Business card for personal trainer

Accent Creative    says:

did you made this?
I like
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

deadmetrix says:

No, I didn't make it. I just post my favourite concepts here.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

John Kappa says:

Killer Idea!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

JenovaRage says:

Does that mean you need a spotter to dial the number?
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

billyjoelntrdame says:

nice
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

indorock says:

nice! except, when you want to copy the "card's" details over to your cell phone/pda/whatever you need 2 pairs of hands to do so :)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

brouns@sbcglobal.net says:

@JenovaRage = Best comment I have seen in a while!!! ROFL!!!
@deadmetrix = Great idea BTW. Thanks for sharing
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

tysonwilliams.com    says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photography Central, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Very cool and clever idea for marketing
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael Glenn    says:

If memory serves correctly this was a concept card that a friend of his made up.

If you're in Toronto, Poul Nielsen is an excellent personal trainer. :-)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

tomnjess says:

It's cool and conceptually strong, but functionally useless.

Every person who picks this card up would have to be told how to read it.
It wouldn't sit nicely in my wallet.

If I saw this laying on the ground, I would think it's just discarded garbage and not someone's business card.

It's more of a marketing gadget than anything else. And an expensive one to produce, most likely.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

atomicShed    says:

Every person who picks this card up would have to be told how to read it.

If I saw this laying on the ground, I would think it's just discarded garbage and not someone's business card.

mjtobler says:

apparently, this personal trainer only targets folks that want to BULK up :)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

tek428 says:

Good idea, Good design....

and apparently it has got people talking about it.

I expect that his training sales are picking up / will be picking up soon.

www.bloggingwv.com
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

dklimke    says:

this cool card was also spotlighted in ARCHIVE magazine. Decent Idea but WOZ's steel cards are still cooler
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

tomnjess says:

I suppose a better analogy would be if I saw this sitting on a person's desk, I wouldn't make the association with it actually being a businesscard.

Rather I would think it's a piece of rubber with writing on it, maybe a piece of a training band that broke, whatever. I make the association of it being a business card by its shape only.

I suppose the natural inclination of most people would be to pull upon the rubber, eventually.

But if the function of the card is to provide information about the trainer to an uninformed market, then I think it fails on a utilitarian level.

If it's to be used as a marketing tool, it's very a very cool object concept, and it succeeds.

The dialog might consist of what a cool idea this card is and how great that personal trainer is.

To the uninformed, however, I think it would *probably* be lost.

And yes, if I see a piece of design on the ground, I will pick it up... Kind of like a trained dog.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

m@ntrax says:

Que paveo!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

twenty5pics    says:

good thinking there.....

good PR...
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

evadedave    says:

Novel idea! How am I going to stretch the card with one hand while trying to dial? ;)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

nicneo says:

good idea with the training of the hands first, then the brain to figure out how dial the number... :-)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Idjpg says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Bizness Cards, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Drew Olanoff    says:

thats freakin' awesome!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Lane Winfield Moore    says:

If you could add your card to my group, The Business Card, that'd be excellent. I realize someone else has asked you to add it to theirs as well; think you could add to ours too?

Thanks!! Great card.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Kayla Selans    says:

I don't get the comments about "how will I copy over the details" ... don't you have a good memory? :x After stretching it out two times you should be able to remember it all and copy it where it needs to go.

Anyway - love it.

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Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

xiann says:

Love it! My arms are really sore after a touch workout right now, so I guess I'd have to call him when I'm feeling up to the challege ;-)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

weszt says:

To tomnjess:

Good ideas have power and there's always the conservative in the crowd to poo poo an idea that's outside of their comfort zone.


To creator:

Regardless of whether the card ever got made, your idea was creative and original and that's probably more than most of us can ever say.

Great job.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

xthree.net    says:

I used to do this with rubber bands... I would stretch it over the desk... then write things on it with a pen (usually things like "I hate Ms.So and so").. so when you put it together it looked all squished... then we would shoot them at the teacher haha
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

pixelwhip    says:

great idea, but the name/phone number should be visible when not stretched, if not, then this is useless as a business card.. it would be better to have some other elements invisible when unstretched (say a catchy slogan).
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

jayoh says:

top notch!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

pwallroth    says:

You do realize we can see your phone number, hope no one pranks you.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

patrickdid says:

great concept! really matches 4 "personal trainer" ü
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

jetteroheller says:

I think that's brilliant.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

jetteroheller says:

The "web 2.0" way, however, would have been to post the photo with a link to the site too -- then the buzz would have gotten this personal trainer dude some business.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

abstractt says:

Sweet!!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

~iiku [deleted] says:

Nice idea, but when you let go with one hand to write the number down or ring on a phone, it'd shrink again !
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

shanedesigns says:

Awesome idea... but how do you write down the number??
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

atdubya says:

This is a great ad.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

flawedartist says:

That is awesome. I need some.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

rustedlight    says:

You made it to the front page of digg! Congrats. Cool idea.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Rabbitok says:

Might look fine on a condom !
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

deadmetrix says:

Thanks, rustedlight :)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

ibcbulk    says:

fichissimo :)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

ericpitcock says:

I give this a 2 out of 10. It's a nice gimmick, but that's all. Like others mentioned, you need four hands to make it functional.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

pixelant    says:

cute!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

TweetyTwix says:

:D
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Sterne says:

Superb concept... I disagree totally with people that have dissed this. How many other business card types are there that force you to do the very nature of the business type (train your muscles). Who cares if it can't be seen unless stretched etc etc. People would show this around just because it's cool as apposed to Joe Blog's boring looking business card that was made from a stupid template.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

nora* says:

very clever
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

patrickdid says:

haha rabbitok ur name in a condom
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

andrewacomb    says:

Awesome idea!
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Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ralev.com says:

superb idea! :)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

leah_demeter    says:

1. brilliant concept. I think it would be best used as Guerrilla Advertising - where these cards may be scattered in different public areas - to generate some buzz.

2. Definitely would need to be more recognizable as a "business card" with some info not stretched. I still think it's gimmicky and not entirely functional - a business card's purpose is to fit in the wallet and contain all the pertinent info when it's time to make that call - (i imagine it would get annoying after awhile.)
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

phractured says:

you would have to pull it apart and dial the number, creative yes, practical no
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

microcippa    says:

genial!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

c+d_architectes says:

great concept!!!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

cherrycore    says:

i love the concept so cool
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

David Jacques-Louis says:

That's more than design. That's like having a Mac after Win :)

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ventas stgo [deleted] says:

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Katri Bc says:

hehe .. nice moment capture))
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )