Dustin K. Friesen
November 2, 2011 | 9 Comments
Designed by Dustin K. Friesen | Country: United States
“This was a fairly ambitious undertaking, especially with my minuscule personal budget. I wanted to create a business card that was inviting to the viewer and also highlights my personal logo, and what better way than a hexagonal shaped card?
The process for producing these cards was quite an involving one. Having the design, but being limited by budget, I pursued every alternative to my initial overly expensive plans I could think of. I purchased the #110 Crane’s paper, printed each side digitally through a local University Press, adhesed the two separate sides of the card together myself (resulting in 220#DTC) and endeavored to do all of the die-cutting by hand with a rottary paper cutter. In the end it took about 1 hour of personal labor for everything per 50 printed cards – I even had a little help from my friends. Considering my final cost was just under $50, this was well worth it, and at times it was even enjoyable.”
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 5:24 am
These look great, Dustin! Very unique approach to biz card design. They seem like they were a total labor of love; glad you were able to produce such stellar work on a shoestring budget.
November 3rd, 2011 @ 9:12 am
Shut up! You did all that by hand? I am truly amazed. At first glance I assumed it was all letterpress. Congrats and well done!
November 4th, 2011 @ 5:58 pm
Thank you both! I fully appreciate the words of compliment. Thanks as well to this fantastic site for showcasing my cards.
November 7th, 2011 @ 3:30 am
Amazing job Dustin! Truly stunning!
November 7th, 2011 @ 5:59 pm
Really beautiful work. I’ve been thinking of making my venn diagram logo my business card, and am glad to see that it’s possible to do it myself with my also limited budget.
December 13th, 2011 @ 1:20 pm
Amazing work! I just finished making some game board tiles with a similar process, but they were just squares. I really like your results, did you print a grid to cut by? Also what did you use to glue the pieces together with? I used a spray glue that proved to be rather messy in the end. Congrats!
December 28th, 2011 @ 10:46 am
Love the colors! Contemporary and traditional at the same time. Your mark kind of reminds me of Albrecht Durer’s Signature. Nice work.
January 20th, 2012 @ 11:39 am
Thank you all again!
@ ryan – the process: I printed both sides on separate 19×13 sheets with the designs lined up in rows with a very light outline to cut along. I used a bigger mat cutter to cut the long strips of cards out – and then I did use a spray adhesive to bond the 2 sides (but within an inclosed ventilation system/chamber to take care of the fumes) – and then used a smaller rotary paper cutter (a serious life-saver for many projects) to trim all the edges.
It took a lot of thinking through, but really it was a fairly simple process when considering the end result and how much it could have cost otherwise – I would do it all again! (and probably will).
Good luck on all of your own projects!
March 21st, 2012 @ 7:47 pm
Nice to see another Friesen kicking some ass in the design field! Love your business card.