Tag Archives: polaroid

Power On Self Test: Dead Format Device

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Steven Leckart

[via walking on glass via fiction romance] Previously: Polaroid files for Chapter 11 – Boing Boing Last Polaroid film kits head to Urban Outfitters The Impossible Project: Firing up an old Polaroid instant film … Polaroid to take another crack … Continue reading →

Last Polaroid film kits head to Urban Outfitters

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

20th century institutions die not with a bang, but as fashion accessories for hip kids. [Dazed Digital]

Polaroid mirror

Posted on February 9, 2009 by John Brownlee

Only $23, but you could probably make your own with an old Polaroid snapshot, some tape and a pocket mirror. Polaroid Mirror [Designboom]

The Impossible Project: Firing up an old Polaroid instant film factory

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Joel Johnson

“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” – Edwin Land, Inventor of Instant Photography That’s the quote that opens “The Impossible Project“, a group of obdurate men who have purchased the old Polaroid factory in … Continue reading →

Polaroid cartridge as iPhone stand

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Polaroid is a victim of the digicam revolution, but its artifacts already speak to the ages. Patrick Ng’s iPhone stand, made from part of a used cartridge, is a perfect instant in using the old to enhance the new. Gallery … Continue reading →

Make fake Polaroids the easy way

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Though it won’t laminate the printout in that classic white-framed cardboard sandwich, Poladroid will at least put your shots in a pleasant border and tint them just so. Cult of Mac‘s Giles Turnbull gushes: It mimics a Polaroid camera in … Continue reading →

Polaroid to take another crack at the instant camera

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Image: Squeaky Marmot The instant camera was finally put to pasture early this year, as the Polaroid Corporation stopped producing film for the iconic take-and-shake camera. Polaroid wisely took advantage of the cessation to market their pocket-sized PoGo instant printer, … Continue reading →

Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer reviewed (Verdict: Shabby colors, but okay.)

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Joel Johnson

PC Magazine has reviewed the “Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer,” a cellphone-sized device that uses special, proprietary paper that has the ink already baked in. Because it’s so inherently superficial to begin with — nobody needs to print pictures to … Continue reading →

Video: Polaroid SX-70 Commercial by Charles and Ray Eames x The Cramps

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Here’s a bizarre intersection of a certain subset of my friends and our interests: a retro commercial filmed by Charles and Ray Eames for the Polaroid SX-70, set by an unknown genius to The Cramps “Garbageman.” (I’m in there for … Continue reading →