Retrospect
A solar-powered camera without a screen. Take the photos now, relive them later.
- Year
- 2019
- Role
- Design, engineering & prototyping
- Client
- Own venture
- Outcome
- 12 working prototypes, user-tested
- 12
- working prototypes
- 200 mAh
- charged by the sun
With smartphones, it’s easy to keep sharing and hard to take a moment. Retrospect is the “almost analog” approach: reliving the old days, without the hassles of the old days. The feel of the old disposable camera, without its waste. It has no screen and no cables, and it doesn’t pull you out of the moment. Afterwards, there’s an SD card full of memories.
Powered by the sun
Retrospect is meant as a sustainable replacement for the single-use cameras people take to parties and on holidays. A few hours in bright sunlight fully charge its 200 mAh battery, so it never needs a charger.
Prototyping
I made 12 working prototypes: 3D-printed housings, hand-soldered camera boards, solar panels, batteries and charge controllers. With them, I ran an extensive user test with young adults, the target group.
