DL MUSIC

Here is a new business card for my husband, a musical composer. Designing for anything music themed is really, really difficult - very easy to fall into cliche mode (no treble clefs, thank you). Declan wanted something slightly retro looking and simple, nothing too literal. So I used a lot of chocolate brown - paired with a blue grey to make it feel contemporary - and created an original pattern for the back. The pattern was based on speakers and bass strings but in the beginning it was really cold, static and boring. So I started taking it apart to make it more abstract and give it movement. The dot pattern overlay, based on speaker covers, was added last minute and adds to the vintage vibe.