A card solves one problem: make them remember who you are and how to reach you in three seconds. The 21 layouts below are already set out the way Design usually does it, with sample content in your industry's voice — edit and export.
Plain with a left bar Minimal whitespace
A short rule at the left anchors the name and everything else goes to whitespace; easiest to set when the name is short and the title long.
90×54mm · 3mm bleed all round · 90×50mm · 3mm bleed all round · 85×55mm · 3mm bleed all round · 88.9×50.8mm (3.5×2in) · 3mm bleed on all four sides
Whitespace with a right-hand code Minimal whitespaceQR code
The most spacious version plus one bottom-right QR code: a large name, one contact line, and the code keeps to its own corner instead of competing for attention.
90×54mm · 3mm bleed all round · 90×50mm · 3mm bleed all round · 85×55mm · 3mm bleed all round · 88.9×50.8mm (3.5×2in) · 3mm bleed on all four sides
The name set large in vertical columns on the right, title and company in small vertical columns on the left, one horizontal contact line at the foot — how a traditional calling card reads.
Portrait full-width back photo Vertical calling cardPhoto slotHas a back side
The front keeps the name at the top and the contact details in the lower half, with the middle given to the whitespace portrait needs; the back is one full-bleed photo with a line of white type — portfolio or storefront shots go on the back while the front still prints.
Portrait photo band through the middle Vertical calling cardPhoto slot
A full-width photo runs through the middle of the portrait card, name and title above it and contact details below; the band steps back from the measured ink of both stacks and never rides over type.
A full-height photo band on the left (bleeding off top and bottom), one full column of text on the right: name and title at the top, contact details pressed down line by line. Portrait proportions can afford an 18mm band — the same band on a landscape card is a narrow column that squeezes text into two lines.
A photo band across the top bleeding off three edges (its height steps back from the measured top of the name), the name left-aligned below with contact details following.
90×54mm · 3mm bleed all round · 90×50mm · 3mm bleed all round · 85×55mm · 3mm bleed all round · 88.9×50.8mm (3.5×2in) · 3mm bleed on all four sides
Full-bleed photo on the back Photo slotPhoto slotHas a back side
The front carries only name and contact details (the most spacious version), the back is one full-bleed photo over a backing — put the portfolio or storefront shot on the back and the front still prints.
90×54mm · 3mm bleed all round · 90×50mm · 3mm bleed all round · 85×55mm · 3mm bleed all round · 88.9×50.8mm (3.5×2in) · 3mm bleed on all four sides
Every phone, email and web address here is placeholder sample content — it will not connect or deliver. Replace them with your own and the card is ready.
4 wording tips for Design cards
The card itself is the first page of your portfolio: if the layout does not hold up, the client doubts your typography next.
Nail the service range to three items — brand, packaging, web, say. “Full-stack designer” attracts enquiries that were never a fit.
Print the short domain, not a long link trailing parameters — the other side scans it and still cannot get in.
Set your WeChat ID to one people can actually search for; an old nickname revised several times is one fewer way to reach you.
Before you print
The finished card is 90×54mm, the file 96×60mm (3mm bleed all round), text 3mm from the trim line, bitmaps 300dpi. Full spec in the size and bleed reference。