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BROWSE


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Client

Self


Quantity Produced

350


Production Cost

$50


Production Time

4 days

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

2.5 in × 2.5 in


Page Count


Paper Stock

Crane's Lettra, 220 lb DTC


Number of Colors

CMYK

Varnishes


Binding


Typography

Gotham
Warnock Pro

 

Created with the resourcefulness only a student could conjure up, these hand-cut and hand-duplexed business cards look professionally manufactured as well as unique. A+!

The biggest challenge was budget. The first quote I got was all-inclusive offset printing, paper, and die-cutting at roughly $750. Being a student, that was nowhere near the realm of possibility. So I compromised. I purchased the 110-pound paper, printed each side digitally through the local University Press, adhered the two separate sides of the card together myself, and endeavored to do all of the die-cutting by hand. It ended up taking about 1 hour of personal labor per 50 printed cards. Considering my final cost, this was no issue at all, and at times it was even enjoyable.

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Production Method

Die-cut

Digital

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Printing

University Press: Upland, Indiana

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.

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Jessica Mullen

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Jessica Mullen

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Date Published

February 22, 2012

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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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