My initial ideas for the Business Card sized Souvenir.

It's something that will be taken away from the event and used to remember that day and what happened, so it needs to be designed in a way that will make people want to keep the item.
It also has to remind them of the event, of the hero that they met. 


The way I'm sort of picturing it is a cross between a tiny art print and a business card, with some sort of imagery on one side that could be displayed on a wall, or in a wallet. The other side would have something more technical on it, maybe something like a signature and a QR code that could send you to a video link or graphic. This could potentially be something that is customised per person, or there could be a limited run of it with different things linked.

I need to ensure that it's not over complicated, as it being business card sized means that it will be rather small. The UK average size is about 85 X 55mm (instantprint, 2019), although there is defiantly some wiggle room in the exact size depending on the business card printer you go to, such as Moo having theirs as 84 X 55mm (Moo, 2022) for their regular rectangular business card.
Business cards can also be square or shorter, but they aren't as common, especially in size compared between different companies.
I'm going to go with the regular UK average at 88 X 55mm, as that will fit in more people's wallets and pockets, however I'll keep the edging in mind when designing so that it could be printed at a slightly different scale without loosing any of the content on the card.


Concepts:

The front side of it will look more like an art print, with a vector of Gonzo on the front, that I'll make by referencing photos of him as well as official drawings. The signature will probably also be on this side, as I don't want the picture to take up the whole side, this would also be the side displayed most commonly, so putting the signature on it would be most preferable.
The back side I'm not yet as sure about what I want to include on there, it could attach to a website about Gonzo or a video link of him, this meet and greet isn't actually real as ideally the QR code could be a separate sticker that gets made and printed off after the person gets to meet Gonzo and it's either a photo of them together or a video of the conversation. [So for this, I could have the QR code link to just a photo of Gonzo]


Sources:

instantprint (2019) Online Business Card Printing and Flyer Printing [Online]. Available at https://www.instantprint.co.uk/printspiration/print-design-tips/what-size-is-a-business-card#:~:text=The%20finished%2C%20printed%20size%20of%20a%20standard%20business%20card%20in,when%20using%20the%20metric%20system. (Accessed 1 February 2022).

Moo (2022) Business Cards [Online]. Available at https://www.moo.com/uk/business-cards?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0eOPBhCGARIsAFIwTs5YOJ1lozwoZKrFewVGWXs7BUzsDNV1QXcO-VTArypdQRbwnJCEQoIaAr1-EALw_wcB (Accessed 1 February 2022).

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