Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架 by KL Chiu

Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架 by KL Chiu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 攝影器材設計 Competition Category.

銅攝影器材· 2023

Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架

by KL Chiu

Client: ShiftCam Limited.

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 攝影器材 Category

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The Design

About Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架

SnapGrip 系統熱衷於增強行動創意能力，可作為終極內容創作者工具包，增強行動拍攝體驗。 SnapGrip 專注於 DSLR 的基本功能，是一款緊湊且符合人體工學的行動攝影手柄，利用磁性連接並透過內建電池提供無線充電。透過簡單的強磁性按扣，SnapGrip 可快速連接，並立即為您的手機帶來全尺寸手柄的舒適感，包括用於食指拍攝的快門按鈕。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Shiftcam Snapgrip Snapgrip手機攝影支架出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: SnapGrip is a compact and ergonomic mobile photography grip that utilizes the iPhone MagSafe system and provides wireless charging via a built-in battery. With a simple strong magnetic snap, the Snapgrip is quick to connect and instantly brings the comfort of a full-size grip including a shutter button for index finger shooting to your phone. A minimal design with portability in mind. The magnetic system lets you quickly switch from landscape to portrait shooting or expand with lighting or mounts.
Dimensions & Packaging: 11cm(W) x 3.5cm(D) x 8cm(H), made from (recycled) polycarbonates plastic, thermoplastic polyurethane grip element, Magnetic mounting system, 2 PCBs with over 50 components in total, featuring Bluetooth shutter button. 5W wireless charging contains 1 lithium ion 18650 battery cell (total 3200 mAh), with 30 molded components from (recycled) polycarbonates. Includes expanding capabilities for industry-standard cold shoe mount.
Tags: Mobile Accessories, Photography, MagSafe, Phone Grip, Content Creation
Production Technology: Form follows function is our main design mantra and without sacrificing ergonomics and functionality we created an, as compact as possible enclosure to hold the key components. Minimizing footprint, to improve portability, the internal construction and assembly process became more challenging. As the SnapGrip holds your phone in place by magnetic force, a large part of development and research has gone into finding the correct strength that gives you that secure feeling for worry-free shooting.
Design Challenge: SnapGrip was created with the full mobile creative workflow in mind to offer an all-rounded solution. Every component was built from the ground up to support its intended functions. Designing an ecosystem of products in times of COVID has been a challenge. With team members spread out across the globe, being able to effectively communicate engineering changes and create alignment between all stakeholders without meeting face to face has been the most challenging task we encountered.
Research: Reaching out to our existing customer base we created focus groups to learn more about the needs of content creators and their workflow. We realized that they are always on the go and in need of a compact, portable ad-hoc shooting system that enhances their phone. What started as only a Snapgrip rapidly evolved into an ecosystem of products. Empower the users' mobile creative workflow at every stage so that they can gear up, shoot, edit, (re)view, and share their content on the go.
Inspiration: With a passion for empowering mobile creatives, we aimed to create the ultimate content creator toolkit. An ecosystem of products that enhance your mobile shooting experience. By focusing on the essentials of a DSLR the Snaprgip makes shooting on your mobile phone comfortable and fun again. Whether an avid Instagrammer, crazy about TikTok, or a Facebook fan keen to share cooking skills, SnapGrip disappears within the experience and allows you to focus on what matters - Your content
Project Duration: The SnapGrip project started in March 2021 with concepting and preliminary engineering. In May 2022, SnapGrip was launched on Kickstarter as ShiftCam's biggest product launch yet raising over USD 840,000 with more than 6600 backers. With key project management in Hong Kong, design and engineering in the Netherlands, and assembly in China, the production of SnapGrip started in July 2022. The product will officially launch in retail in October 2022.
Operation Flow: Just Grip, Snap, Shoot. With the magnetic system, the SnapGrip is very intuitive in use as it automatically snaps into the correct position on your phone. Additional accessories can snap magnetically to the SnapGrip, your phone, or each other. A SnapLight beautifully illuminates your subject while the SnapPod allows you to frame your shot as a tripod or selfie stick, or just mounts a light for you. The SnapGrip ecosystem is designed to seamlessly integrate into the content creation workflow.
Team Members: Benson KL Chiu
Armand Vanoord