Instant Box was born out of a real need.

I’m a Polaroid photographer and own several cameras. Each Polaroid can hold only one film pack at a time, and each pack contains eight photos. Having multiple cameras helps when you’re not sure you want to shoot with the same type of film, the more cameras you have, the more different film packs you can use at once.

The app works as an inventory system. Photographers can add their cameras, manage their film pack inventory, link packs to specific cameras, and even record the date of a shoot. This way, there’s no need to check the camera to know how many shots are left — you can just check the app.

Process

1. Approaching AI

Instant Box nasce come un esperimento, trasformatosi poi in un app realmente disponibile in app store. Lavorare con l'AI non è stato semplice ma sicuramente ha reso molto più veloce la parte di prototipazione dell'app.

2. Not only AI

No design decisions were made by AI. Every position, color, and element was first designed in Figma, then described or shown to the AI, and sometimes manually refined afterward. The custom icons for each camera type and the color palette for every film pack are details I’m especially proud of. They’re the human touches that give the app its personality.