The Keirin is a design-led prototype merging hardware and software in a seamless, immersive camera experience.
It features a side-wrapping flexible OLED screen, physical controls, and a modular expansion bay, all focused on enabling expressive panoramic photography without compromising ergonomics.
The project is documented through iterative 3D-print prototypes, UX testing, and detailed storytelling from creators Nuevo. Tokyo and Mireia Studio.
About Project
A series of camera concepts exploring new hardware, UX, and interface design paradigms, ruled by the principle of feasibility.
Bring back the fun – the magic. A framework to rethink contemporary cameras from a place of enjoyment and for the love of photography, not technology for tech´s sake.
A space to remix what is already good and to challenge what could be better.
KEIRIN is a conceptual digital camera designed as a testing ground for exploring new design paradigms, seamlessly integrating hardware and software.
This panoramic-first, side-to-side flexible touchscreen camera is housed in a compact metal body, featuring a custom navigation system with numerous innovative concepts for shooting, viewing, sorting, and storing pictures.
With a high degree of flexibility built in, Keirin offers various options for interaction patterns and customisation in hardware and software.
Keirin aims to provide an immersive shooting experience, focusing on the photographic craft without distractions.
Named after the Japanese word Keirin 競輪 ー a bike race in a velodrome ー is the perfect name for a concept where hardware and software cycle together.
