In today’s fast-paced digital world, standing out in the sea of professionals is more important than ever. Have you ever considered how to elevate your business card game to a new level? Well, get ready, because today we’re going to delve into one brilliant innovation that’s been making waves in the professional world: QR codes on business cards. Here’s why it’s a brilliant idea!

1. Instant Connectivity: Remember the days of typing out long URLs or email addresses? With a QR code, this problem evaporates. Just a quick scan with a smartphone camera, and boom! Your professional profile, business website, or digital portfolio opens up instantly.

2. Effortless Information Exchange: Imagine being able to provide all your contact details, and more, in a simple, scan-able square. A QR code on your business card can hold data like your email, phone number, LinkedIn profile, or even a VCard for a seamless addition to the scanner’s contact list.

3. Space Savers and Design Enhancers: Given their compact size, QR codes save significant space on your card. This leaves more room for innovative design elements, allowing you to maintain aesthetic appeal while delivering a comprehensive professional snapshot.

4. Environmentally Friendly: Let’s not forget our planet! Digitizing information means less paper used for extra brochures or pamphlets. You can share the same information (and more!) via the QR code. Eco-conscious clients will definitely appreciate this effort!

5. Tech-Savvy Impression: In a world where staying updated with technology is vital, a QR code on your business card sends a clear message: You’re adaptable, innovative, and digitally inclined. It showcases your readiness to embrace new tech trends and innovations.

6. Trackable Interactions: From a marketing perspective, QR codes can be your secret weapon. You can track scans and collect valuable data about the people who are interested in your services. This will help you target your follow-ups more effectively.

The magic of QR codes lies in their simplicity and versatility. With just one scan, you’re offering a wealth of information, leaving a lasting impression and establishing a powerful professional connection. In the realm of networking, this small square could be the game-changer that sets you apart from the crowd.

So, when you’re ordering your next batch of business cards, why not consider including a QR code? It’s an exciting step towards the future, making connections simpler, quicker, and more efficient.

Remember, in today’s digital era, the smallest changes can make the biggest impact. So, go ahead, power up your networking game with QR codes on your business cards!

Business cards are said to be effective when they create a sense of wow in the minds of people with whom you share them. Minimalist or clean design business cards are a hot trend among everyone. Clean looking cards are brought into reality by incorporating light typography, using simple paper textures, having stark opposite colors on both the sides, keeping the edges free of text and logo.

Clean business cards boast of simple embossing effects conveying the profession of the person, cutting down on text, using white as the background with color only along the card sides. Imaginative and Organized!

“diDom is a store located in the heart of Madrid’s Golden Mile with more than 30 years of history, specializing in the sale of shoes and accessories for weddings and celebrations. We were asked to redesign the entire brand to completely change its old-fashioned image and position themselves in today’s wedding markets.

“We wanted to reflect on the elegance and delicacy of the brand identity, as well as the quality and design of its products. We have developed a customized​​​​​​​ typographic logo and a symbol that occasionally accompanies the brand. The symbol was born from the union of the two letters D present in the name of the brand, building the elegant silhouette of a flower, with soft shapes in reference to the forms of women and reflecting some of the most representative emblems of weddings and celebrations: The union of two people. We decided to use a palette of soft corporate colors, supported in black and white. Design, quality and elegance.”

Designed by Sonia Castillo Studio

“Noorderlink is a joint venture of the largest employers in the northern region of Holland. The organisation focuses on the exchange of knowledge, expertise and best practices between alliance partners. In addition Noorderlink advertises the North as an attractive living and working environment for current and new employees from northern Holland and elsewhere.

“In anticipation of the new website, studio de Ronners in collaboration with Femke de Jonge organised a strategic session with the client and the development team. The results formed the basis for the new Noorderlink dynamic identity combining all its various products in one. The starting point is a new website.”

Designed by studio de Ronners

“Visual identity, art direction, and graphic design for Melbourne based hair studio, Bob. Bob is a natural hair salon founded on the belief that a simpler approach to well-being enriches our lives. A minimalist design compliments a philosophy based on natural ingredients and sustainable practices.”

Designed by Sorbet Design

First impressions play a crucial role in professional interactions. Black business cards will always be a crowd favorite as they symbolize class, elegance and style. It immediately creates an aura of power, intelligence and stability. For easy readability white text looks most appropriate on black business cards. 

Elements of fun can be added through gold and silver foiling and embossing options both in gloss as well as matte textures. Black suede business cards are huge rage as well. Whether it’s jet black or charcoal black, the color makes your business card bold, distinct and timeless.

“DWELL the space We make big and small things — out of concrete.”

Designed by Elina Chanieva

“Long-time Vancouverites may recognize the location of Pepino’s as the former home of Nick’s Spaghetti House, a neighbourhood classic Italian Spaghetti House that shuttered in late 2017 after 60 years of business. The new owners wanted to pay homage to its heritage, but the former owner, Nick Felicella, wished to retire his name. Inspiration struck the owners in the form of a 1962 song by Italian-American singer Lou Monte called “Pepino, the Italian Mouse”. The discovery was a serendipitous one, with the playful ditty connecting to both Nick’s Spaghetti House: Felicella had owned a racehorse named Spaghetti Mouse, and the rascally rodent character in the song provided a perfect namesake.

“The reimagined room maintained many of it’s original elements – overall, the atmosphere is warm, inviting, and nostalgic, with a dining experience that feels transportive, as if you were actually travelling back to the era that birthed Italian-American cooking. Glasfurd & Walker worked to create a fitting identity that felt like it had always been there. The mouse has been reinterpreted as a character that loves his wine, scattered throughout collateral paired with copy that is reminiscent of menus from the 60s and 70s where copy is obvious and to the point. The custom script for the word-mark references classic American-Italian restaurants guided, with gusto on the front of the building. Wine menus were made from leather that had sat in a menu binders’ workshop for the last 30 years, out of fashion and no longer considered but perfect for the project.”

Designed by Glasfurd & Walker

“Coquille Fine Seafood, is a sophisticated fish house in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood; as you walk in it immediately sets a theatrical, oceanic tone. All aspects of the room and bran embraced aquatic motifs wholeheartedly. A modern spin on a classic fish house concept, the 4,100-square-foot restaurant offers a creative menu of quintessential seafood and shellfish dishes accompanied by a wide-ranging drink menu featuring craft beer, handmade cocktails and notable BC and international wines. With seating for 100 in an expansive dining room, bar and lounge appointed with nautically-inspired décor, Coquille Fine Seafood allows locals and visitors alike to enjoy a relaxed-yet-elegant dining experience for lunch, dinner, happy hour and late night drinks.

“The brand is filled with aquatic, nautical and mythical sea creatures in the details. Firstly, the word mark, modified with a subtle tail arrow on the ’q’ and ‘i’ to reference the sea serpent or harpoon. A series of crests with mermaids, krakens, seashells and serpents live throughout collateral, telling a story of wild and beautiful underwater world in with a modern tone. Check presenters are playing cards – as a reference to life on a ship.”

Designed by Glasfurd & Walker