For some people, night is the true canvas of emotion because this is a time when the world quiets, senses heighten, and the heart often speaks the loudest. What if technology could help you bottle these moments—not just as photographs, but as immersive emotional experiences, tangible colors, and enduring keepsakes? The VIA Emotional Link Series delivers on this vision, blending poetic interaction design with beautiful, functional devices that turn night memories into living treasures.
The VIA Emotional Link Series is a beautifully designed collection of interactive devices that allow users to sensorially record, revisit, and collect the emotional moments experienced during their night journeys. Featuring a sleek handheld telescope scanner, an immersive beam projector, and a unique colorchip printer, VIA captures not only the visual beauty of nighttime scenes but also the mood and feeling of each memory. Through AI-powered recognition, tactile controls, and the creation of tangible color chips, VIA transforms fleeting night experiences into vivid, multi-sensory memories that can be relived, shared, and cherished in everyday life.
Designers: Changyu Seo, Yumin Seo, Myeonghoon Cheon, Kang Dongyeon
The VIA telescope scanner is a sleek, handheld device that empowers users to directly capture the emotional essence of their nighttime experiences. By looking through its rear viewing hole and using intuitive controls, users can frame and record their favorite scenes under the stars, with built-in AI instantly recognizing constellations and locations for an enriched memory. Its adjustable aperture lets users fine-tune the field of view and depth, ensuring every moment is preserved exactly as they wish to remember it.
The VIA immersive beam projector brings captured memories back to life, transforming your recorded night scenes into vivid, multi-sensory experiences. By inserting the scanner into the projector, users can project their chosen moments onto any surface, navigating through memories using a convenient side controller. Enhanced by integrated LED lighting and a speaker that recreates the original atmosphere through synchronized light and sound, the projector invites you to fully relive the emotion and ambiance of special nights.
The VIA colorchip printer turns your most cherished night memories into tangible keepsakes by outputting color chips based on the precise hues of each scene you choose. Simply place the scanner into the printer and select the moment you want to capture; the device distills the emotional tones of your nighttime adventure into physical color chips. These elegant, pocket-sized mementos are perfect for collecting, gifting, or displaying—a beautiful way to hold onto and share the feelings of your favorite evenings.
From every crisp edge to every glowing accent, the VIA Emotional Link Series is unified in aesthetic and purpose: it’s about interaction, emotion, and sharing. The user’s role is always central—your hand on the scanner, your eyes through the viewfinder, and your heart choosing the scenes that matter. It’s a new ritual for the soulfully curious, the sentimental traveler, and the collector of meaningful moments. With VIA, you are able to turn night memories into living, multi-sensory experiences: glowing on your wall, whispering through light and sound, and resting as color in your palm.
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