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Client

Self-promotion


Quantity Produced

5,000


Production Cost


Production Time

3 Weeks

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

Flat: 7 in × 2 in
Folded: 3.5 in × 2 in


Page Count


Paper Stock

Mohawk, Superfine, Ultrawhite Smooth, 100 lb Cover, plus Matching Label


Number of Colors

Card: 0/2 Spot
Label: 3/0 Spot

Varnishes


Binding


Typography

Mercury by Hoefler & Frere-Jones

 

I like to play peekaboo with my daughter. I also like to play peekaboo with business cards. Especially if there is a reward waiting inside — which is probably why I also like fortune cookies, but I digress. Measure’s business cards are blind-embossed on the outside, with a perforated label that keeps the card closed, only to reveal a dense party of iconography inside that contrasts so well with the spare outside shell. Measure explains further:

All of the custom icons in the interior are principles of design. The card was designed as a metaphor for design in practice. Hiding the process and detail that goes into delivering a clean and simple solution presented to the consumer. The icons also act as a talking point to reinforce the value of design and the considerations that go into it as well as the science behind it. We used iconography to display these concepts as a nod to design and the universal understanding and longevity of symbology. Of course they were designed to increase physical retention and deliver a fair degree of mystery and discovery as well. Because we have a lease that will be expiring soon, we designed the cards as shells and separate pre-printed labels to laser information on as needed. The gradation on the labels is created with an overlay of 3 separate PMS colors for saturation and depth. The labels are perforated for ease in cracking to open the card.

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Design

Measure
Design: Chad Johnston and Chris Malven
Illustration: Chad Johnston

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Printing

Offset: Holm Graphic Services
Emboss: Feiereisen, Inc.

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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Armin

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Armin Vit

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

February 23, 2010

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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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