I’ve been bitten by the Macleod bug and have shelled out for a few business cards from Streetcards.
Side A:
Side B:
The reaction has been interesting, some people laugh out loud and pocket the card. Some laugh out loud, pocket the card and then you can see them saying “What a fucking wanker” to themselves. The 3rd kind look at the card and tell me it is not funny and business people should take business seriously yadda yadda yadda. The 4th kind laugh at the card and then tell me I’m an asshole. I can work with these people the best.
Still, whoever I give the card to, there’s always a reaction, unlike when I get cards from most people where it’s a mechanical movement from one wallet to the other without any brain cells being stimulated. That’s the good thing about Hugh’s work, it always fires up those neurons, be it cards, suits or wine.
At least it’s not like the scene from American Psycho:
Edit: Howdy Hughsters!
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Brilliant.
Business people should take business seriously if that’s how they want to do business. Those of us who want to actually enjoy what we do should have cards like this.
Nice one Damien.
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