A lot of people like to proclaim that business cards are dead. Or dying.

In my opinion, it’s quite the contrary.

I see the medium as going through something of a rebirth. Where creativity rules, and designers and marketers alike are one upping each other as they stretch the limits of what’s possible.

Neat shapes. Stellar designs. Functional cards. Edible cards. Cards that sprout leaves. Cards that transform into something else. 3D cards.

It’s incredible… an art form, even.

But maybe I’m deluding myself. After all, I’m a business card enthusiast. It’s regular folks that will determine whether the business card will follow the typewriter into relative obscurity.

And regular folks just aren’t using paper business cards anymore.

Wait… they are?

Well how about that!

According to a recent Globe and Mail poll,  (at right), 94% of respondents still use the good old fashioned paper business card!

And a considerable majority of those are using paper cards EXCLUSIVELY over electronic options.

If you ask me, results like these confirm that medium is alive and kicking.

Sure, there are other options out there… but traditional cards will have a place in our society for a long time to come.

Now keep those brilliant designs coming.