httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk
Hilarious, this guy is like the Tony Robbins of business cards or something. “It took me TWENTY—FIVE—YEARS to design this.” Link
Your Business Card is Crap!
04.24.2009
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wow…who the hell is this dude?! i bet he loves cocaine…
HILARIOUS. Scrooge McDuck meets Jimmy Buffet meets Business Card Mafia. Thanks, Scott!
His name is Joel Bauer and he’s an “Infotainer”! His website: http://infotainer.com/infotainer/blog/about-joel/
foil stamped, embossed, die cut and a pop up. words aren’t enough.
what about throwing a drop shadow in there somewhere? or is that to out-of -this-world?
I don’t do anything guaranteed. . .except shit a couple times a day and design 2nd rate business cards it would seem.
What a perfect way to start the weekend.
Hilarious indeed! I wish I had twenty-five years to design my business cards. He spent all that money on his wild and crazy business cards and didn’t have any left for his website I guess.
Truly awesome in every way. I mean, how can you argue with logic like that?
@botched
Hilarious! And absolutely inspiring aswell, guess he is an amazing salesperson, so commited to his cause – allthough he didn’t really sell that idea to me though:)
I love this video. If only his haircut would be as awesome as his business cards. I bet he’d cut his own hair too.
Although his website is equally funny that Kari posted! The video is creepy as hell though.
Haha, I’m glad you posted this Scott, my branding identity teacher showed our class this gem a month ago.
“…it doesn’t fit in a rolodex, because it doesn’t belong in a rolodex.”
Business card: 25 years
Website: his 12 year old nephew and photoshop 7.
“If it doesn’t belong in a rolodex, it will probably be thrown out”
lol.
“Hilarious indeed! I wish I had twenty-five years to design my business cards. He spent all that money on his wild and crazy business cards and didn’t have any left for his website I guess.”
Hahaha.
The World Wide Web is only 16 years old, so he needs at least 9 more years to make his website impressive.
oh the embossers.. the horror….. the horror
Ah, I see this video made it to the website heh.
I really loved this video when I first saw it circulating around the Twittersphere, so much so, I downloaded it. Absolute classic, so entertaining.
Like others, I also ended up researching on Joel. How could you not after seeing a video like that?
Wow…just wow…
I’m not even sure that…thing…qualifies as a business card any more, much less a well-designed business card. If anything, it’s more of a marketing piece. In any case, I’d still like to have one as a reminder of what I do not want to be as a designer. Thanks for sharing this Scott.
he forgot the lens flarez…
Ahahah, when i was born he decided do to it… That’s funy !
Oh. My. God… Sold.
“Life is not about being liked, its about being effective…”
He’s got “not being liked” down.
What’s a roladex?
Hahaha he started design it when he was on his 20’s and finish only now for this interview, it toke a little time but he is unstoppable now. He reminds me of the American psyco…
Well it’s quite interesting “card” (looks like whole brochure), but i think that making a standart format business card is some kinda challenge for a designer. This guy has created a brochure with all that plane transformation things and other bling blings, loads of text. How difficult will be to use this card for a person? This squared card can’t fit into standart card holder, so i bet people won’t put this card somewhere in a pocket or else to have it all the time. 20 years of design leading to failure.
Look at that subtle off-white coloring…the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god, it even has a watermark. I love when the music comes up when he reveals his card. Sounds like the Go-Go’s or something, haha.
It’s a good thing this guy is in a video, I’m not sure I could take him in real life.
@Danny The song is Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Love Is Pain (link to Lala.com http://bit.ly/1Pej2K )