Print · NFC · Web — one studio
Print.
Tap.
Connect.
Ciconiq is a small studio with three trades and one job: the face of your business. Signs, merch and product UV-printed in-house on almost any surface. NFC cards and stands that tap straight to your links. And the small, fast websites those links open. All of it made in-house, without agency prices.
01 — Anatomy of a print
Built in layers.
Cured in light.
UV printing lays ink onto the surface and cures it instantly under ultraviolet light. Nothing soaks in — every pass sits exactly where we put it. That means color on black, white on clear, gloss where you want the eye to go. Pull a print apart:
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01 · Substrate
The material itself. If it's reasonably flat and fits the bed — or round enough to spin on the rotary — it prints.
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02 · White underbase
A white silhouette of your artwork, printed first — so color stays loud on dark or transparent surfaces.
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03 · Color pass
Your artwork, color-managed from file to ink. This is where most of the prep work lives.
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04 · Gloss varnish
A clear pass on top: spot gloss, raised texture, embossed lines you can feel.
02 — Material index
Surfaces we speak.
Got something weirder? Phone cases, tiles, coasters, hip flasks, notebook covers, tool handles — if it fits the A3 bed or spins on the rotary, we'll test it.
Ask us- BED — A3
- ROTARY — BOTTLES & TUMBLERS
- WHITE INK + GLOSS — YES
- RAISED TEXTURE — YES, FEEL IT
03 — Output
What leaves the studio.
Editions
Numbered, consistent runs of your work. Same color, same gloss, first print to last.
One-offs
Custom phone cases, single pieces, commissions, prototypes and gifts. The weird jobs are the fun ones.
Proofs & tests
Every run starts with one physical proof. You approve it — or we tune and reprint. No surprises at pickup.
04 — NFC
Print you can tap.
A chip under the ink turns a printed object into a link. Tap it with a phone — no app, no typing — and it opens whatever you point it at: your site, your Google review page, a menu, a booking form. We print the object, program the chip, test every tap, and write-lock it so nobody can quietly point your card somewhere else. Cards and stands post UK-wide, worldwide on request.
Business cards
Black PVC, white ink, your brand. One tap and your details are on their phone — the card stays in the wild, still working.
Cards & stands
Counter and table stands that tap through to whatever you choose — a Google review page, a menu, a booking link. The easiest way to catch a customer before they leave.
Tags & stranger things
Keyrings, pet tags, equipment labels, gallery cards for your prints. If it holds a chip and fits the bed, it can carry a link.
05 — Web
The page the tap opens.
A card is half the trick — the link needs somewhere to land. We build small, fast sites for the same businesses whose cards we print: one-pagers, menus, booking pages, review funnels. Hand-coded, not assembled in a page builder.
One-pagers
A single confident page: who you are, what you do, how to reach you. Live in days, loads in under a second.
Card + page bundles
The NFC card and its landing page designed as one object — same type, same colors, both ends of the tap from one studio.
Tune-ups
Already have a site? We'll make it faster, cleaner, and worth pointing a chip at.
The portfolio? You're on it. This page is drawn in code by hand — same as everything we ship.
Start a site06 — Process
Four steps.
One proof. No surprises.
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1
Send the file
Any format you have. We'll tell you honestly if it won't hold up at size.
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We prep
White-ink mask, varnish plate, color profile per material. This is the part most shops rush. We don't.
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One proof
A physical proof in your hands — or your inbox — before any run.
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Delivery
Printed, cured and packed in Leeds — delivered UK-wide. Storks deliver — it's kind of our whole thing.
07 — The name
Why “Ciconiq”?
From Ciconia ciconia — the white stork. It wears our exact palette: white body, black flight feathers, one red accent. It nests where it's welcome and comes back every year. And, famously, it delivers.
08 — Start a job
Tell us what
you're making.
Send a sketch, a file, or just the idea and the surface you want it on. You'll get a straight answer and a real quote — not a form letter.