Comments on: Business cards made from concrete

By: bbonyx

bbonyx — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:00 +0000

Weakling.

;)

By: Heather Cristofaro

Heather Cristofaro — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:01:00 +0000

It’s memorable and delicate and fun. Great for a creative industry. I don’t get the complaints about “not being able to carry in your pocket”. Because everyone carries stacks of business cards in their pockets? Silly. Everyone at conventions carry some type of bag anyway.

If I were a client, it would go right in the mouth of my t-rex toy in my office.

By: cymk

cymk — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:48:00 +0000

Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y

By: Wisconsin Platt

Wisconsin Platt — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:27:00 +0000

Perhaps they work here

http://partiallyclips.com/2006/02/19/office-building/

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000

It seems to me that it would be ridiculously heavy and clumsy to carry around. Imagine if you are going to a convention and you need to hand out a bunch of business cards; what – do you carry a backpack for your business cards?

By: Beanolini

Beanolini — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:48:00 +0000

I'd toss it into the lake

actually, it would probably skim really well. I'd like to think it could be cracked open to reveal a conventional business card hidden inside.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:27:00 +0000

Murmure is such a stupid name for a company. If I got one of those “cards”, I’d toss it into the lake (where it would promptly sink to the bottom).

By: Boardinggate101.com

Boardinggate101.com — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:56:00 +0000

the Gibson novel is Virtual Light…

By: semiotix

semiotix — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:27:00 +0000

Look at that subtle off-gray coloring, the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!

By: Patrick Batemare

Patrick Batemare — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:06:00 +0000

I’d like to see either the Nemesis Ti-Card or Iain Sinclair cardsharp used as a business card. http://www.bladehq.com/item–Nemesis-Knives-TiCard–5303 and http://iainsinclair.com/products.php for the cardsharp

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:23:00 +0000

Yeah, but I want the words to be made of fat.

By: Colm Buckley

Colm Buckley — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:01:00 +0000

+Ryan : yeah, it’s quite a high source of CO2; however I don’t think a few kg of business cards are going to have a huge impact compared with the millions of tonnes which are poured each day…

By: Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:56:00 +0000

Isn’t concrete incredibly bad for the environment?

By: retchdog

retchdog — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:50:00 +0000

i really don’t think you’re supposed to take it that seriously. the bridge trilogy gibsonverse is too grimly cool for toddlers to exist at all. at two months of age, children instantly transition to either child prodigy über-hackers; socially elite fixers; cyber-criminals; or beaten-down thirty-something salarymen.

By: Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:44:00 +0000

I’ve got a toddler in my house, so offering me that business card would mean I would either a) decline the card and write the information on a piece of paper that I would promptly lose or b) go with a competitor.

By: Hollando

Hollando — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:28:00 +0000

“‘Looks like you could cut yourself on it,’ Rydell said.

‘You could, many no doubt have,’ said Karen Mendelsohn, ‘and if you put it in your wallet and sit down, it shatters.’

‘Then what’s the point of it?’

‘You’re supposed to take very good care of it. You won’t get another.’ ”

That last bit was my favorite part.

By: perkzlfaty

perkzlfaty — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:24:00 +0000

Rex and retchdog are correct – it is ‘Virtual Light’ – to wit “Wellington Ma’s business card was a rectangular slice of pink synthetic quartz, laser-engraved with his name, ‘The Ma-Mariano Agency,’ an address on Beverly Boulevard, and all kinds of numbers and e-mail addresses. It arrived by GlobEx in its own little gray suede envelope while Rydell was still in the hospital.”

By: retchdog

retchdog — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:24:00 +0000

http://boingboing.net/2009/04/23/business-cards-made.html ?

By: retchdog

retchdog — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000

yup! pedantry follows, ignore: it was actually pink quartz, and the point of it was that it was so pretty, fragile and dangerous (basically a razor-thin shard of glass) that it forced the recipient to worry about it and thus think of his company. pretty clever.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:15:00 +0000

business-cards screened on wafer-thin slices of marble

Well, now I want business cards made of genetically engineered carpaccio.

By: Rex Tyler

Rex Tyler — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:15:00 +0000

The character Wellington Ma used marble business cards in Gibson’s 1993 novel, “Virtual Light.”