Atelier NFC hardware
Cards you can feel.
Light you can move.
Five card materials and two accessories, each carrying an NXP NTAG216 chip that opens your link in one tap. Move the lamp, flip the card, engrave your name or logo, and check out from $39.
- Form
- ID-1 card · ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1
- Dimensions
- 85.60 × 53.98 × 0.80 mm
- Mass
- 22.0 g
- Engraving
- 0.15 mm laser depth
- Finish
- Brushed Raw Steel
- Pole-star dot
- Anodized titanium inlay
- Chip
- NXP NTAG216 · 888 B · 100,000 writes · 10-yr retention
- Air interface
- ISO/IEC 14443-A · 13.56 MHz · NFC Forum Type 2
- Tilt
- —
- Key light
- —
- Face
- Front
Tracked shipping to the US, Canada, UK, Australia, UAE, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Singapore and India. You link the card to your profile when it arrives.
01 Inside
One chip in every card.
Physics does the rest.
An NFC Forum Type 2 tag on ISO/IEC 14443-A, the standard every NFC phone reads.
The phone’s field powers the chip; the card has no battery to die.
Your card’s link is a 27-byte NDEF record. The rest is headroom.
Datasheet endurance, with 10-year data retention.
The near field falls with the cube of distance; that’s why it’s a tap.
iPhone XR and later read tags in the background; NFC Android phones read them unlocked.
02 The collection
Seven pieces.
One link behind all of them.
Matte Black PVC
$49Ultra-dense matte polymer, stealth aesthetic.
5.5 g · NTAG216
Inspect in the studioEco Bamboo Wood
$59Sustainably harvested, precision grain, laser-cut.
6.2 g · NTAG216 · 0.15 mm engraving
Inspect in the studioStainless Steel
$89Precision CNC milled, hand-brushed gunmetal, 22 g in the hand.
22.0 g · NTAG216 · 0.15 mm engraving
Inspect in the studio24K Gold Plated
$149Mirror-finish electroplated brass, deep laser engraving.
26.5 g · NTAG216 · 0.15 mm engraving
Inspect in the studioCarbon Fiber
$129Aerospace-grade 3K twill weave, high strength-to-weight.
4.8 g · NTAG216 · 0.15 mm engraving
Inspect in the studioNFC Tap Tag
$39The same tap, stuck to the back of your phone.
1.2 g · NTAG213
Inspect in the studioNFC Smart Keychain
$39Your card on your keyring: leather fob, one tap.
14.0 g · NTAG213
Inspect in the studio
03 Ordering for a team
Order together.
Pay less per card.
5+ of one design
Applied to every card in that line, automatically, before checkout.
10+ of one design
For agencies and sales teams: same card, same price per head.
Free tracked shipping
On any bag of $100 or more. A single gold card qualifies.
A metal card with the plan
Pro, billed yearly, includes a custom engraved metal card. See plans
04 Questions
Before you order.
When will it arrive?
Standard tracked shipping takes 4–8 business days and is free on orders of $100 or more ($5 below that). Express by DHL or FedEx takes 1–3 business days for $15. We ship to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, the UAE, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Singapore and India.
What does the chip actually hold?
One NDEF record: a short link, imknownas.com/c/ and an 8-character code. It forwards to your page, where your profile, number, photo and AI concierge live, so you change the page, never the card. A lost card can be switched off without touching your link.
Do metal cards still tap?
Yes. Metal reflects radio, so on steel and gold the chip and antenna sit on a ferrite layer that keeps the field away from the metal and the read reliable.
How deep is the engraving?
Engraved cards (steel, gold, carbon fibre, bamboo) are laser-engraved 0.15 mm deep. Matte PVC is laser-etched with a raised UV spot-gloss dot.
How does volume pricing work?
Per design: order 5 or more of one design and each is 15% off; 10 or more and each is 25% off. The bag shows the discount before you pay.
How do I link the card to my profile?
Cards arrive ready to activate: tap one with your phone, sign in, and it attaches to your imknownas page.