About

A pinhole camera is a simple photographic camera. A basic pinhole camera consists of a light-proof box that contains the photographic film; with a tiny pinhole opening of 1mm in diameter or less that acts as a lens to let light enter the box to expose the film. While a pinhole film camera is a simple device, there are many devoted pinhole photographers who achieve excellent and artistic results using this method.
 

Your task

Design a pinhole film camera for a photography enthusiast to pursue their hobby. Your pinhole camera may use any format of photographic film that is readily available to hobby photographers. Your pinhole camera may be completely mechanical, or it may have electrical or electronic parts. Construct your pinhole film camera and test it. Work on this project on your own, or together with a classmate.
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The design thinking stages

Follow the five design thinking stages to ensure that you think of everything and do everything necessary in order to succeed in your design project. First, you must UNDERSTAND the design topic and the needs of the users. With that understanding, you can DECIDE what is important to your design solution and what is not so important. Then you CREATE to come up with ideas and improve them. Then you BUILD your chosen design idea in a physical form and improve it through trial-and-error. Finally, you TEST your built design idea to get the opinions of users. ​​​​​​​Use the methods from the Design Thinking for Schools website as you follow the design thinking stages.
 

Note for teachers

​​​​​​​Read the guide for teachers on Safety for the BUILD Stage for Level III to safely supervise this design project.