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25 Exceptional Business Cards

by Alessandra Cesarato @alessandra_cesarato

Discover how iconic celebrities and companies have transferred their personalities onto pocket-sized business cards

For centuries, business cards have been used as a networking tool and for connecting. Although discreet, they are incredibly useful objects that encapsulate an identity, present an image, and transmit trust and professionalism.

It may appear that the transition to the digital age has removed the need to hand out or receive a business card. In reality, the importance of this custom and the value of the details in the card are still relevant today. The embossing, the colors, the finishing touches, and the simplicity or complexity of a business card, together with the unspoken codes and rituals that surround it, can tell a lot about the person handing it to us.

Find below 25 business cards of celebrities and companies that have succeeded in projecting their personality and their professional and creative identity onto their business card.

Albert Einstein

Physicist (Germany)

Walt Disney

Writer and animator (USA)

Wright Cycle Company

Company of brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright (USA)

Andy Warhol

Visual artist and filmmaker (USA)

Clara Porset

Architect and interior designer (Cuba)

Edward Ruscha

Artist (USA)

Steve Jobs

Entrepreneur (USA)

Hillary Clinton

Politician and diplomat (USA)

Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz)

Illusionist and escapist (Hungary)

Chuck Jones

Caricaturist, animator, and film director (USA)

Sigmund Freud

Neurologist (Austria)

Bill Gates

Entrepreneur and philanthropist (USA)

Chanel

Vintage business card of the fashion house (France)

Meg Whitman

Business Executive (USA)

Fidel Castro

Politician (Cuba)

Evan Williams

Programmer and entrepreneur (USA)

Kevin Mitnick

IT Security consultant and hacker (USA)

Mark Zuckerberg

Programmer and entrepreneur (USA)

Steve Wozniak

Engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (USA)

Isaac Asimov

Biochemist and author (Russia)

Lady Gaga (Stefani J. A. Germanotta)

Songwriter, producer, actress, and designer (USA)

Steve Martin

Actor, writer, producer, and musician (USA)

Keith Haring

Artist and activist (USA)

Chris Sanders

Film director, screenwriter, animator, illustrator and voice actor (USA)

Zaha Hadid Architects

Architecture and Design firm (UK

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