Business Card 2.0

Front

For my next re-design, i decided to create a "business" card for myself. I use the business term lightly because it's more of a social thing, and less of a formal one. Being a giant geek and gamer, i like to go to comic conventions, and also make connections with fellow gamers wherever i can find them. In addition to that, i am also a huge fan of social media, experimenting with many of the available ones. I felt that i could create a "contact card" that would let people connect with me easily, and it would be something i could easily share with people. I call it 2.0 because instead of a traditional card, this one has my gaming tags, and social media addresses, and also a QR tag on the back. Since the way we connect is evolving, i felt it was only fair the business card did too.

Back

I tried to really implement rhetoric into this design. What i mean by that is that i really tried to persuade the audience to find and contact me online. How so? well by providing 5 different ways to find me. I included 2 gamertags, 2 social media websites, and my email. By giving them so many ways to reach me, i am basically saying "HEY DO THIS". In addition to the 5 ways, i also include "Find me online" to just outright state what they should do. The rhetoric is strong because there is only one propose fr the card, and i make it very clear.

I think the most important part of this design is culture.Culture plays a big part in most designs now because of our rapidly evolving internet presence. As you can see, none of the traditional ways of contact are on the card. I have no address or phone number, since those are the old ways of communicating. I include only the most popular current ways of communication, email, Facebook, and Twitter. As part of the 2.0 you can see i included a QR (quick response) tag on the back of the card. By snapping a picture of this code, you easily get all of the same information provided on the card. By including this, i give the recipient the option to simply discard my card and leave all the information stored on their phone or mobile device. Culture also played a part in changing the orientation, since i felt it should be horizontal unlike traditional cards.

Now for the more design-y parts of my card, i chose red and black for the colors because they are my favorite, and this card should represent me. These colors also create a great contrast, which is always a plus. For the font, i had to use two different ones. My main font was a sans serif font, that was all uppercase, as i felt it looked more futuristic and modern. I had to change the font for providing my information, because some of it is case sensitive. I had to keep a similar theme so i chose a font that was similar, but had lowercase letters. And finally, to add my personal touch, i included a flame symbol, and a motto that i use to represent me.

EDIT: Craaap. My pictures came out tiny for some reason. I made sure to make my canvas the same size as a business card but somehow it shrunk incredibly.