A Camera as Beautiful as its Subjects - Yanko Design
If ever a camera deserved to be photographed, information technology'due south this i. This pretty lilliputian indicate-and-shoot past designer Abidur Chowdhury looks to tactility, depth, and personalization to define its aesthetic.
Thanks to a removable textile roofing, it's capable of being completely customized. Now, artists can define not merely their photography content but also their personal style with hardware to match. Its equipped with a variety of zoom and prime lenses which are too available in different colour options for further personalization. The rest of the body is composed of a technical ceramic called steatite, a highly specialized material with qualities oft associated with soapstone. Aside from the stunning visual presented past this unusual fabric combination, the resulting tactile experience feels entirely natural as if ane were grabbing a stone or an organic peel.
Designer: Abidur Chowdhury
The photographic camera is available with dissimilar sets of different zoom and prime lenses which are available in a multifariousness of color options to allow people to personalize this accessory as they do with others from fashion to technology. Allowing people to fit it, stand up out and mix and match exactly to their tastes.
The design explores a removable fabric equanimous of 90% worsted wool and 10% nylon – which in plough provides a level of tactility over traditional camera materials similar leather and an opportunity for flexibility and personalization. The logo is foil stamped onto the textile, assuasive for a fairly flat metallic detail highlighting the brand. The camera also features an optional lanyard allowing for a safer transfer when using the product.
Each of the lenses can exist released by selecting the pop colour circular button at the bottom right of the camera, twisting the lens and pulling in one case a click is heard – taking inspiration from traditional camera lens removal, a learned behavior over decades.
The materiality on the body of the camera looks once again to evoke the sense of natural tactility which flows from the use of textile, ridges and material choices as the user pushes and rotates the variety of buttons and mechanisms on the product.
The animation below looks to showcase, one flow of how the photographic camera could exist used. From selecting modes, focusing on a photo, capturing and editing that photo – and sending a pick of those photos to the deject.
The body is fabricated of the technical ceramic "Steatite" a highly specialized ceramic material which has unique properties mechanically and technically optimized for applications similar these. While also providing concrete tactility for the user and unleashing a more raw aesthetic to the photographic camera.
Digital cameras are trending towards less tactile experiences, and are starting to overlap with mobile phones more and more. One of the most satisfying elements of using a camera is the beautifully tactile elements which allow for improve precision, control and feedback. The intangible issue of the level of command that concrete elements tin give can really heighten a product experience – especially 1 as special as a photography lover's relationship with their photographic camera.
Three of the project colors and material finishes were derived from the inspirational imagery beneath, exploring the expression of pink, the engulfing nature of plants and well an indulgent style slice for myself. I looked into how these behaviors, expressions, and quirks could be represented through imagery and effects alongside the product to create more tailored images.
The capture push button features a force sensitive push which allows the user to control whether they're capturing a photo, taking a video for a short period of time, multiple borer for outburst modes and also more than fun and unique capture modes.
An expression in pink with quirky poses, fun tools and playful forms using a combination of the loveable color and the assets added to the imagery to evoke a level of playfulness.
An expression in green shying away from full view and condign engulfed by plants around it.
Exploring the aesthetics of static, noise and glitches allowing the aesthetic to invite openness and a level of randomness.
The lenses are fully ridged providing the functionality of turning the lens at any signal on the device to adjust for focus whilst also creating an artful that evokes the sensory feeling running your fingers through each of the ridges providing an encapsulating level of tactile feedback.
A pop-up flash module for those rare moments you want to practise a scrap of wink photography – without compromising the course and size of the product. A viewfinder does provide an improved photography experience giving the user the option of both conveniences when not in use and improved accuracy when taking photographs.
The product is available in a variety of colour variants to suit a person and their style. Too if you liked whatsoever of the pictures on the cameras – they're all taken by me, and so thanks!
Source: https://www.yankodesign.com/2018/03/27/a-camera-as-beautiful-as-its-subjects/
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