The Polaroid Camera Returns. Sort of… Eight years after the Impossible Project rescued and refurbished the last original Polaroid factory in Enschede, Holland – saving over 200 million Polaroid instant cameras from becoming useless – comes the launch of the I-1 Instant Camera. The I-1, which is the first camera designed, engineered and produced by […]The post Impossible Project’s I-1 Instant Camera appeared first on Pursuitist.

The Polaroid Camera Returns. Sort of…Eight years after the Impossible Project rescued and refurbished the last original Polaroid factory in Enschede, Holland – saving over 200 million Polaroid instant cameras from becoming useless – comes the launch of the I-1 Instant Camera.The I-1, which is the first camera designed, engineered and produced by the team at Impossible, focuses on the brands’ mission of re-designing instant photography for a digital generation, preserving the physical memory.?We?ve been dreaming of our own camera since day one, and are thrilled to release the I-1 to the market. When designing this camera, we didn?t want to rely on nostalgia ? we believe that an instant camera rightfully belongs in 2016. At the same time, there were technical realities we just couldn?t change, leaving a clear connection to the past which feels right.? says Impossible Project CEO, Oskar Smolokowski.Impossible Project teamed up with Teenage Engineering founder Jesper Kouthood to co-design the I-1 payin...