What if Instagram made a standalone camera?
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The concept's look is modeled almost entirely after the familiar Instagram app icon, as if it were plucked right from an iPhone's screen and enlarged
Like most cameras, the concept sports a touchscreen, LED flash, and optical zoom, plus 16 GB of media storage
ADR Studio has put together a fairly detailed concept for the "Instagram Socialmatic," which merges online photo-sharing with instant Polaroid-like prints
The concept's look is modeled almost entirely after the familiar Instagram app icon, as if it were plucked right from an iPhone's screen and enlarged
The concept's look is modeled almost entirely after the familiar Instagram app icon, as if it were plucked right from an iPhone's screen and enlarged
Since it's a camera built around Instagram, the concept has Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity along with integrated Facebook and Instagram apps for uploading photos
The photos are also printed fully formed, so there's no need to wait for images to develop like with a Polaroid
The photos are also printed fully formed, so there's no need to wait for images to develop like with a Polaroid
An internal printer loaded with refillable paper sheets and a four-color ink cartridge produces physical copies of any photo
An internal printer loaded with refillable paper sheets and a four-color ink cartridge produces physical copies of any photo
ADR Studio has put together a fairly detailed concept for the "Instagram Socialmatic," which merges online photo-sharing with instant Polaroid-like prints
ADR Studio has put together a fairly detailed concept for the "Instagram Socialmatic," which merges online photo-sharing with instant Polaroid-like prints
The camera also has two lenses: one for capturing images, and one for applying 3D filters, scanning QR codes, and using webcam applications
An internal printer loaded with refillable paper sheets and a four-color ink cartridge produces physical copies of any photo
Each image prints with a bar at the top listing the username of the person who took it and a QR code that anyone can scan to start following that user's profile
To mimic the social networking aspects of Instagram in real life, the paper leaves a space for writing in captions/comments at the bottom and has an adhesive strip on the back to stick it anywhere
To mimic the social networking aspects of Instagram in real life, the paper leaves a space for writing in captions/comments at the bottom and has an adhesive strip on the back to stick it anywhere
To mimic the social networking aspects of Instagram in real life, the paper leaves a space for writing in captions/comments at the bottom and has an adhesive strip on the back to stick it anywhere
To mimic the social networking aspects of Instagram in real life, the paper leaves a space for writing in captions/comments at the bottom and has an adhesive strip on the back to stick it anywhere
An Italian design studio has developed a concept for a standalone Instagram camera that mixes Polaroid-like printing with social networking
Article Summary
Instagram is enjoying a wealth of success right now, particularly after being picked up by Facebook last month for a cool US$1 billion. The photo-sharing network's social apps have become some of the most popular in the world, and one design studio in Italy is wondering what it would look like if the company decided to make its own hardware as well. ADR Studio has put together a fairly detailed concept for just such a device, called the "Instagram Socialmatic," which merges online photo-sharing with instant Polaroid-like prints for sharing in the offline world.
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