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Take 'Em and Wear 'Em: Polaroid Jewelry and Apparel
Now that we know that Polaroid is officially back from the dead, let's try and forget about the last year of mourning and focus on the fun: Polaroid-themed accessories!
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The Week in Geek
This week: I discovered my new favorite BlackBerry App, Google labs made my email life a little easier, and Polaroid finally announced its comeback! Read all about these and more in this week's Week in Geek.
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Polaroid's Triumphant Battle Back From Extinction
I couldn't be happier to know that there will be another chance to pick up a Polaroid One Step and a packet of instant film next year. After Polaroid announced that the instant film camera would be put out to pasture back in 2008, there was an uprising of epic proportions — fans did not want to let go of the beloved medium. In a digital world, there's something comforting about capturing the moment with such a low tech and vintage device.
Victory Is Ours: Polaroid Announces Relaunch of Camera, Film
I once asked you if you would jump on board if Polaroid were revived — an overwhelming amount of you said yes. Well hold on to your hats, photo geeks, cause it's on its way! At a press conference today in Hong Kong, Polaroid announced that they will be re-launching the One Step camera and allowing The Impossible Project (a group of former Polaroid employees who have been working to revive the medium and who also released the last of the instant film to Urban Outfitters earlier this year) to produce a limited amount of instant black and white and color film in 2010.
Fake the Shake: How to Turn Your Pics Into Polaroids Online
Polaroid cameras may have gone the way of the dinosaur, but 89 percent of GeekSugar readers claim they'd buy a Polaroid camera if it hit the assembly line again. Seeking immediate gratification? There are a handful of simple ways to turn your digital photos into Polaroid-inspired pics instantly while the company's former employees champion the "Impossible Project" to bring instant film back.
Urban Outfitters to Sell Last of Polaroid Film Starting Today
Have you been following the Impossible Project as closely as I have? The project, which consists of former Polaroid employees, is attempting to invent new instant film in the vein of the beloved camera.
Their latest coup is an amazing one: the Impossible Project acquired the last of Polaroid's instant film and camera kits and is going to sell them via Urban Outfitters, starting today.
Make Notes With Memories: The Polaroid Notepad
I have an unending well of sentimentality for Polaroids, whether they're really coming back or not.
Cue the Polaroid Notes ($15), a set of 20 notecards and envelopes. The images are sweet and dreamy, which is how I think we tend to remember Polaroids (rather than washed out and abrupt).
Create Polaroid Photos With the Website Rollip
I just love being able to transform a new photo into something that looks like it's from my grandmother's old photo box. I've already told you about Poladroid — the downloadable app that makes it quick and easy to make a photo look like a retro-chic Polaroid pic.
Well now there's a site called Rollip that is similar to Poladroid, but offers a few more customization options.
If Polaroid Is Revived, Will You Adopt It?
It was sad news when we first heard that Polaroid was halting production of its instant film, but as photography buffs who mourned, wasn't it partly our fault? I'm sure there are some shutterbugs who stayed loyal to film, but I would guess the majority of us have gone digital — an adoption that precipitated Polaroid's demise.
This January, hope returned when the company's former employees announced they were taking on the "Impossible Project" to bring instant film back into production.
Polaroid Tea Towel Keeps Things Geeky in the Kitchen
Do you miss your gadgets when you're not in the kitchen (the gadgets other than your mixer and blender, that is)? Bring a piece of technology — vintage technology, no less — into the kitchen with the Polaroid Tea Towel ($18) by Red Velvet Art.
I have sort of thing for adorable tea towels (I'm looking into it), and these towels, with the Polaroid camera lovingly embroidered on and the blue rickrack around the border .
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