The Best of Business Card Design 6 (No. 6) [Hardcover]

Blackcoffee Design Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2004 | Series: Best of Business Card Design (Book 6)

This edition of Rockport’s best-selling Best of Business Card Design series features an innovative collection of the most current and best work by top designers worldwide. The “go-to” sourcebook for business card design inspiration, this volume contains no text, aside from design credits, which allows for pages packed with business cards, highlighting front, back, special elements, and materials used. An unrivaled resource, Best of Business Card Design 6 provides professional designers, corporate executives and in-house marketing departments with essential identity and branding insight for all types of clients.

What are the trends in business card design? This book provides the answers and highlights cards printed with special techniques, such as die-cutting, embossing, foil stamping, and much more; cards printed on unique substrates; and those that are simply downright unusual and memorable.

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About the Author

Blackcoffee Design, Inc., specializes in communications design for consumer products and services. Founding in 1994, they have worked with a wide range of clients, including Acura, Adidas/Salomon, Converse, Hasbro, Kryptonite, MTV, Showtime, and Timberland.

Blackcoffee is located in Boston, Massachusetts

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592530230
• ISBN-13: 978-1592530236
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,221,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boldest, most intense of the series. Stunning designs, May 5, 2004

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C. Cutler (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Business Card Design 6 (No. 6) (Hardcover)

I've have read the other books in the series (this is #6) and this is the best one yet. The designs selected for this edition are bold, graphically intense, colorful and quite stunning. These designs really make a strong impression. I found more great ideas for card design in this book than all the others I have read combined. Needless to say, I bought this one. The team at BlackCoffee have excellent taste, and have really done a great job. If you are looking for something to spark your imagination and help you design a killer business card, this is the book. Bravo!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an inspiration!, August 31, 2004

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Cale Johnson "CAle" (N.H.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Business Card Design 6 (No. 6) (Hardcover)

I had intended on not even purchasing this great resource based on previous editions, but what a vast improvement. This edition provided new inspiration and invigorated my creative ideas. I look forward to future titles by the published and designer.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, a resource for the whole studio., August 30, 2004

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Art and Anthropology "art and anthropology" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Business Card Design 6 (No. 6) (Hardcover)

As with other reviewers I expected, when opening this book, to be confronted with just another collection of eye candy cards and little substance. I could not have been more wrong. The thoughtfulness with which the majority of the cards were selected and composed (page by page) made it a must -buy.

I commend the authors/designers on a job well-done.