That’s how I imagine the Devil’s business card would look. Come to think of it, that’s how I imagine the Devil would sound discussing his business card.
omg, that is absolutely the best comedy sketch for graphic design, EVAR! That was riotously hilarious! Perfection in every way. It could have been written word for word as great comedy but undoubtedly it is indeed just the sad hubris of genuine prickness, bless his cotton socks! I LOVED it!
That is hilarious, I love it. But while you guys joke, he actually does have a point. Especially as a designer if you have a plain old boring card what are you doing? I hate business cards, I think they’re things people get to feel important. He’s right about the title not mattering, I own my own company, I can have any title I want. But what kind of a douche would I be if I said I was the CEO? But people do this all the time.
Cards are things I have if someone asks for them or I need to give a customer my email address because they don’t have a pen. If I have to use one I want people to be delighted by it.
They will be delighted, save my email address, then throw the card away.
I scan my cards, put them on our database, then recycle them. If I kept every card, even every “cool” card I have received… I’d be up to my eyeballs in cards.
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” Abraham Lincoln. I’ve been looking for years for the right time to use that quote. Thanks for the opportunity.
I’m not a designer but I man, do I APPRECIATE you design-folks. You spare me from idots like this that take the Terminator-approach to business – yeck!
Thanks for the laugh Tina – this was too funny. And a bit pathetic.
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Totally got a laugh-out-loud from me!
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:08 am
It doesn’t fit in a Rolodex because it doesn’t BELONG in a Rolodex.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:11 am
He must get that a lot; people keeping his card despite not liking him.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:16 am
Brilliant.
(He is being facetious, right? Half the time I can’t tell anymore. Damn Internet, ruined subtlety.)
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:19 am
just great!
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:23 am
Reminds me of Glengarry Glen Ross with Alec Baldwin.
“Coffee’s for closers only!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKzMd328bMw
(warning: crude language)
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:23 am
Hat’s off to Teo! That comment is spot on… Also wanted to add that someone needs to tell him it’s not a business card, it’s a brochure.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:26 am
I would run through a brick wall for that guy! (whoa…threw up in mouth a little bit just typing that)
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:34 am
“Life not about being liked, it’s about being effective”
Yeah, we’re all going to die. So much for being effective.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:35 am
Here’s a business card on Strathmore that’s not crap: http://www.feltandwire.com/?p=374
AND it still fits ina Rolodex.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:56 am
That’s how I imagine the Devil’s business card would look. Come to think of it, that’s how I imagine the Devil would sound discussing his business card.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:00 am
Look at that subtle off-white color. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god, it even has a watermark.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:01 am
I think I’ll start designing all my clients’ cards like this, and then charge them $5/card…
Hilarious. thanks Tina.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:16 am
@Mark I love the whole business card thing in American Psycho, that film is an unsung Gem.
In the UK we have a name for people like this guy but I can’t write it here. Very funny.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:36 am
Effectively ineffective is the new effective.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:42 am
God help his clients… whew!
Apr 9th, 2009 / 10:44 am
that’s the man
http://www.infotainer.com/infotainer/
Apr 9th, 2009 / 11:09 am
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing that, I had a good laugh. :)
Apr 9th, 2009 / 11:20 am
Who is this jackass?
And we designers wonder why people think we’re all egomaniacs and passed over for a “seat at the table.”
Apr 9th, 2009 / 11:40 am
Nick, does it rhyme with banker?
Apr 9th, 2009 / 12:42 pm
For $4.00/ card it better be leather bound with 3 dollar bills stuffed inside.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 12:58 pm
that rolodex quote is just the best thing I’ve heard in a while. who uses them anymore anyway?
Apr 9th, 2009 / 2:16 pm
omg, that is absolutely the best comedy sketch for graphic design, EVAR! That was riotously hilarious! Perfection in every way. It could have been written word for word as great comedy but undoubtedly it is indeed just the sad hubris of genuine prickness, bless his cotton socks! I LOVED it!
Apr 9th, 2009 / 2:50 pm
More Joel Bauer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfEOKoFYX0
Apr 9th, 2009 / 4:07 pm
Looks like it would make a nice Coaster/beer mat.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 5:31 pm
That is hilarious, I love it. But while you guys joke, he actually does have a point. Especially as a designer if you have a plain old boring card what are you doing? I hate business cards, I think they’re things people get to feel important. He’s right about the title not mattering, I own my own company, I can have any title I want. But what kind of a douche would I be if I said I was the CEO? But people do this all the time.
Cards are things I have if someone asks for them or I need to give a customer my email address because they don’t have a pen. If I have to use one I want people to be delighted by it.
They will be delighted, save my email address, then throw the card away.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 8:34 pm
I scan my cards, put them on our database, then recycle them. If I kept every card, even every “cool” card I have received… I’d be up to my eyeballs in cards.
Apr 9th, 2009 / 9:48 pm
I <3 him!!
Apr 10th, 2009 / 7:30 am
By the way, who among you/us is using Contxts.com — was reviewed on this blog last month, I believe. Slick. No. Bauer. Needed. Except. Jack.
Apr 10th, 2009 / 9:06 am
This made me think about Zaphod Beeblebrox. I don’t know why.
Apr 10th, 2009 / 9:27 am
“Even if they don’t like you – they’ll keep the card. ” haha. Now THAT was funny!
Apr 10th, 2009 / 9:34 pm
So he isn’t a comedian?
Apr 10th, 2009 / 10:38 pm
It took him 25 years to design that card. Guess he charges by the hour.
Apr 11th, 2009 / 9:44 pm
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” Abraham Lincoln. I’ve been looking for years for the right time to use that quote. Thanks for the opportunity.
Apr 12th, 2009 / 1:47 pm
25 years making that??? that would make a nice wedding invitation
Apr 14th, 2009 / 2:11 pm
Photoshopped. Definitely.
No human can be like this.
Apr 14th, 2009 / 3:17 pm
what a cockboy. 10 out of 10 for being totally in love with himself too.
Apr 14th, 2009 / 6:58 pm
Who the #$% is that guy? According to his philosophy of CARD – we should know, right?
Apr 17th, 2009 / 4:09 pm
I don’t like him, but actually, he’s right.
May 14th, 2009 / 6:51 pm
I’m not a designer but I man, do I APPRECIATE you design-folks. You spare me from idots like this that take the Terminator-approach to business – yeck!
Thanks for the laugh Tina – this was too funny. And a bit pathetic.
May 14th, 2009 / 7:26 pm
Funny. What a douche
May 15th, 2009 / 9:54 am
The pop-up style of a children’s book is some kind of work of a meniacle genius…I assume.
May 27th, 2009 / 2:32 am
So great, heart breaking, I´m not a CEO yet…
Sep 28th, 2011 / 10:57 pm
Amazing, I share it al ready LOL
Sep 28th, 2011 / 10:59 pm