Mstar: product, engineering and NFC
Product · Engineering · NFC
Orb was Mstar's tech arm: product, engineering, UX/UI, web design and NFC experiences. We built everything.
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and more- Client
- Mstar (M*Star Studio, formerly MNTGE)
- Role
- Tech arm: product, engineering, UX/UI, web design, NFC experiences
- Supported on
- StockX, Grimes, Black Book Records, Blond:ish, Tony Hawk
- Services
- UX/UI design, Design systems, NFC experiences, Websites
What we did
- Built NFC tags that unlock exclusive tracks, like a Black Book Records song
- Designed and built the MNTGE Factory app
- Designed Mstar's sites and a brand dashboard for every tap
Tap a tag, unlock something
A phone tap on an NFC tag opens an Mstar experience, like an exclusive Black Book Records song.



An Mstar NFC tag.Photo: Sam Russo (opens in a new tab) 
The NFC experience, with an audio player.
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Result
10,000
MNTGE Mint Pass, sold out in under an hour
What this means for you
If your brand runs drops, you need more than a store page. We were Mstar's tech arm: product, NFC tags that unlock music, and a dashboard that counts every tap.
Need NFC for your next drop?

