Span is an all-time performing camera that seamlessly records your beloved memories and events in your home.
How I started this project began my observing sparkling events happening in our home. We don't really take pictures in our home, but in fact there could be more precious events and memories happening here. If you could remember the day you were opening up your Christmas present, or the day you brought in your first new born child - I imagined what if there was a vehicle that could seamlessly remember these events so that we could trace back whenever we want, just like a digital photo album.
With the Span, I wish we could remember the beautiful memories that had happened in our homes. Home is a place that shares our everlasting nostalgia.
Year
2020 / 10 weeks
Personal Project
Awards
IDSA Design Foundation
Spark Design Award
IDEA Design Award
IDA Design Award
Span
what does a home mean to you?
we spend nearly half a day in our homes, but a lot of precious moments are being passed-by because we are just too busy to live. do you remember the day when you sat by the window with your loved one, watching the sunset, and spending sunday afternoon together? recall those sparkling memories.
Motion sensor and camera
recognizes movement and snaps a shot or records a short video clip of the moment that you could have missed. Every moment being passed by is a part of the cycle of life. By adapting circular design, Span indicates the continuity of moments. Shots or clips are placed and stored on the corresponding time icons.
sunset, ordinary, linearity
By observing everyday awareness, discovery of an aesthetic value translates as design language. The beauty in linearity and mundanity from daily cycle brings nostalgic yet romantic mood.
not just a camera
span portrays beyond what an indoor camera is. Rather than intimidating user to be perceived as a device that is surveilling, span invites and welcomes us to the home.
beyond the square
the circular screen celebrates the continuity of the repeating days. Span lives somewhere in between consumer electronic and object. In order to achieve this, it adapted round form factor to minimize the abrupt juxtaposition in the home environment
The wide circular screen attached to the cylindrical body moves both in x-axis and y-axis to perform in 360 degrees. This allows the motion sensor and camera to follow the user’s movements.
Span blends smoothly into the living environment, which differentiates itself from home monitoring cameras. It is not only a device that stores your memory, but also a great piece of art that glamorizes your home.
Span. 2020