About
Bilder Inc.

Bilder Inc. is a concept I developed in the course of my Bachelor thesis.

This thesis was the final project for my industrial design program at Hochschule München.
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About me

My name is Manuel Lippmann. I am a designer, photographer and tinkerer based in munich.

Thanks for checking out my work! Contact me if you want to have a chat or ask me something:

Why

Modern personal photography is at a crossroads due to its rapid evolution in the last two decades.

Nevertheless, personal photo collections tend to be rather cluttered, which makes it complicated to find and access our photos.

This is really sad because so many memories fall through the cracks between the digital and physical space.

What

I wanted to give personal photography new home that lives up to the personal value we place on our photos.

This new home entails a centralized storage system for all your photos. Furthermore it enhances the actual consumption and enjoyment to remind one of their precious memories accumulated through a lifetime.

Lastly, this new home for photos allows one to stay connected to friend and family through an elevated sharing mechanism.

How

Bilder Inc. is an ecosystem for personal photos.

BilderBox provides a centralized space for your photos and the entire Bilder family: BilderBox houses all of the Bilder family products and powerful hardware to run advanced software functionalities.

BilderAi automatically sorts and organizes your photo library. BilderApps make your photo collection accessible anywhere, on all major platforms.

BilderBook allows you to flip through your memories just like an analog photo book.

BilderBeam allows you to gather with your friends and loved ones for a picture night.

BilderScan is a super fast and easy way to transfer your paper photos into the digital space. Quickly scan prints or negatives with the dedicated scanner units.

How Bilder Inc. solves 3 big problems of personal photography today

Eliminate clutter
Many photo libraries are distributed among different types of media: on phones, computers, hard drives or event prints. Specific photos aren’t found quickly this way. The centralized nature of BilderBox helps with this.
Bring photos back to life
We take increasingly more photos every day. Yet we tend to not look at them very often. BilderBook and BilderBeam enhance the consumption of your memories: enjoy personalized photo curations!
Secure
& Private
Photos are physical reminders of precious memories. We at Bilder Inc. believe that you should be in control of your privacy. The Bilder system never loads any data to the cloud. All photos stay local in your BilderBox. This also applies to our AI software.

Want to know the facts behind Bilder Inc?

Download my research paper*
* Available in german only at the moment

Research

Some selected results of my research I have done for this project. First I conducted an online survey about personal photography with a total of 115 participants. Secondly I interviewed 18 persons from different age groups, cultures and genders about this topic.

The graphs shown here are an aggregation of this data.

How often do you share snapshots with friends and family?
What do you think of automated image collections curated by Ai?
Whats your favourite way to view your photos?
Do you still have photos on paper or as negatives?
How important are photos on paper for you?
What do you think of automated image collections curated by Ai?

Interested in more statistics about personal photography?

Download datasheet*
* Available in german only at the moment

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