The Presentation Board

Animation

Rendering of Final Design

Google Sketchup Final Design

Sketches of Chosen Concept

(extra "spark" added for development)

Concept Designs

power company
auto-repair shop

airline

Business Card Research

The Business card originated as a thing that higher class people would pass around, handing out where they could be “called upon”. This soon then evolved to possess an association with businesses. Now days, the business card contains the general contact details of a person, such as name, address, phone number (cell phone number) and others.

The “call on cards” would be easy to store and kept up sleeves and such, this easy storage has always been around the business card, and modern day business cards can be easily stored in a wallet or in a pocket without obstructing anything else (very little irritation to the person with the card.). Even when being stored and waiting to be handed out,the business card can be stored together in bulk thus allowing the business card to be made in a huge amount at one time, and with the help of a computer, many different varieties can be made for a wide range of people and needs.

The business card has flourished and been used for many years to great success, however the average business card can bequite bland or dry. So the idea of a 3D business card was introduced and this allows for a wider range of possibilities that are not an option to something like a regular 2D business card.

While having the options of a business card, such as colour and font, the 3D business card also has a 3^rd dimension that adds to the over all dynamic of the business card.

While the 3D business card adds to the aesthetic appeal of the business, it also causes problems, such as, there is no longer a way for the easy storage that 2D business cards had. Furthermore there is a problem with the materials that can be possibly used as using card or paper is now not a stable enough material. From this problem raises another one, the way the card was made was through a printer, obviously, with 3D business cards this in no longer an option for a way of mass-producing.

A possibility for a new way to mass-produce a 3D business card would be a plastic injection mould.

A plastic injection mould works by melting plastic and forming it around a mould to make an item repeatedly, in this way, a particular 3D business card could be made repeatedly and easily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Injection_molding.png

Background

3D Rhythm Repetition Sketch

3D Datum Sketch

3D Figure Ground Sketch

3D Hierarchy Sketch

3D Proportion Composition Sketch

3D Contrast Sketch

3D Symmetry Asymmetry Sketch

Rhythm Repetition Patterns

Rhythm Repetition Textures

Datum Patterns

Datum Textures

Figure Ground Patterns

Figure Ground Textures

Hierarchy Patterns

Hierarchy Textures

Proportion And Composition Patterns

Proportion And Composition Textures

Contrast Patterns

Contrast Textures