In the 9 years that I’ve been a designer I’ve never had a business card. The general thought was that once a person inputs your contact info into their computer/phone/address book the card becomes useless. And also a little annoying. Like “what the heck am I suppose to do with this thing now?”. So with that in mind I’ve created the indispensable business card. I’m pretty sure if you had to you could also eat it for the small amount of nutrients it carries. Now if only it could double as a jet pack!

And as the budding business owner I think this also offers a good opportunity to talk about marketing. For most of the small to medium sized clients/companies I work with marketing is something that’s easily put on the back burner or just not handled well. Advertising, Website & any visual assets have typically been piecemealed together over the coarse of a few years. This is obviously never intentional. Business usually gets in the way of Business. What I do for them is help create a strong, singular visual identity that can be offered to the public. The choice of fonts, images & colors used can all work to unify the voice of a business.

So what is MY identity? What is it that makes Joshua Talbot Design distinct? There are a million designers out there. A lot of them very talented. So what sets me apart? The brainstorming has begun. More on this later. I need to get back to work!