Metal card design that respects the material.
A metal card carries weight and expectation. The design works with material contrast, engraving and etching, and the construction constraints that distinguish metal from plastic.
You receive several creative directions and choose one. That single direction becomes your completed design, adapted across every format included in your package.
What to consider
- Material contrast
- Using the material itself as part of the visual language.
- Engraving & etching
- Designed for the effects metal construction allows.
- Finish awareness
- Considered against brushed, matte and coated finishes.
- Construction constraints
- Aware of what metal card construction does and does not permit.
- Material and finish guidance
- Stainless steel, gold and titanium, with other metals on request. Coated and uncoated finishes, PVD colours, brushed against polished faces, printed graphics over metal, and details such as stone or diamond setting. We narrow the options to the ones that suit your tier and your budget.
- Complexity, reduced deliberately
- Most metal programmes arrive with more ideas than the material can carry. Part of the job is deciding what to drop so the rest lands.
- Appropriate visual complexity
- Detail pitched to what production can faithfully reproduce.
- Production considerations
- Physical production kept in mind from the first concept.
Packages
Where metal cards fit.
Three creative directions. One complete card design.
from €1,699
One design, matched across two of the three formats.
from €2,299
One design, matched across all three included formats.
from €3,299
Not every manufacturer can reproduce every proposed effect. Final production is confirmed with your selected manufacturer.
Other formats
Further reading
Questions
Common questions.
What is a creative concept?
A distinct visual direction, shown as one front-card visual, one standard mockup, a short name and a one- or two-sentence explanation. It is a direction, not a finished production file, only the direction you select is developed into the complete design.
What is a revision round?
One consolidated set of changes submitted at one time for the selected direction. A new creative direction, a new brief, a new brand identity or a format outside your package are not revisions.
What do I actually receive?
You receive design files: print-ready vector artwork as PDF, Adobe Illustrator (.ai) and EPS, with text outlined for production where appropriate. These are the finished designs, not manufactured cards. If you would like the cards produced, we can arrange manufacturing separately, quoted on top of the design package.
Can you guarantee Visa or Mastercard approval?
No. We produce scheme-aware, production-conscious design reviewed against known card-scheme brand considerations. Final approval remains subject to the issuer, relevant card scheme, programme partners and selected manufacturer.
Metal cards design, fixed price.
Fixed scope, clear concepts and final files, with the constraints of this format designed in from the first concept.