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Here, have a card!
"...Why?"
A business card has one job - to be memorable. Ideally, they're remembered later, and looked at a second time. In that sense, if you're reading this, then my business card has succeeded! Introducing complexity and beauty into a thin, paper card is also an endlessly interesting challenge.
The card above is the fourth in a series of pivoting cards - this one showcases moire animation of a swimming goldfish (along the lines of my dream design firm's brand, Alabaster Goldfish), and a thin, robust linkage. All art and graphics in the card are my work.
Linkages in Layers
Papercraft mechanisms are all layer based. Buckling can only be avoided by designing mechanisms that won't catch, with well directed force components and pins with the right tolerances for paper that are solid through the thickness of the card. The most recent version uses 3 layers of clear, printable labels to achieve the thin slots needed for smooth moire animation, as well as to provide a layered pattern over the front face of the card.
Easily assembled.
Designed to be assembled repeatably and quickly - each part is cut on a Silhouette Cameo digital cutter, with alignment markings on all parts, and small parts being cut perforated on blocks so they aren't stored loose after cutting.
Past Designs
This is version 4.36 - there were a bunch before this, not all of them documented, unfortunately. Here are what pictures I still have.
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