As a first impression, a business card creates a physical connection and bond between you or your business and your customers. Just like in a website, business cards can become great interactive elements, but with the added ability to have real textures, different materials and shapes.

In this post, I will present you with 17 creative and unusual Business Card Design, each one has their special feature: eatable, usable, playful, plantable… so many great ideas behind those designs and convey their branding/service. Hope you enjoy the list and get some inspirations for your next time business card printing.

Adam Mayer Geared Business Cards [link]

Adam Mayer Geared Business Cards

Leaf Business Card [link]

Your message or logo etched right onto a real leaf, no paint necessary! The resulting leaves are simple, stunning when looked at against the sunlight, and the best part is that if they are thrown away, there is no adverse effect on the environment.

Leaf Business Card

MEAT CARDS: BUSINESS CARDS MADE FROM MEAT AND LASERS [link]

Start with 100% beef jerky, and SEAR your contact information into it with a 150 WATT CO2 LASER. This is the most special business card I ever seen. Not sure about the practical usage, it does look visually impressive.

MEAT CARDS: BUSINESS CARDS MADE FROM MEAT AND LASERS

Semi-transparent Business card [link]

Although you can’t eat this card like the meat card, using different material on the same card will make this card shinning in the ordinary business cards for sure. And most important, you can easily store it with all the other “normal cards”.

Semi-transparent Business card

Decorate your card with a bit of fluff [link]

feel it by yourself!

Decorate your card with a bit of fluff
Animated Business Cards by Chung Dha Lam [link]

Animated Business Cards by Chung Dha Lam
Mark Ramadan Business Card [link]

Mark Ramadan Business Card
Adworks Media Business Card [link]

Adworks Media Business Card
personal treiner rubber name card [link]

Expandable rubber to test your strength. One more time. And, one more. One last time. Good job. Now, what was the number again?

A good idea? I am doubting…

personal treiner rubber name card
Headhumter name card [link]

100% discreet business cards for head hunter Aert van Seggelen. Completely edible business cards with ‘read it then eat it’ instruction.

Wonder how the paper tastes like.

Headhumter name card
Business card on tied cloth

Business cards were typeset on cloth and tied in a knot. Clients would loosen the knot to reveal the name and information of the massage therapist.

Business card on tied cloth
Yoga One: Business Card

“Yoga One. Get Stretchy” – a playful business card

Yoga One: Business Card
Business card which can roll up cigarettes – Fly Pizza’s

Many FLY PIZZA’s customers are young smokers and save money by rolling up cigarettes, so we created a special business card, made of smoking paper branded package, in order to be always within reach of the smokers and hit them during hunger attacks.

Business card which can roll up cigarettes - Fly Pizza’s
Lush – plantable business card [link]

There is nothing better then a little freebie. In this case a few seeds demonstrating how lush can make your place greener.

Lush - plantable business card
Mundo do Condomínio cleaning products: Sponge card [link]

Business card printed on a real sponge. If you keep this in the kitchen, you probably will see it everyday till you throw it…

Mundo do Condomínio cleaning products: Sponge card
Business card for Proofreader [link]

That is a clear idea for proofreader… pencil with extremely long eraser

Business card for Proofreader
Business Card for Hair Artist [link]

This one-color card can be customized by inserting hairpins through the die-cut along the top of the illustration

Business Card for Hair Artist
Business Card Transformer [link]

The cardapult is a business card that transforms into a desktop catapult. It is powered by a small rubber band and is the thickness of 5 business cards.

Business Card Transformer
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