Nathan Bestwick's MiiMii manual pepper grinder, a new designer startup success story!

Esdi, Brazil & Latin America's first design school, (listed in Newsweek's Top 60 Design Schools in the world) launched its First Ever Collective Playing Card Deck, limited edition of 300!

FEATUREDIcebreaker has always had some pretty incredible surreal photography with their Ram-men, here's a peek at their new SS12 lookbook that came in playful flash card form.

This target gift card lets you build a little wooden airplane!

ITS Tactical's ITS Challenge Coin (Spy Coins Edition) ~ you can hide a microSD card with all your secrets within...

Trophy Pieces, a new collaboration between designers Nick Ross and Fraser Reid, commissioned by Arts & Business Scotland.

Designed to get images from a DSLR to an iPad quickly and with zero fuss, these tiny CF and SD iPad Card Readers can give you just that!

Michael Landy's 'Credit Card Destroying Machine' at the Frieze Art Fair in London.

Space Invader playing cards by Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Erlikh.

In the business district of Monterrey, Mexico, architect Agustín Landa and interior designer Joseph Dirand have created the Habita Hotel featuring a contemporary and modern style.

VIDEOA prototype pop-up card by Kyle Bean for the former Commonwealth Institute, home of the new Design Museum due to open in 2014. The card will be available from the Design Museum Shop later in this year.

SuckUK together with designer Christopher McNicholl produced a cardboard radio. The internals are housed in a simple card structure which can be recycled at the end of the product’s life.”

TOOOL Emergency Lock-Pick Card!

VIDEOGoing Solo - by Studio Botes. A sweet stopframe animation. Business advice from designers around the world.

Lovely packaging for Burn Card Clothing.

Carzor, a credit card sized portable razor and mirror for shaving on the go.

Surf Inspired Packaging Design, 3D diecut wave gift card concept developed by Design Packaging - ready for Summer!

Card Speaker, a USB speaker the size of a card-case.

Kerry Howley’s collection of unique human hair necklaces has already won an award, and will on display at the Business Design Center, in London, from June 29 until July 2nd.

Based on original artwork created by an award winning winery in Napa Valley. JAQK Signature Playing Cards combine distinctive design with peerless quality of the world's largest playing card manufacturer - The United States Playing Card Company.

Look back at the most beautiful cars of Le Mans, the ultimate marriage of sports and business, as seen in auto racing wallstreet journal.

A peek at the JP Morgan Palladium Card benefits... it's minted out of palladium and 23k gold and laser engraved with cardholder info

Esdi, Brazil & Latin America's first design school, (listed in Newsweek's Top 60 Design Schools in the world) launched this site for its First Ever collective Playing Card Deck, limited edition of 100.

The Pokitt wallet is designed to carry and protect all your bulky Credit Cards, Smart Cards & Transport Cards. The RFID friendly design means you don't have to take your oyster card out to tap in.

If your mom drove a van, this is the Mother's Day card for her. This three-color, letterpress card from Paper Plates Press brings back nostalgia of getting picked up in that faux wood panel ride.

Viktor & Rolf's special bag for KLM World Business Class.

Cute old ID card inspired stationery from V Communications.

The new Holographic CitizenCard has been presented this month in a smart and compact slider pack, designed by Burgopak. The proof-of-age ID card is PASS Accredited and available to all residents of Britain and Ireland.

Luscious lettering by Doyald Young, embossed beautifully for 344 Design as a Thank You card.

VIDEOCortejo is a beautiful brazilian animation about one playing card which is destined to be a queen. By Marilia Poggiali.

Carbon fiber knife by John Kubasek that folds up to the size of a credit card and can fit in a wallet.

VIDEOTo improve the comfort level of their new Europe Business Class, KLM investigated the boundaries of personal space. I find the idea for this viral clever! And funny.

FEATUREDMr & Mrs Smith GoldSmith welcome pack of goodies... membership card, hotel collection books, cd, and leather accessories beautifully custom packaged by Burgo Pak. See how surprising and playful the packaging design is.

Dragonfly Jet ~ Social Network @ 40,000' Jet Card Membership.

Design Milk talks to Brooklyn Slate about their slate cheeseboard and cutting board business, getting into their first retail store, and their favorite foods.

VIDEOChris Brogan - Humanizing Business - Great animation about social media, hits all the right buttons, robots, fail whale and angry birds!

Kinetica Art Fair preview by Paul Friedlander, one of the most visually exciting parts of ‘The Arc Show’ with three exclusive installations from Italian, Spanish and South Korean lighting designers at Business Design Centre, London.

A beautiful letterpress invitation and rsvp card for a wedding in Central Park, NYC.

Love that a christmas card inspired Shelterrific to find out more about the story behind this baby deer... named twitter!

list of ten exorbitant Christmas gifts from business insider, featured in neiman marcus holiday gift ideas

A clever Flight of the Conchords Christmas card by Elliott Quince (hi-res version available)

Supersleek foldable knife in the size of a credit card - designed by Iain Sinclair.

FEATURED Daniel Bjugård Photoetched Christmas Card made out of 0.2 mm hardened steel made in collaboration with Mikroponent AB - see it assembled!

PicTarot ~ in iPhone and real world forms from Pictoplasma! Every card illustrated by amazing artists you probably know and love!

FEATUREDGift Guide ~ For the Business Travelers constantly on the go! Picks that will help make the non stop bouncing between planes and taxis and hotels a bit easier...

FEATUREDNog Pong! The fun interactive xmas card from Saatchi & Saatchi LA by Deep Local. You throw ~ they drink! And you control the NogBot! See behind the scenes and even the electronic guts...

FEATUREDGrolsch has brought together some of the world's best musicians to create the Swingtop Philharmonic Orchestra. The musical troupe has created a video Christmas card featuring the carol 'Oh, Christmas Tree' played entirely using classic Swingtop bottles.

Modern meets traditional in this eco-friendly wall art. Shanghai city scape is laser cut from upcycled card stock that is hand screened with traditional Japanese Yagasuri print. Designed and made by Tinted Mint.

Chopin’s Visiting Card consists of mesmerising ribbons of laboriously processed plywood chaotically weaved their way through the space of this recent Polish exhibition by WWAA Architects and artist/set-designer Boris Kudlička.

Imagining a parallel universe in which superheroes inhabit a Victorian Steampunk world, the Union of Superlative Heroes is a 20 card trading set from Chet Phillips.

The tableware designed by Marcel Wanders for the business class of KLM.

VIDEOBigger than ever, NikeTown in London is back open for business. This short video that features athletes from Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis to English Premier League stars Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Ashley Cole and Dider Drogba.

FEATUREDSmall Business Day is Saturday, November 27th! Awesome new day to celebrate all of us small businesses!

Tell Tale Preserve Co in SF ~ you can join the Tell Tale Society for a monthly burlap sack of goodies adorned with letterpressed card - filled with preserves, confections, cookies and cakes, both sweet and savory.

A new Tarot Card deck features cards by 78 different artists, including Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson, and Steven Meisel (above).

Studio Alexander's pop-up site safety installations for Fletcher Construction. Reality portraits, lightboxes and a mirrored surface combined to remind workers to check themselves for safety gear as they entered the work site.

'The Most Powerful Colors in the World' by Colour Lovers. A look at the colors in the brands from the top 100 sites in the world.

Cute gift card packaging from Invisible Creature for target. A spin the stork game.

AIGA: GAIN Design & Business Conference Oct. 14-16 in NYC. Moderated by MoMA’s Paola Antonelli, talks by Gadi Amit (NewDealDesign), John Maeda (President RISD), Jeremey Clark (Adobe) among others.

Architect as developer. Architect as contractor.
Our top ten firms making Darwinan adjustments to their business models the post-crisis industry.

PANTONE + Visa® Platinum Rewards Card.

Simple, yet true letterpress card for grooms to give to their brides on the day of their wedding. Sets the tone from the start.

Favorite part of the Bogusky Tell All ~ Each key card to the FearLess Cottage carries this text: "The recipients of this card have demonstrated that they are capable of pushing aside fear in pursuit of doing the right thing."

Say exactly what you mean with these letterpressed fill in the blank cards.

A series of playing card decks designed by Felix Blommestijn.

Fun new design for the Morgan's Hotel Group relaunched Global Card along with their new benefits at their hotels across the world.

This is another beautiful deck, lovingly created by over 30 artists of the Black Rock Collective. Is it a pack of playing cards of 52 exclusive pieces of art?

FEATUREDA microscopically close up look at a US Visa Card... checking out the tiny row of all the presidents and state flags... and perhaps a typo?

Boldinc's bottle design for Sant & Sinner (S&S)'s calling card range.

Unsuckit ~ translating business/social media jargon back to normal

Hank Jr. Greeting Card - Holiday Matinee - what an adorably bizarre, sad owl! designed by Jocelyn Duke.

Sweet little people deliver your messages for you! 1/100 Paper Model series now in greeting card form by Naoki TERADA.

The exclusive Porsche 911 Carrera S Centurion Edition. Only three will be made exclusively for American Express Black card holders.

FEATUREDBlank Canvases! Anything is possible! Lovely new ad spots from American Express for their playful new Zync Card ~ fun music from passion pit, andrew bird, and the antlers.

Message Box by D-BROS is a 3D message card. Warm messages are set behind curtains.

LG Display released an e-book equipped with a solar cell. Thin film solar cell in LG e-book has length and width of 10 cm, thickness 0.7 mm (less than a credit card) and weighs just 20 grams.

Thumb War card designed by artist Christopher Lee.

The Gift Card is finally personal. Check out the Home Depot's new gift card. It lets you attach a personal video to your card. The person you give the card can then watch the video in augmented reality. Watch the demo video to learn more.

Stainless steel Micro Sim Cutter cuts a perfect Micro Sim out of your normal Sim. "Cut My Sim" consists of twelve stainless steel parts and doesn’t allow you to cut your card wrongly.

NOTCOT on Small Business ~ lately i've been writing for Amex Open Forum ~ sharing small biz stories ~ the latest? My little rant on what to do when your hobby becomes "work" - Find Work/Life Balance, NOT a Hobby

Mercedes-Benz Advantage, puts the iPad into the hands of the their sales force in combination Mercedes' new sales tool app ~ interesting use of the iPad in business/sales!

I Wish I Worked There!: A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business ~ by Kursty Groves ~ Intriguing looking coffee table book!

10 creative uses of Twitter. Because creativity matters as much as self-promotion or business intelligence.

Saipua Shop in industrial Red Hook, Brooklyn, was designed by the architects of Tacklebox for a small, family-run business dedicated to small batch production of handmade soaps and unique floral arrangements.

Commemorating 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company, the Bicycle 125: Anniversary Edition feature a distinctive, vintage aesthetic and a signature metallic foil design on a special edition tuck case.

The Business School building at U Auckland, designed by FJMT + Archimedia, makes a good use of materials to create a powerful institutional image. I like how the different planes dramatize the perspective of the building.

Gary Lane realises prints for luxury shop Lane Crawford. Fresh and creative, these ads are Poptastic!

Bloomberg Businessweek unveils their latest magazine redesign, compete with a new logo...

CHOCOLATE Bombs! Design studio Omlette makes some delicious commentary on the state of Mexico's cacao import/export business.

With the Oyster Card Wallet you’ll know how much credit you have left at all times. No more waiting for the bus only to be turned away, and no more walking into tube gates. For London Commuters from David Bruno and Tom Seymour.

Designed with both the typophile and card player in mind, Helveticards are the beautiful, usable alternative to the traditional deck of cards.

A creative and adorable card by Pop + Shorty that says a lot in just a brief message: “With You, Life Is In All Caps”. Maybe you’d also like to think of this as a Billy Mays (or Kanye West) card.

I love this map of London from Herb Lester Associates. The map charts the most pleasant and civilized places, around London, for a secret liaison, a sneaky skive or an out-of-the-office very-important business meeting.

Heru Suryoko’s newest pictures are being praised everywhere. Heru’s imagination has people admiring his work for the comical and artistic effects. The new pictures include everything from the business world back to prehistoric times.

Wood Wallet uses a credit card as a lid for a small chamber for money bills and coins.
It has room for 4 cards on top of each other.

Single "ctrl + z, I'm sorry" letterpress card. A geeky fun way to express an apology!

Postcarden is a gift/greeting card that turns into a mini living garden. Instructions and seeds are included.

Stank Sentiments For Sweethearts quote a different kind of rhyming masterpiece, namely rap songs. Each card has a message in a bold red typeface and subtle debossed image. With eloquent sentiments such as “I Like Big Butts,” “Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby,” etc!

Everyone deserves to get lucky on Valentines Day. New Crankbunny custom message scratch off greeting card just in time for some action.

A seemingly smart portable speaker for your phone or iPod... "No bigger than a credit card and as thick as a blister pack of chewing gum."

SEED Container Housing for Haiti relief in Fast Company.

Check out this cool creative process stop motion video from Mind Castle, which they made 5 days before Christmas. It features a Holiday card + DVD.

Winkreative Christmas Card 2009

The disloyalty card. In an attempt to promote East London's emerging coffee shop scene, if you go and drink coffee at 8 different cafes, then the 2009 World Barista Champion will make you a free cup of coffee.

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A lovely daylight visualization presented as a Winter Solstice greeting card by Saint Paul designer Todd Zerger.

Wish a Happy Christmas to the librarian or book lover in your life with this clever Christmas card by simplesongdesigns.

FEATUREDWinstanley sent over a fun holiday card in a petri dish ~ with jingle bells ~ and warnings on how to fend off the H0H0 Chimney Flu virus! And you can play their fun game as well...

Instead of a Christmas card, Crush created a 8-page Comic Book. A Crush Holiday Comic Spectacular.

For our 2009 Christmas card a 50cm² twelve pointed Moravian star, hand carved from ice was left to melt over 15 hours. We documented this process with Polaroid film and sent the results out as cards to our friends.

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FEATUREDOn unexpected and adorable surprises ~ Anthropologie just sent over the cutest birthday card ~ punched out cupcake with a candle necklace and discount for the store...

Kelly Vivanco has a new store! Pill boxes and credit card holders have never looked so beautiful.

FEATUREDInvisible Creature for Target ~ The Winter Fishing Hole Game! Gift card that unfolds into a beautifully illustrated playful board game ~ see the closeups of the details!

Everybody who works in a creative business or wants to do it should watch the interview with Eike König. Eike König is the owner of HORT, a creative studio in Berlin. Much more inspiration is rarely possible.

Happy Socks worked with 6 artists on some great Christmas cards. The line-up includes James Jarvis, Marok and Cream.

THE PUNCH CARD™ – The three character say-whatever-you-want card. Punch out the perforated pieces to create your own personal message. Use letters, numbers, glyphs or design your own pattern.

SAY IT UR WAY™

It’s the 10th annual DesignThinkers conference focusing on the role of design in shaping business, society and the future health of the planet. Join us in Toronto on Nov. 3rd and 4th to gain new perspectives from some of the industry’s leading innovators.

Seb Lester gives the new cover of Business Week a lovely + striking typographic solution.

Introducing our Creative Economy t-shirt series from Etcetera Media! Which are you? The Designer? The Maker? The Ideas Guy? Or the Business Man?

Braille over the years has attracted attention when it launched as a decoration on the wall coverings, fabrics and shirts. "Iris Hantverk" have developed the card with Braille text, which reads: I miss you!

In uncertain times, creative strategy in business has never been more valuable. Reflecting the economic challenges on every firm’s mind, Lisa Tse Ltd has printed its own currency, Design Dollars.

Artists were asked to submit a playing card as part of the Shelter Awareness campaign in the UK. The chosen card becomes part of an exhibition with Damien Hirst, D*Face, Douglas Gordon and many more.

This is a pairing made in heaven. Globe-Trotter and Happy Socks are partners – not in the sock making business but the display world. Globe-Trotter has been names Happy Socks’ official display partner for the US market.

'hello haptic' flash card kit by korean designer's rhea jeong , young soo hong, sunmin lee and sae hee lee, is a flash card kit that allows visually impaired children to learn about their sense of touch

Nothing says 'Thank You' like a Yak and a no-nonsense expression of gratitude. A printable thank you card, perfect for the guys in your life. Just download the PDF, print and cut. Print as many times as you want!

Holidaying Horrors By Athony Hibbert - Post­card set doc­u­ment­ing a week­end away in the big apple for some inde­scrib­ably hor­ri­ble tou­rists.

Once known as a strictly for-business city, Abu Dhabi is campaigning hard to become a premier destination for luxury-class nomads and culturati. ARTINFO has some great images from the city and some unique artworks.

DELL's answer to the all-in-one for today's business sector. Unfortunately, Americans won't get to purchase until August but check out some photos of the all new VOSTRO on DELL's flickr.

From today in the Business Design Centre you can see the work of over 3000 new designers in the UK's biggest graduate show. It includes the jewellery of Karen Mabon, shortlisted for New Designer of the Year.

Honey Moon by Lauren Golembiewski. The bottle would be sent to new clients, as we start our honeymoon for our sweet new business relationship.

Even better in person ~ the Credit Card Bottle Opener ~ perfect corporate gift once engraved? Now if only i could just transfer my cc mag strip to it!

Meet Mr. Water Otter
the newest eco-friendly, sustainably harvested
wooden card from Night Owl Paper Goods.

Stinger borders were originally developed as a countermeasure against card cheating. Historically reserved only for the world's finest casinos, the Bee® Stinger playing cards are now available on the finest Aristocrat stock.

Adorable Moose Peeking card from Linda & Harriet

The World Famous Design Junkies post an expanding collection of photographs of the most important card in the deck: the Ace of Spades.

Ji Lee's "All-In-One Card Stamp" would save us a lot of card shopping.

Diving girl card ~ sure to brighten up anyone's day as it hangs with her floating from the balloon!

Gold ADDY winning mailer for Dale Chihuly's Glass exhibition at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

These beautifully futuristic low-cost business units have been designed for sixteen start-up arts enterprises for Aberystwyth Arts Centre, part of the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Hemingway Design's new creative business concept to be launched at Super Contemporary a landmark exhibition hosted by the Design Council, London, UK.

LA Times has a photo gallery giving us a peek into the Vans shoes HQ in Cypress

ps.2, a design studio based in São Paulo, Brazil, has brought back the card-memory game for all you designers and/or type-geeks out there. The game features 20 pairs of cards, each presenting a different type family...

Adorable 'some assembly required' moving announcement card made by Toronto agency Espresso for an engineering firm.

The 1GB USB stick is made of recycled cardboard. The card includes five sticks to be detachable by cracking them on the doted line. Colin Garceau-Tremblay developed this project in my packaging class.