Comments on: “Your Business Card is Crap!”

By: american psycho

american psycho — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:26:58 +0000

love it

By: Janinealcox

Janinealcox — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:28:55 +0000

Patrick Bateman’s gonna waste you!!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:35:57 +0000

That is a bullshit card. Cards that don’t fit in business card holders end up in small piles on the desk, and later they get chucked out.

It’s a small a probably fairly decent brochure, but it’s not a card.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:36:11 +0000

Ana- thanks for the defense of Americans everywhere. He IS just a dick. Americans do have some weird fascination with business cards and “generating business” because its such a “Gotta get MORE” capitalist society (probably more so than NZ)but still– A BUSINESS CARD>!?! Seriously that’s what you want to spend 25 years designing? Were those WHOLE days, or just weekends spent in the labour intensive, highly creative design process? (And of course, the result, WOW.)
I just cannot get over how incredibly condescending and self-important he is– and how he portrays that what he is talking about is the most important thing. EVER.
Meanwhile, in Mexico….
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ajQ2fE_qHCXE&refer=home

By: Stewbaby

Stewbaby — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:42:44 +0000

I like this guy… he distributes free coffee or beer coasters. All you have to do is listen to his arrogant blather first.

By: sit ubu sit

sit ubu sit — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:31:16 +0000

Actually on second thoughts he’s probably quite smart. Maybe he’s only ever made the one business card – but put a video of it up on the web. For every 99 of us who knock him maybe there’s one who contacts him. But then how would they do that? YOU CAN’T READ ANYTHING ON HIS CARD.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:44:33 +0000

Very effective. Absolutely positive he would generate a crowd. Unfortunately he would also lose all your customers and alienate all your prospects. Car wrecks pull crowds too, pretty sure I dont want one.

On the other hand, it could have just been his audition for “American Psycho”. Top marks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:38:57 +0000

Wow, look at all the Kiwi knockers!
Cut down the tall poppy syndrome! How about gathering your facts before knocking the guy and the idea. Have any of you knockers actually wondered whether the card does get positive business leads etc? But of course you conformists, followers, employees and non-risk takers couldn’t possibly think anything else!
It is far too easy to sit on the fence and be an also-ran.
I bet you he gets more business than you guys do!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:48:53 +0000

OMG, another “arty boy” who worships at the alter of creativity and bugger the usability. What am I supposed to do with his greeting card sized business card? Hang it on the Christmas tree? Nah, I’ll leave it in the fireplace so Santa can crap on it.

By: Amaranthine

Amaranthine — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:47:57 +0000

LOL Sara I thing you just wrote the next Tui Billboard advert

By: Ana Samways

Ana Samways — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:03:22 +0000

…er, Linda: It’s nothing to do with him being American… he’s a dick with disproportionately high opinion of himself. Every country’s got them… think Laws, Henry Brewer…

By: sharlu

sharlu — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:57:46 +0000

douche bag of the day bahahaha

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:11:09 +0000

Oh dear… Someone ticked every box in the specials column. Die-cut, yes please! Foil, dam straight. Pop ups, pop downs, embosses, flocking, matellics, spots, folds, yes yes YES!

The only thing his card tells me, is that he needs a ridiculous card to look good. If he really was that good he wouldn’t need a card. Referrals anyone?

Best business card i’ve ever come across, was the design company ‘The Wilderness’s’ ‘corporate take over card’. Ask the other party for their card, then promptly apply yours, in sticker form over the top.

Nice

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:41:20 +0000

what a dork

By: ian

ian — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:01:28 +0000

25 years developing the card? he’s what? 40… so he started devloping the card when he was 15. “life is not about being liked” bang on the money there buddy! i wounder if the cards can be easily wiped clean?