Some cool business card size images:
yesterdays dollar vs. todays dollar
Image by duane.schoon
I remember as a kid, a dollar really went far. Really the bottom dollar in shrunk using liquid ammonia. Not the kind you keep under the sink at home, but the industrial 100% strength type.
Liquid ammonia is used in refrigeration of large commercial food processing and cold storage buildings. Liquid ammonia has a flashpoint of -27 degrees, meaning that in its liquid form, it is atleast that cold (cold enough to freeze you solid or severely burn you if contacted with you skin) Don't ask me how, I just know that I dipped a dollar bill into it using tongs and then put it on top of the compressor which is warm and it shrinks up. This one was dipped and warmed about 5 times to get to that size.
Oh, and you think that your ammonia at home stinks and burns your eyes, I can't even begin to tell you what its like with an ammonia leak in a building.
Striking Saturday Says: The Client is Always Right.
Image by eyewashdesign: A. Golden
Well, at least if you want to be paid. In the meantime, for those in design professions, we can all commiserate about the plain old stupidity of some clients. Thankfully, there’s a website that allows us to do just that. The following pearls of wisdom appear courtesy of Clients From Hell:
“The artwork is approved, but we need to replace the skeleton, we think it might be homosexual, and that could ostracize the audience, it’s a very masculine industry.“
“Make it more good.“
I had a client that requested we meet in his kitchen. Halfway through our meeting, he excused himself to go to the bathroom but left the door open so we could continue to talk. I charged extra for that meeting.
“My wife really hates blue. So does my secretary.“
“When I get a business card this size (not 3.5 x 2 inches), I think that that person is a fag.“
“Can you make the circles a little bit rounder?“
“It seems to be taking a long time. Would it be quicker if I came down and sat with you guys through it all?“
“You’re gonna charge 0 for that? Aren’t you from India? What’re you going to do with 0?!“
“Can you bill your design time in 6 minute increments“
“I’m pretty broke right now.“
For loads more frustrating fun, make sure you check out Clients From Hell (and submit your own horror stories!). Do you have your own frustrating design horror stories?
Original Post discovered on Apartment Therapy. Thank you guys, this one was good!
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tiny envelope set: floria
Image by pillowhead designs
*business card AND 2" square sized envelopes made from magazine pages
*each contains a coordinating tiny card
*can hold 3-4 business cards (including tiny card)
*self-adhesive
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