u mentioned that u used 3 fonts, but from what i can see is that u used 1 or mayb 2 fonts. could u please tell me what font u used for 'Ssse Design' and what font u used for the side text? thnk u

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