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	<title>Interaction Designer Craig Dennis &#187; Business Card</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading a post on one of the many design sites I follow I decided to try and create my own. I was hoping to come up with something new and exciting like the ones I had seen but thought it best to keep it simple. After all the best design is often the simplest.... <a class="more" href="http://craigmdennis.com/business-card-design/">Read more &#8594;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading a post on one of the many design sites I follow I decided to try and create my own. I was hoping to come up with something new and exciting like the ones I had seen but thought it best to keep it simple. After all the best design is often the simplest.</p>
<p>So I need some feedback. My website name needs to be changed as well as my YouTube to allow for design consistency but here is the preliminary design.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1071" title="Business Card" src="http://uploads.craigmdennis.com/2009/04/2009-04-04_businesscard.jpg" alt="Business Card" width="261" height="304" /></p>
<p>The cards are double sided.<span id="more-1070"></span></p>
<p>Next I decided to try and add a bit of interactivity to the card. Why? Because I am nearly an &#8216;interaction designer&#8217; so thought I would catch people&#8217;s attention better if they actually had to do something with the card. I toyed with a few ideas (such as giving away chewing gum) and other things but decided on a QR tag on the back. It reminded me of the Men In Black business card from the film.</p>
<p>Here is the card with the same information as text when read by a QR tag reader. (http://reader.kaywa.com)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1072" title="QR Business Card" src="http://uploads.craigmdennis.com/2009/04/2009-04-04_businesscardqr.jpg" alt="QR Business Card" width="261" height="304" /></p>
<p>The problem with this one is that the camera didn&#8217;t read it. Maybe because there is too much information to pick up or just the fact that it is being tested on screen so maybe the reader struggles. Either way I decided to simplify the information down.</p>
<p>Now the QR tag simply has my mobile number and a message that it asks the phone to send to me &#8220;Hi Craig, would you like an interview?&#8221;. I thought it was quite a nice touch.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1073" title="SMS Business Card" src="http://uploads.craigmdennis.com/2009/04/2009-04-04_businesscardqrsms.jpg" alt="SMS Business Card" width="261" height="304" /></p>
<p>The only downside is that there really is no information on the card. Perhaps I should change that.</p>
<p>[EDIT]</p>
<p>So after some consideration I decided that I need both. Here is the final concept, some work still need to do but I am happy with what is on the card.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1077" title="QR SMS Business Card With Info" src="http://uploads.craigmdennis.com/2009/04/2009-04-04_businesscardqrsmsinfo.jpg" alt="QR SMS Business Card With Info" width="261" height="304" /><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1082" title="QR Business Card SMS With Info Black" src="http://uploads.craigmdennis.com/2009/04/2009-04-04_businesscardsmsinfowhite.jpg" alt="QR Business Card SMS With Info Black" width="261" height="304" /></p>
<p>Just need to tweak colours and spacing.</p>
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