Camera

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A pocket-sized, digital camera: a soft square body with a big circular face, built around a small camera PCB and made to come in a whole range of colours.

Cameras in many colourways tumbling together

Year

2026

Type

Consumer electronics

Hardware

Small camera PCB

Process

Sketching, clay models, 3D printing, spray finishing, rendering

01 — Sketch & form

Sketches of rounded squares and lens positions, then clay models to judge size and feel in the hand.

Sketchbook page of camera shapes beside clay models

Blue clay form models on a cutting mat — Clay form models

02 — Prototyping

Dozens of 3D-printed shells tested wall thickness, the lens surround and how the PCB sits inside. The chosen shell was then spray painted.

Camera shell printing on a 3D printer — Printing a shell

Printed shells in black and yellow-green

Parts being spray painted red in a cardboard box — Spray finishing

Painted shells beside the camera PCB — Shell and PCB

03 — In the hand

The finished prototype: silver body, red face, sized to hold between finger and thumb.

Close-up of the prototype held in the hand

04 — Final

Renders in anodised aluminium with a gloss red face, and the full colour range.

Front render of the camera in silver and red

Close-up render of the anodised aluminium edge and lens

Materials

Anodised aluminium and gloss red for the final camera, prototyped in clay and 3D-printed plastic.

Film

Design updates on the camera, from first sketch to working prototype.