Category: Inspiration

A Showcase Of Superb Minimal Business Cards

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In this months business card showcase I wanted to bring you a collection of absolutely beautiful minimal business card designs. These business cards rely heavily on strong type, subtle print techniques such as letterpressing and of course are totally fluff free.

One of my favorite business cards featured is the ‘Has Bean Coffee’ card, I love the combination of simple, strong type and color selection, these features always make me want to get my own cards printed up!

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15 Funny Examples Of Creative 404 Pages

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A 404 error page is a standard message displayed when a web server cannot find the page that the user is requesting, in some instances companies choose to take the extra time to customize their 404 error page to be a little more informative, unique or dam right hilarious! Today I wanted to show you some of my favorite funny 404 pages that I think are pretty funny and also act as a great way to reflect a companies personality.

Of course, when designing your 404 page there is not always a need to create a funny viral 404 error message – you can help the user find what they are in search for by displaying recent articles, search boxes or by simply re-directing the user back to the homepage. Take a look at the showcased funny 404’s and drop me a comment if you have one for the list.

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15 Websites Utilizing Full Screen Sliders

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Web design industry is changing everyday. New techniques and graphic styles are being adopted by creative professionals who set all the time changing trends. The newest trend is websites with full screen sliders taking all of the display space or at least all space horizontally.

Full screen visuals with big and bold typography help to tell the story in viewer’s mind. That is why people are more likely to remember a website with huge imagery. One more thing is that people are focusing on moving things and if this big impressive picture is being changed with another one it grabs their attention even more.

If you are following the trends in this post you will find 15 nice examples of creative websites with full screen sliders. Let me know what do you think about this trend in comments section.

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Unconventional Business Cards: A Die Cut Special

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Using the die-cut print technique allows you to create some creative and very unique business card shapes and cut-outs. In this post I wanted to bring you a die-cut special, focusing on weird, wacky and unique business card shapes, designs and uses.

A business card design that really stands out to me in this post is the Sheetseat card, its unique design and crazy die-cut allows it to double up as a chair which also perfectly represents the company business model and brand.

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Showcasing: 20 Aesthetical Business Cards From August 2012

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If your a regular DesignWoop reader you will know that at the end of each month I feature a fresh set of business cards that I collected over the course of that month. By doing this each month I have provided you with a pretty comprehensive collection of business card designs that are hopefully inspirational to you. I know each time I look over the business cards I always want to get my hands on some fresh new edge painted letterpress cards!

This month I have pretty diverse mix of business card designs and card printing techniques, as usual my favorite business cards are the ones using a combination of thick stock and edge painting – finished with gorgeous typography. Drop me a comment and let me know which business cards you like and why.

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