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Dean Morris Cards was started by Dean way back in 1999, but that is not where it really began. In the years before he used to make handmade cards for family or customising birthday cards, Christmas cards, even the odd valentine card. Dean studied Fine Art at Wolverhampton University and upon graduating he wasn't sure what to do as a career. When on a trip to London in a fancy arts store he saw lots of handmade paper on sale, and he thought he could use some of them to make some cards to sell. And that is where it all started, he had no real business plan or strategy - just some paper, a couple of tubes of glue, plenty of sequins and an idea. With a bit of luck, some help from a local artist's foundation and some guidance and support from The Princes Trust that idea snowballed. First into a part-time business as Dean Morris Cards in 1999, and then a few years later a full time career! Almost all of the cards and gifts are Dean's design and come from his appreciation of retro and own sense of humour. Working to keep the brand quite unique he just designs what makes him and his friends laugh, and it seems others appreciate his idea of what makes a funny greetings card. The Dean Morris Card's brand is now one of the industry's best-known humour card companies, helped by the Daily Mail's determination to demonise Dean and his unique brand of mixing retro designs with rude phrases. While he may no longer be working from a bedroom filled with fumes as he sticks sequins and glitter onto his cards it is still just Dean. He said in a recent interview "When people ring and realise it's actually me answering the phone it's quite funny, they think they'll have to fight their way through a stream of people to talk to me. As a publisher, I'm a lot bigger than some people think but I'm a lot smaller than other people think - despite the Daily Mail saying my cards pollute the High Street!"

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