About

We make one thing, properly.

Snap Magnet exists because the photos worth keeping mostly live behind glass on a phone. We turn them into an object — small, square, and solid enough to still be on the fridge in five years.

No variants, no bundles, no seasonal gimmicks. A single 2 × 2 inch magnet, engineered in four layers, printed with pigment ink and checked by a person before it ships.

We work two ways. Online, you upload photos and we ship anywhere in the United States. At events, we bring the whole studio to you and print live while guests watch — the part of our work that started everything, and still the part people remember.

We're based in Chicago, Illinois, and we travel.

Real Snap Magnet squares from a Chery roadshow, showing the finished layered build

The anatomy.

01
Printed photo
Pigment ink on archival photo stock, color-matched by hand.
02
Protective laminate
Scratch, water and fingerprint resistant satin film.
03
Rigid board
0.06 in (1.5 mm) dimensionally stable core. It will never curl.
04
Magnetic backing
Industrial-grade flexible magnet with a confident hold.

Color, corrected by a person

Every file is reviewed before it prints. Skin tones, exposure and crop — checked, not automated.

Edges you can feel

Cut square and clean on a rigid core, so the magnet sits flat and true against any surface.

Built to stay

Laminated to resist kitchen life. Years on a fridge door, not weeks.

200+

Brands and agencies we have printed for

500k+

Magnets printed, cut and hand-checked

2 × 2 in

One size, four layers, no compromises

48 hrs

Typical turnaround on an online order

Our story

From one live printing table to a nationwide studio.

01
It started at a table
One printer, one laminator and a queue of guests who wanted their photo in their hand before the night ended. That queue told us what to build.
02
We designed the card, not just the print
Brands kept asking for their logo, their colors, a note on the back. So artwork became part of the product — designed per event, approved before we print.
03
Then we opened it to everyone
The same four-layer magnet you get at an activation is the one we now print in Chicago and ship to any US address.

A full batch of printed Snap Magnet cards fresh from a live event

Card design

Every magnet card is drawn for the moment it belongs to.

Our in-house designers build the artwork around your photo — the frame, the logo placement, the message on the back. Tap any piece below to see the front, the back and the finished magnet.