The cards
An object worth
keeping.
Three finishes, one chip, no reprints. These are design concepts for the first run. Nothing here is on sale yet.
Concept · not yet for saleCard finishes and specification
Tap the card to turn it over. Move your pointer to catch the light.
The signature. Deep green metal with a soft brushed grain, and a silver foil mark that catches the light when it turns.
Target specification · first run
- Format
- 85.6 × 54 mm, standard card, 0.8 mm thick
- Chip
- NTAG 215, 504 bytes, passive
- Power
- None. The reader’s field wakes it
- Range
- Roughly 1 cm, so it never fires by accident
- Rewritable
- Point it somewhere new whenever you like
- Fallback
- Printed QR on the reverse for older phones
This is what we’re aiming for, not a finished datasheet. Nothing has been manufactured yet and the numbers will move as we prototype.
The family
Side by side.
Tap to meet
No. 014
Emerald
Anodised aluminium · satin core
Tap to meet
No. 014
Ivory
Ceramic-coated steel · matte
Tap to meet
No. 014
Onyx
PVD-coated stainless · mirror edge
How we’re designing it
Rules we’re holding to.
- Weight
- It should feel like an object. Metal rather than laminate, heavy enough that you hear it land on a table.
- Restraint
- One mark, one line of type. The card’s job is to be kept, and clutter is the first thing anyone throws out.
- Permanence
- Rewritable, so a new job doesn’t mean a new card. Whatever is in their wallet keeps pointing at the real you.