Design Crit: Business cards from American Psycho

In American Psycho, Patrick Bateman sure has some strong feelings about stationery design, but is it founded on reality or fiction In this video we ll look at the typography, card stock, print embellishments and layout of the business cards of Pierce Pierce s many Vice Presidents of Mergers Acquisitions. 0:00 Introduction 0:31 Patrick Bateman s card 3:48 David Van Patten s card 5:00 Timothy Bryce s card 6:59 Paul Allen s card 9:30 Analysing the group 11:32 The flawed premise (being pedantic) , AmericanPsycho, Design, BusinessCards Sources: The Business Cards of American Psycho by Claire Greene Neenah Paper The Beauty of Engraving Carlson Craft The Craft of Thermography Jonathan Hackett How to Make a Watermark Neenah Paper The Beauty of Letterpress