Comments on: Papercraft phone-booth business-card http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 14:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Frances Berman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448927 Frances Berman Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448927 Obviously, it's an imaginary company. There are no phone booths in New York! Obviously, it’s an imaginary company. There are no phone booths in New York!

]]> By: brainflakes http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448640 brainflakes Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448640 This phone booth reserved for Clark Kent This phone booth reserved for Clark Kent

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448566 CH Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448566 Had to go check out the X-Ray Vision thingy... Whaaaaat??? I was thinking it was going to be something like a kitschy like the comic book ads for X-Ray glasses. Um... seriously dudes??? What kind of customers are you looking for? I doubt they are a real agency. I guess soon some guys will turn up, claiming it was an "art" project. Had to go check out the X-Ray Vision thingy… Whaaaaat??? I was thinking it was going to be something like a kitschy like the comic book ads for X-Ray glasses. Um… seriously dudes??? What kind of customers are you looking for?

I doubt they are a real agency. I guess soon some guys will turn up, claiming it was an “art” project.

]]> By: bobkat http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448352 bobkat Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448352 The recent trend of oddly-shaped cards (large squares and the like) fails for similar reasons; every time someone gives me a card that doesn't fit in the standard credit-card-sized pocket in my wallet is immediately lost or thrown away. The recent trend of oddly-shaped cards (large squares and the like) fails for similar reasons; every time someone gives me a card that doesn’t fit in the standard credit-card-sized pocket in my wallet is immediately lost or thrown away.

]]> By: cbwallday http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448282 cbwallday Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448282 And one more design problem that shows they weren't ready for the big time.  On the initial home page, the phone booth has an interior blue wall and a yellow telephone.  Click to go "inside" of the phone booth, and it's glass windows on all sides and a black telephone.  And where'd that trash can come from? And one more design problem that shows they weren’t ready for the big time.  On the initial home page, the phone booth has an interior blue wall and a yellow telephone.  Click to go “inside” of the phone booth, and it’s glass windows on all sides and a black telephone.  And where’d that trash can come from?

]]> By: Anna Granfors http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448219 Anna Granfors Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448219 I just wanna see one for Dr. John Smith that expands into a TARDIS. (John Smith being the name the Doctor uses when forced to by stupid apes.) And there wouldn't be any typos on it, either. He'd have gone back in time and fixed them. I just wanna see one for Dr. John Smith that expands into a TARDIS. (John Smith being the name the Doctor uses when forced to by stupid apes.)

And there wouldn’t be any typos on it, either. He’d have gone back in time and fixed them.

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448199 OldBrownSquirrel Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448199  It's a more general-purpose version of that timeless artifact, the police call box.  It’s a more general-purpose version of that timeless artifact, the police call box.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448183 semiotix Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448183 Just look at the subtle off-black coloring, the tasteful three-dimensional thickness of it. Oh my god, is th... you know what? I'm tired of having to make the <i>American Psycho</i> reference in all these damn business card threads! Get someone else! <i>*stomp stomp stomp stomp SLAM*</i> Just look at the subtle off-black coloring, the tasteful three-dimensional thickness of it. Oh my god, is th… you know what? I’m tired of having to make the American Psycho reference in all these damn business card threads! Get someone else! *stomp stomp stomp stomp SLAM*

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448167 Funk Daddy Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448167 Ampersand fail. Ampersand fail.

]]> By: dexitroboper http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448153 dexitroboper Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448153 <a href="http://nonadventures.com/2011/04/02/booth-or-dare/" rel="nofollow">Wonderella</a> wants to talk to that ad agency. Wonderella wants to talk to that ad agency.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448133 jimh Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448133 A typo, absolutely. Being in the business myself, I'd say it's very poor work. While typos on other people's materials can be blamed on designers and agencies, when it's you who designs it, it's a huge liability to hand one of these out. Maybe the card was a comp, and not mass-printed yet. But proofreading comes with the territory, even on comps when you're shooting promotional photos of them. My other problem with this is the website. If you even bother to find the hidden links, there's no actual work there. Just a video about an "X-Ray Vision" sticker to promote the agency, which immediately becomes a way to see women in their underwear. High concept stuff, obviously. Way to alienate 50% of the market. Sheesh. I wish them well, but I'm not thinking this is such a super agency. Real creative digs deeper. A typo, absolutely. Being in the business myself, I’d say it’s very poor work.

While typos on other people’s materials can be blamed on designers and agencies, when it’s you who designs it, it’s a huge liability to hand one of these out. Maybe the card was a comp, and not mass-printed yet. But proofreading comes with the territory, even on comps when you’re shooting promotional photos of them.

My other problem with this is the website. If you even bother to find the hidden links, there’s no actual work there. Just a video about an “X-Ray Vision” sticker to promote the agency, which immediately becomes a way to see women in their underwear. High concept stuff, obviously. Way to alienate 50% of the market. Sheesh.

I wish them well, but I’m not thinking this is such a super agency. Real creative digs deeper.

]]> By: ocularity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448126 ocularity Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448126 What's a phone booth? What’s a phone booth?

]]> By: Nathan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448118 Nathan Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448118 For a year or two, I carried personal contact cards that included instructions for folding it into an origami hopping frog, complete with fold lines and such. Strangely enough, a business card designed to be folded into a small jumping animal tended to get lost.  Then there was the one that made the blog rounds a bit back (first Google link I found: http://zactopia.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/but-can-your-business-card-fly/ ) for Norburn Model Aircraft.  It was printed on balsa, and was intended to be turned into a tiny model plane.  I've often wondered if anyone ever had that card around when they needed the number.  Likely not.  These kinds of things are nifty, but anything that delays or prevents the transition from pocket to Rolodex (or equivalent) is ultimately a failure for the intended purpose. For a year or two, I carried personal contact cards that included instructions for folding it into an origami hopping frog, complete with fold lines and such. Strangely enough, a business card designed to be folded into a small jumping animal tended to get lost.  Then there was the one that made the blog rounds a bit back (first Google link I found: http://zactopia.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/but-can-your-business-card-fly/ ) for Norburn Model Aircraft.  It was printed on balsa, and was intended to be turned into a tiny model plane.  I’ve often wondered if anyone ever had that card around when they needed the number.  Likely not.  These kinds of things are nifty, but anything that delays or prevents the transition from pocket to Rolodex (or equivalent) is ultimately a failure for the intended purpose.

]]> By: Michael El Koubi http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448113 Michael El Koubi Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448113 Their website has it right, but the card doesn't. I'd say misprint, but surely an ad agency would go through a vigorous proofing process for anything they'd get printed, right? http://clarkandkent.net/  Their website has it right, but the card doesn’t. I’d say misprint, but surely an ad agency would go through a vigorous proofing process for anything they’d get printed, right?

http://clarkandkent.net/ 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448106 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448106 Do you see quarter for more than one head? Do you see quarter for more than one head?

]]> By: thedreadpiratewesley http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448101 thedreadpiratewesley Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448101 I do not think that word means what you think it means.  "Headquarter" is a transitive verb, meaning "to place one's headquarters".  Nothing wrecks a good campaign like bad grammar. I do not think that word means what you think it means. 

“Headquarter” is a transitive verb, meaning “to place one’s headquarters”.  Nothing wrecks a good campaign like bad grammar.

]]> By: Sceadugenga http://boingboing.net/2012/06/12/papercraft-phone-booth-busines.html#comment-1448099 Sceadugenga Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166005#comment-1448099 Great papercraft design, but…“headquarter”? Great papercraft design, but…“headquarter”?

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