Original title: Polaroid can be planted in the soil. What's the game?
Reprinted from: 1626 Selected Trends
In the digital era, taking photos has become extremely convenient and popular. However, there are still some people who are not satisfied with simply clicking the phone screen to record the moment.
They seek a more unique, artistic and memorable way to capture the beautiful moments in life. In the fast-paced world, film cameras and retro cameras are gradually returning to meet people's desire for original photographic experience and returning to nature.
Rich colors, strong texture, light and shadow charm, natural particles. The image presentation of the film camera immerses people in the romantic atmosphere in the history of photography, recording precious and unforgettable moments.
A company called Retrospekt is a representative of the old school charm of photos. They are famous for renovating old style film cameras. One of their masterpieces, like the Polaroid of carrots, is a pastoral map that has recently exploded in social media. It is neatly arranged in the soil, waiting for farmers (predestined person) Come and harvest.
From the past works of Retrospekt, we can also see that it has a deep fascination with retro, film, and reconstruction of old things. Retrospekt employees are enthusiastic about old-fashioned electronics. They faithfully restored each work and gave it a new life.
Their work library seems to be the concentrated capsule of the last century, from vinyl records, retro headphones, to portable combined recorders, and this product logic that goes against the direction of the times forms Retrospekt's unique recognition.
Want to know Retrospekt in all directions? It is better to quickly enter their world from the trend of creation.
Retrospekt x Carrots
'Carrot Polaroid'
The latest spy photo of the Polaroid 600 camera, which is popular in social media, is the latest co branded camera jointly launched by Retrospekt and the new street brand Carrots. Each Carrots camera has a striking orange and green look, It consists of refurbished parts of old cameras in the 1980s and 1990s, Meticulously renovated Genuine components and the new plastic shell show Carrots' unique color, combining retro nostalgia with modern style.
POLAROID 600 MALIBU
Barbie Polaroid
Before Barbie movies swept the world, Retrospekt launched a Tailored by girls Polaroid 600 camera, familiar pink gold, decorated with classic sticker pattern 'Barbie style' is fully presented. This camera follows Retrospekt's consistent design philosophy, The internal components are refurbished parts, However, the refurbishment process ensures that each camera is thoroughly inspected and repaired as required to ensure the highest quality and durability.
Retrospekt's pursuit It is not only a beautiful and attractive appearance, but also a reliable, fully functional and time tested photographic equipment.
KRAFT VELVEETA 110
'Cheese food'
Retrospekt is good at connecting cross domain feelings, such as KRAFT VELVEETA cheese is combined with the old 110 format camera.
KRAFT VELVEETA As a classic food, for many Americans, it represents childhood memories and convenient and practical cooking choices, With the small and strange volume of 110 film camera, it emits strong visual impact.
RETROSPEKT CP-81
'Portable cassette recorder'
In addition to cameras, Retrospekt also has a special liking for other past trends, such as video recorders, walkman players, game consoles, records, and typing Machine, etc.
For example, Retrospekt's CP-81 portable tape player, classic cassette tape, Transparent plastic body, There is no too many design languages, only the simplest way is reserved, and it has all the core cassette player functions, and it has been improved into a built-in battery, which is more convenient to use.
Koss x Retrospekt P/21
'Vintage Foam Earphones'
In the 1970s and 1980s, With the rise of portable music players (such as walkman), Clip on headphones have become the first choice for pop music lovers. However, in New earphones such as earplugs and Bluetooth headsets Under the impact of, Clip on headphones have become synonymous with retro.
On In the world of Retrospekt, this retro feeling is naturally indispensable Koss launched a Retro style earphones, Orange foam sponge, adjustable metal band, and Koss's most advanced sound technology can also provide unparalleled sound quality. This headset is still # 1 on Retrospekt's best seller list.
Retrospekt's Warehouse
Like a time capsule
Spend a lot of time repairing old style objects. Retrospekt's goal is to let people explore and enjoy the fun of taking film photos again.
In addition to redesigned cameras, Retrospekt Film and photo processing and maintenance are also provided And other relevant products and services. They hope that by combining classical photography technology with modern technology and style design, they can provide more choices and possibilities for photography lovers and art creators, and arouse people's interest and memories of film photography.
Today Retrospekt is involved in more than just cameras. They collect the objects sought after by people in the last century, give them new life, and reproduce the past technology and cultural heritage.
So you can see that game boys of various models and colors, as well as countless classic game cassettes, and even ancient video game consoles such as Star Wars pet eggs, Jurassic, and X-war video games have been renovated one by one.
And typewriters that have been hidden in office buildings for many years, Retrospekt Every letter and button has been completely renovated, making a typewriter with decades of history like a new office tool.
The trendy objects that swept the crowd in the last century are, of course Cassette Walkman, which was very popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, was loved by teenagers all over the world, Many music lovers express their music taste by using tapes to listen to them. Naturally, the design of tape walkman in the last century has also emerged in endlessly. And Retrospek T's refurbished library just reflects How does the tape walkman become a part of young people's personality.
From these unique tape walkmans, it is not difficult to find that Sony brand walkmans account for the vast majority, which also well reflects By Sony‘ The era of personal music entertainment triggered by Walkman '.
Nostalgia is a business as well as a feeling.
With the explosion of science and technology, more and more companies like Retrospekt are coming back into people's view today. For example, Lomography, SuperSense, and Fujifilm Instax are all committed to preserving and promoting classic photography technology, and combining it with modern digitization.
Perhaps with the progress of the times, society no longer needs these products, but some people are still willing to pay for them.
