Inspirational Showcase of Business Card Websites
The term ‘business card website’ has become widely associated with the popular style of website that has cropped up on the personal domains of designers and developers. The site is essentially a simple, single page design that displays personal information, contact details and links through to other social profiles, much like a traditional tactile business card is used to display basic information.
Business card websites come in all shapes and sizes, but popular charactersitics include a compact, lightweight design, often small in size. Business card sites also tend to make use of Javascript to enhance the user experience and are commonly designed with a fresh take on the interface, taking inspiration from the clean style of Apple’s OSX.
Let’s take a look at an inspiring collection of examples, each with an individual twist on the original business card idea.
Tim Van Damme
Rogie King
Florian Pichler
John Bloomfield
Salya Howald
Nathan Plante
Dean Harris
Marco Bauli
Thierry Castel
Samrat Mazumdar
Guy Lewin
Zhuoshi Xie
Ben Word
Rendian Therianto
Katrina Neufield
Greg Thongsophon
Ali Bahşişoğlu
Clément Simon
David McGeorge
Chris Rowe
Dimas F. Gorostarzu
Eugen Buşoiu
Jamie Calder
Chris Carey
Timothy Armstrong
Lee Adams Norris
Michael Dyer
Christian South
Ryan Glover
Mark Tyrrell
Patrik Inzinger
Gert Pellens
Joshua R Jones
M Dimas Maulana
Jonas Lekevicius
Michael Villar
Nico Kaiser
Sebastien Couture
Gabor Szauer
Pedro Duarte
Michaël Betsch
David Merfield
Maximilian Schöning
Karsten Rieger
Andy Croll
Preshit Deorukhkar
Chris Wallace
Raffaele Rasini
John Phillips
Maykel Loomans
Daniel Genser
Chris Harrison
Tyler Galpin
Mattias Kretschmann
Osvaldas Valutis
Craig Wilson
Luke Stevens
William Donahoe
Peter Eggington
John Saddington
Appenstein
Great stuff, got a few too many favourites in there to mention them in the comment! ;)
Wonderful showcase.
I have to make one for myself.
great list
Nathan Plante’s website is a bad example of the business card website, it has nothing
some of the rest are excellent implementation of less is more
Cant agree i think Nathan’s although unfinished works well. Lacking content maybe but it has all the necessary contact details.
They are some fantastic examples in this post. I still question the need for one of these sites especially if you have a full functioning portfolio website.
Wow! Thanks for the mention.
I really don’t think mine warranted (I actually just changed it this morning) being included in this list, especially with such amazing other examples.
And then I flicked it back. I guess this article made me realise that I liked the old version better.
this one was my fav Daniel Genser
Many thanks for listing me, Chris!
Great post and as the title suggests it is very inspiring. Until today I was unfamiliar with “business card websites” and now I am determined to make one for myself. Thanks a ton!
These are the most amazing things I have ever seen!
Great list! Very inspirational.
Business Card Websites…Very Interesting! This sounds like an excellent way for a small or homebased business to get started. Most new start-up businesses can not afford a full fledge website. In walks this….Good topic!
Hey guys, just put up the instructions to build your own iPhone Business Card:
http://thijsjacobs.com/post/199764172/iphone-business-card
Wow! these are brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
Great Website Layouts. Keep it simple and stupid!
thanks for the feature chris :)
Michael Villar is definitely my fav!
great list!
Muy buen blog de diseño! great blog! thanks from Argentina.
Thanks for listing me!
Very cool! Thank you so much for putting together this collection. You’ve inspired me to maybe try something a little different.
Thank you very much :) I’m glad to be on your showcase gallery <3
Thank you for mentioning me.
Thank you for adding my site to your list
Thanks for the mention. I saw a spike in visitors, and was wondering where they came from.
And to everyone else on the list, great job.
I just talked to a reputable advertising company and their sales rep had no clue what a business card website was. That’s when I knew to hang up. Great designs!
Hey great post – Tim’s site was an inspiration to my most recent personal site..
http://www.chadmueller.com – its the same idea… just bigger… and a few extra goodies on there..
Nice site too Chad! :-)
Nice stuff, thanks !
Now I want mine.
Thanks.
*Bookmarked, tweeted*
Thanks for including mine in there too Chris. Hoping to redesign yet again soon.
Thanks for the mention, It got me around 300 visits in 4 days :)
Guy.
Thanks for the mention Chris, appreciate it! :)
Wow, so nice to be showcased {:
I just love the simplistic look of a lot of these sites and the design thought that clearly went into them.
Some of these were showcased in .Net magazine recently and prompted me to completely redesign my own site in a similiar (nit nowhere as good!) style.
Thanks for including me in the list!
Regards.
Great list. Simple but great design work!
plain yet great looks good keep up the good work
Nice tips !!
Thanks for nice work!!
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Good Compilation… Lee Adams Norris, Katrina Neufield, Maykel Loomans, Luke Stevens and Dean Harris are on my top five list…This post will surely inspire many of us to explore the creative side which is dormant in this world of machines….Thanks…….
Great collection. Thanks for it.
Really loved this post of a great compilation of site…so much so I was inspired to create my own “one pager” Check out http://www.zoefeast.com/
Thanks again for a great collection
Thanks for adding my card… nice post!