THE SMART CAMERA
DESIGN
EVERYTHING STARTED WITH SKETCHES.
DAX LIU NOT JUST CREATED THE FAVOI CAMOS FROM SCRATCH, BUT THE PHYSICAL CAMERA BODY. IT TOOK HIM THREE MONTHS AND A HALF SKETCHING AND DESIGNING EACH COMPONENT OF FAVOI, SUCH AS HOW WILL THE FLASH LIGHTS, LENS, SENSORS AND BATTERY WORK WITH THE CAMOS.
CAPTURE
PHOTO LAB
VIDEO TREE / PROJECTS
MARKET
MARKET / PHOTOGRAPHER
VIDEO TREE
RELEASE
RELEASE / ADD A NEW
VIDEO TREE / SELECT CLIPS
TECH SPECS
ONE AND THE ONLY GLOSSY BLACK
DAX LIU NOT JUST CREATED THE FAVOI CAMOS FROM SCRATCH, BUT THE PHYSICAL CAMERA BODY. IT TOOK HIM THREE MONTHS AND A HALF SKETCHING AND DESIGNING EACH COMPONENT OF FAVOI, SUCH AS HOW WILL THE FLASH LIGHTS, LENS, SENSORS AND BATTERY WORK WITH THE CAMOS.
ABOUT FAVOI
DAX LIU'S THESIS PROJECT
IN 2009, DAX LIU FOUNDED DAXPIX STUDIO IN BEIJING, FOCUSING ON THE INTERACTION EXPERIENCE OF PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. HE CREATED TONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS, HOWEVER, HE SUFFERED FROM THE PRODUCTON PROCESS, IT WAS PAINFUL. AND THAT WAS WHY AND HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DESIGNING A SMART CAMERA TO MAKE LIFE EASIER.
FINALLY, HE GOT THE CHANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO BUILD UP HIS DREAM FROM SCRATCH AS HIS THESIS PROJECT AT ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY. STARTED FROM THE FALL 2015, THROUGHT SPRING 2017, THE ENTIRE DESIGNING PROCESS WAS FUN AND CHANLLENGING, DAX TOOK AN INDUSTRIAL SKETCHING CLASS TO REALIZE HIS IDEA ABOUT THE PHYSICAL CAMERA, AND CODING CLASSES TO BUILD THE CAMOS, TO VISUALIZE IT. THE 3D PROTOTYPE THAT CAN HOLD BY HAND, WILL ALSO BE IN HIS PLAN.
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