The Impossible Project - News

Collezioni Uomo

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:43:24 +0100

The Italian magazine Collezioni Uomo recently published an article about us and especially about The Impossible Collection. Download the article here.

Meet Doc Day

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:00:09 +0100

On Saturday, June 19th, from noon to 5 pm, our founder Dr. Florian Kaps "doc" and also Marwan Saba will be at the Impossible Project Space in New York City to answer your questions, pose for pictures and kiss babies.

The New Yorker

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:27:09 +0100

Honore Brown of The New Yorker recently visited The Impossible Project's Space on 425 Broadway and is writing about it here.

Shipping to Canada for USD 11.-

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:27:46 +0100

We are delighted to announce, that we are finally able to fulfill orders from Canada also from our US warehouse at a shipping rate of USD 11.- With immediate effect, all orders containing only items that are in stock in the US warehouse and with a delivery address in Canada will get sent directly from the US warehouse.

Monocle Video

marlene — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:20:01 +0100

The Monocle article is now followed up by a great movie clip about the Impossible - watch it!

Impossible awarded by TIPA

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:41:58 +0100

The Technical Image Press Association awarded The Impossible Project with the Best Special Award. TIPA honours our initiative to bring classical instant film for usage in traditional Polaroid cameras back to the market - go to TIPA's official homepage.

Monocle

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:14:00 +0100

Impossible is featured as one of Monocle's top companies to watch over the next year in the current Issue 34 - watch the preview here.

Thank you

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:22:36 +0100

for all your wonderful submissions! We'll present Impossible's new darkslide edition soon - stay tuned.

Call for new darkslides

Fri, 14 May 2010 14:00:58 +0100

Impossible is inviting you to submit a BRAND NEW concept for our next Edition of Darkslides. We are not looking for a continuation of the current edition, but for a fresh idea - it can be any kind of text, but also graphics and illustrations - click here for details.

NEW York STORE

Wed, 12 May 2010 08:34:05 +0100

The recently opened Impossible Project's Space on 425 Broadway NYC is featured amongst the new stores and salons section in Time Out New York. Find the details of all Impossible Stores here.

WELCOME

Tue, 11 May 2010 15:23:56 +0100

on our re-designed homepage, re-introducing the NEWS feed in order to provide you with the latest news and updates at first hand.

Capturing...

Wed, 05 May 2010 15:22:36 +0100

...Life's Imperfections is the title of an article by Kelly Stringham about Impossible in DIG magazine.

Photo Journalism...

Sat, 01 May 2010 15:24:43 +0100

... on the Polaroid TZ Artistic Film by Tiane Doan na Champassak is currently featured in an article in the German newspaper Die Zeit.

The Polaroid Revival

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:00:02 +0100

Sean O'Hagan worte about The Polaroid revival thanks to The Impossible Project in the Guardian.

It's Baaaack!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:03:09 +0100

Analog Instant Film film was lucky that it was saved from extinction - wrote Eric Felten in The Wallstreet Journal.

U.S. News

marlene — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:20:40 +0100

In "Suddenly, Instant Photos Are Everywhere" David LaGesse is writing about the fascination of Analog Instant Photography and the fact that Impossible aims to produce new film.

Blog

marlene — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:20:37 +0100

Greg Coley wrote about his personal history with Polaroid and The Impossible Project on the blog of VGroup - go there!

Teaser

marlene — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:52:27 +0100

Jürgen Kettler interviewed Florian Kaps for Teaser Magazine - read it here! (page 116)

82 Top Models

marlene — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:42:26 +0100

Casting Director Kannon Rajah, a big supporter of The Impossible Project, shot 82 top models on Instant Film. The latter and the model business are a classy match. Thanks to Impossible they will presumably also be so in the future.

DELAY

marlene — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:32:35 +0100

Further information about Impossible's delay has been published in Professional Photographer, The British Journal of Photography, Boston Business Journal, Examiner and Amateur Photographer.

Boston Herald

marlene — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:38:51 +0100

Donna Goodison from the Boston Herald is reporting about the delay that we are currently facing in today's issue - read here.

Canadian Business

marlene — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:09:00 +0100

Jason Kirby has been writing a detailed article about Polaroid going Gaga as well as The Impossible Project for Canadian Business.

Insights

marlene — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:09 +0100

You want to see more of our site of crime, the former Polaroid factory in Enschede, The Netherlands? Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek visited our factory last year for RONDO/Der Standard - visit his gallery here.

Anxiety

marlene — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:32:05 +0100

Krista Bratton has been blogging about us on Amvona - I warmly recommand you to a. read it b. feel the excitement c. get ready for February 22nd.

The Photographer's Formulary

marlene — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:47:14 +0100

Anthony Mournian has published our recent press release in the current edition of the Photographer's Formulary Newsletter.

The Bright Future

marlene — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:36:25 +0100

The Dutch Fotoapparatuur and the Italian Alphabet City are reporting about the Impossible future of analog Instant Photography.

Sinister

marlene — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:41:49 +0100

Leslie De Jesus has been writing about the Comeback of Instant Photography on Sinister Girlz.

DERZEIT: Berlin Fashion Week

marlene — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:48:42 +0100

We supplied the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin daily newspaper DERZEIT with 669 film - Stefan Milev shot a stunning editorial on it, published in today's issue - download here or pick up your copy somewhere in Berlin.

Express

marlene — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:09:20 +0100

The Belgian Express reports about the comeback of Polaroid Photography by The Impossible Project and also refers to Michael Meniane from polaroid-passion.com - go there.

Motherboard

marlene — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:54:50 +0100

Read the "double-conference" of André Bosman and Florian Kaps with Michael Byrne from motherboard.tv here.

Galileo

marlene — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:23:38 +0100

The German television channel Pro Sieben broadcasted 10 minutes about The Impossible Project and the young artist Lia Sáile in yesterday's program Galileo - watch here!

Top 10

marlene — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:46:56 +0100

André Bosman is listed under the Top 10 Tech Personalities of 2009 at Electricpig - see for yourself!

NOW

marlene — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:05:32 +0100

Paul Terefenko is reporting about analog photography & The Impossible Project for the Canadian NOW Magazine - read here!

Lady Gaga

marlene — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:34:36 +0100

Polaroid is getting Lady Gaga on board and a lot of media attention - some of the articles are also referring to Impossible, who makes the Return of Instant Photography possible, like PC Mag.

NPR Picture Show

marlene — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:56:25 +0100

Claire O'Neill wrote about The Impossible Project and features us on her blog The Picture Show on NPR - go there!

INSTANT GRATIFICATION

marlene — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:53:53 +0100

The ISM Community is celebrating instant film with a gallery exhibition, a limited edition book and a special, one night only this Saturday, January 9th - don't miss it if you are around L.A. and learn all about the event here.

Take off

marlene — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:48:08 +0100

In the first edition of the new year the Berliner Zeitung heaved Florian Kaps on page 1 - read the article here - and have a Happy New Year!

C O U N T D O W N

marlene — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:17:45 +0100

2010 is nearly here. And you may wonder what The Impossible is up to next? Well, stay tuned! We are wishing you a very Happy New Year & thank you endlessly for all your amazing support during 2009!

The Chinese...

marlene — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:31:04 +0100

...magazine "Digital Camera" featured two pages about The Impossible Project and an interview with Florian Kaps in its last issue- see here.

How Soon Was Now?

marlene — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:35:57 +0100

Barry Schwabsky wrote a superb essay about Polaroid Photography - concluding with its future by The Impossible Project. Read here.

FR

marlene — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:30:03 +0100

Pia Volk wrote an article about Florian Kaps and his Impossible mission in the Frankfurter Rundschau

Dazzling!

marlene — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:59:37 +0100

Dazed Digital reports about Impossible's Special Edition of Last Original Polaroid Films repackaged in a new design by legendary designer Paul Giambarba - read the article and interview with Mr. Giambarba here.

American Photo

marlene — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:18:36 +0100

The Impossible Project gets mentioned in the January/February issue of American Photo.

Print

marlene — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:58:21 +0100

Print Magazine ran a fantastic article about "The Unsinkable Polaroid Film" recently - read it here.

Kulturpunkt

marlene — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:41:10 +0100

The Croatian Kulturpunkt writes about The Impossible Project and The Best Polaroid Photo Contest in cooperation with Blur Magazine.

PHOTOGRAPHIE

marlene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:42:17 +0100

A three-pages feature about our project was published in the German Magazine PHOTOGRAPHIE, with photos by courtesy of Jennifer Rumbach.

The National

marlene — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:56 +0100

Hallie Engel from The National (United Arab Emirates) visited Enschede a few weeks ago - her feature (in English) has now been published - read it here.

Paul Giambarba Edition

marlene — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:06:01 +0100

The Mirror as well as Geeks are already announcing Impossible's presentation of the Paul Giambarba Edition.

Call for Ideas & Polaroid Film tonight

marlene — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:45 +0100

Our call for Billboard-Ideas was published in the Dutch Fotografie. And Stefanie Schneider's Polaroid film premiere tonight in Berlin is announced in the German Monopol, wherein they also mention Impossible.

The Impossible Project

marlene — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:21:44 +0100

gets mentioned in a feature about Polaroid Photography at Minnesota Public Radio MPR news.

Singapore!

marlene — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:03:10 +0100

The news have made it to Singapore - click here!

Retro Career

marlene — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:20:11 +0100

An article about retro photography like Polaroid and Lomo was published in the weeekend's edition of the Austrian daily Der Standard. And Florian Kaps was featured in the career's section of the Austrian daily Kurier.

IL

marlene — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:45:46 +0100

Alessandro Melazzini visited Enschede recently, his article as well as an impressive photo story is published in the Italian magazine "IL - Intelligent Lifestyle" by the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore today - download the feature here.

The Best Polaroid Photo Contest

marlene — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:53:44 +0100

Blur Magazine is an exclusive media sponsor partner of The Impossible Project and is now launching The Best Polaroid Photo Contest - go to their page, read the guidelines, submit your best polaroid, win fabulous prizes & get exhibited in Zagreb in 2010.

Les Echos

marlene — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:18:36 +0100

Sylvain Morvan from the French business daily Les Echos visited the team in Enschede recently, his report was published on Friday 27th November - you can download it here and watch the online gallery here.

PHaT PHOTO

marlene — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:47:54 +0100

We are proud to be featured in the last issue of the Japanese specialist magazine PHaT PHOTO - download the article here.

ABC News

marlene — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:55:51 +0100

Anne Bowerman and Dave Bias from savepolaroid and Polapremium USA as well as Florian Kaps and The Impossible Project are featured on ABC News - watch Saving Polaroid from Extinction.

Zoom In

marlene — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:04:26 +0100

Frances Cirenza wrote about "Daring The Impossible" on his blog - visit the page at Zoom In Online, an award winning online video network.

Sportsgirl

marlene — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:57 +0100

The Australian clothing chain Sportsgirl is all about Polaroid - have a look!

About Great People...

marlene — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:51 +0100

... is a great, brandnew German online magazine, featuring an amazingly well done article about us - please go there!

Crave Online...

marlene — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:35 +0100

... is craving for Instant Photography - and reporting about our project here.

WDR

marlene — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:36:20 +0100

The German television channel WDR attended the firing up of our machines in Enschede - now their report was broadcasted - click here to watch!

Quesabesde

marlene — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:11:53 +0100

Javier Artiaga has been writing about us and the fascination of Polaroid photography on Quesabesde - click here to go there.

WAZ

marlene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:10 +0100

An article about the revival of Instant Photography and The Impossible Project was published in the German daily WAZ.

The Nevada Sagebrush

marlene — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:41:14 +0100

Tara Verderosa wrote a lovely article about the fascination of Instant Photography and our project for The Nevada Sagebrush.

El País

marlene — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:52 +0100

Isabel Lafont wrote about us in the Spanish daily El País.

DFW

marlene — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:07:49 +0100

Greg Berg is reporting about the Comeback of Instant Photography on DFW

e-media

marlene — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:43:23 +0100

Michael Kröll wrote about us in the weekly Austrian magazine e-media!

WIRED rocks!

marlene — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:13 +0100

We do very warmly recommend you to get the new UK Issue of Wired - filled with an 8-page story about The Impossible Project, written by Mic Wright , photography by Philip Sinden.

RTV Oost

marlene — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:07:52 +0100

attended the 1st Birtday of The Impossible Project and the running machines - watch their report (in Dutch) here.

Spex

marlene — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:44:38 +0100

The German Magazine Spex produced a Polaroid Backstage Series of the photo shooting for the editorial of their current issue - it's looking gorgeous!

tv tv tv

marlene — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:29:24 +0100

The birthday dance of our machines was filmed by ProSieben, ZDF, WDR, RTV Oost and fototv - stay tuned for the outcome!

MilkX

marlene — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:29 +0100

Cynthia Leung from MilkX Magazine met Florian Kaps during his stay in Hongkong - a feature about The Impossible Project thereof was published in MilkX last week - download the page here.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y

marlene — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:34:55 +0100

A year ago to the day The Impossible Project launched. We are celebrating with some very creamy cake in Enschede and an even heavier sensation - the machines were test-running - and they worked like clockwork!

CBC

marlene — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:49:09 +0100

André Bosman was interviewed for the radio broadcast "Spark" on CBC Canadian Broadcasting Centre - click here to listen to it.

Die Zeit

marlene — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:14:40 +0100

In the last issue of the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit an article about The Impossible Project was published - you can read it here.

Italia Oggi

marlene — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:50:10 +0100

Antonino D'Anna wrote about us for the Italian economy magazine Italia Oggi - download the article here.

Radio Oost

marlene — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:40:18 +0100

Listen to an interview with André Bosman on the Dutch radio station Radio Oost - download.

Photo Business

marlene — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:12:49 +0100

The Impossible Project is featured on the front page of the current edition of the Greek Photo Business Magazine - you can download the magazine here.

Fotografija

marlene — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +0100

The Hungarian Fotografija Magazine is writing about The Impossible Project - go there.

Read on

marlene — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:04:25 +0100

For your weekend reading about The Impossible Project, go to The Wallstreet Journal, The Boston Globe, Geeksugar or - most entertaining - the movie column by Peter Howell in The Toronto Star!

Media Response

marlene — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:23:59 +0100

Today's press release about The Impossible Project inspiring Polaroid to re-launch Instant Cameras has already been picked up in The Telegraph, The British Journal of Photography, Amateur Photographer and Fotointern.

Polaroid Resiste al Píxel

marlene — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:39:52 +0100

The leading Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia featured The Impossible Project in its weekend edition - you can see an excerpt of it here.

De Standaard

marlene — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:47:59 +0100

An article about the 2nd life for Instant Photography and the Impossible Project was published today in the Belgian De Standaard - click here.

Tagblatt

marlene — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:06:08 +0100

Tin Fischer from the Swiss Tagblatt has written a very nice article about The Impossible Project in yesterday's issue, you can read it HERE.

Columbia Chronicle

marlene — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:12:57 +0100

Hermine Bloom wrote about us for The Columbia Chronicle - click here to read.

Lübecker Nachrichten

marlene — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:35:16 +0100

A complete page about us was published in this weekend's edition of the Lübecker Nachrichten - download the pdf here.

Nuovo

marlene — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:38:45 +0100

Laetitia Wider visited Enschede some time ago - her report for the Swiss TV Nuovo can now be watched here.

arte

marlene — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:41:14 +0100

The French/German broadcast station arte featured us in last Saturday's emission of "tracks - click here to watch a part of it on youtube.

SHEI

marlene — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:56:53 +0100

The Impossible Project was featured in SHEImagazine - click here to go there and read the article.

CIM

marlene — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:50:03 +0100

Download the current issue of the Creative Image Maker, wherein you'll find a feature about The Impossible Project.

The Telegraph

marlene — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:45:35 +0100

In the course of the 'Polaroid: Exp 09.10.09' at the Atlas Gallery in London, Cheryl Newman wrote about the "Polaroid Last picture show" in this weekend's Telegraph, also mentioning The Impossible Project - click here!

€uro

marlene — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:41:01 +0100

Nothing less than four pages about The Impossible Project were published in the brandnew edition of Germany's financial magazine €uro - take a preview here.

The Independent

marlene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:40:47 +0100

Michael Bywater from The Independent wrote an article about the end of Polaroid in view of the upcoming expiry date of the last batches of Polaroid film - of course not without mentioning us as the outlook in the end - read the article here.

Nippon Camera

marlene — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:11:38 +0100

We had another prominent publication in Japan - in the September issue of Nippon Camera - see the article here.

Asahi

marlene — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:05:45 +0100

We're prominently featured in the September issue of the Japanese Photography Magazine "Asahi" - click here to download the page.

Etsy

annie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:34:04 +0100

"Polaroid photographer, Nancy Stockdale mentions The Impossible Project in a terrific piece on the "Polaroid Legacy" for Etsy's "Handmade Blog". click here to read!

Mad Dog

marlene — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:21:44 +0100

We're currently featured on maddog magazine - check their page out and read the article here.

Justin!!!

marlene — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:48 +0100

Viviane Lapointe has been writing about us and Polanoir on the Blog of the Official Justin Timberlake page - go there.

Necessity is the mother...

marlene — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:45:16 +0100

... of invention. That's what an article in the German Fondsmagazin is about, also talking about our ambitions - click here to go there.

Swedish Radio

marlene — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:19:40 +0100

We were featured in the program of the Swedish Radio in Anton Karis' "Studio Ett" - listen to it here and find our part approx. in the middle of the file.

CNET Australia

marlene — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:40:00 +0100

There was a long article about The Impossible Project by Alexandra Savvides published on CNET Australia - go there.

Digital Foto

marlene — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:56:26 +0100

The Croatian photography magazine is featuring us in their current issue - you can download a pdf of the article here.

"Instant Classic"

annie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:04:40 +0100

Elizabeth Spiridakis wrote about the partnership between Urban Outfitters and The Impossible Project in The New York Times'"The Moment" blog. Read it here!

The Globe and Mail

marlene — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:14:42 +0100

Karen von Hahn says that the world is looking instantly brighter - thanks to our project. Read her superb column here!

BLUR Magazine

marlene — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:51:36 +0100

Our exclusive media partner BLUR Magazine is featuring The Impossible Project in the 15th edition of Blur Magazine which you can download here!

Boston Globe

annie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:08:39 +0100

"Alex Beam from the Boston Globe wrote about Polaroid photography's growing popularity and mentions Polapremium and The Impossible Project!" click here to read the article.

Lucky you...

marlene — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:27:15 +0100

...who bought the weekend edition of The Observer, wherein they captured Polaroid's last flash on 5 whole pages and also talked about The Impossible Project - catch the online version here!

FM4 Reality Check

marlene — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:48:46 +0100

A few days ago, one of the most worth hearing Austrian radio stations FM4 broadcasted a report about us - you can listen to the feature here (it's in English!).

CBS Evening News

marlene — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:32:18 +0100

On Sunday night the report "Polaroid's second Act" was aired on CBS Evening News - click here to watch!!

Positiv!

marlene — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:55:49 +0100

positivexposure is a digital magazine that features bands, artists, non-profit organizations and other creative minded people - like us! Click here to read the feature about TIP in the current issue (starts page 14).

Polaroid Love Affair

marlene — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:22:50 +0100

Josie Cox wrote a piece about the Fashionable Comeback of Instant Film Making on the International Edition of Spiegel Online - go there.

Wallpaper

marlene — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:38:27 +0100

In the course of our cooperation with Urban Outfitters, Wallpaper.com now launched "The Polaroid Project" - a mixed, grainy, blurred, brilliand and haphazard gallery of Polaroids, shot by Wallpaper's favourite, pioneering creatives.

Today stay tuned to BBC!

marlene — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:19:56 +0100

Attention - today stay tuned to BBC World Service Radio, BBC Radio 4 and BBC World TV to catch the report James Fletcher did on us. You can also read his report "Analog appeal in a digital age" here and beyond that watch a video online, wherein André Bosman explains you 'How a Polaroid camera works'.

Handelsblatt

marlene — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:09:15 +0100

This monday a whole page about The Impossible Project appeared in the German economy newspaper Handelsblatt - you can read the article on their page.

Hello!

marlene — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:05:11 +0100

Emily Johnston is writing the fashion blog "Fashion foie gras" of Hello! Magazine. In her latest piece she is talking about her longtime affection for Polaroid and about the comfort she found when she heard about The Impossible Project - go there and enjoy.

Molto bene

marlene — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:21:22 +0100

Yesterday an article was published in the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica. Assumed you understand italian, read it here.

Urban Outfitters

marlene — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:02:50 +0100

Our cooperation with Urban Outfitters has aroused quite some media response, amongst others in Elle, Dazed Digital, geeksugar and Fabric Mag.

POP!

marlene — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:16:27 +0100

Andrew Dahlman has not only been writing about The Last Year of Polaroidson Pop-Ologybut also about The Impossible Project. Go there and enjoy this site!

"TIME ZERO"

annie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:05:58 +0100

Grant Hamilton's documentary "TIME ZERO: the last year of Polaroid film" is generating lots of positive buzz! See the teaser trailer here

Morning Mail

marlene — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:28:16 +0100

Read about us in the Berliner Morgenpost, wherein they talk about The Impossible Project as well as the Polapremium Shop in Berlin.

Telegraph

marlene — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:15:41 +0100

Lucy Davies is writing about The Impossible Project on her Blog at The Telegraph - go there.

Financial Times

marlene — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:59:06 +0100

Tim Bradshaw's reportage "Bringing back Polaroid's instant film" was published in the Weekend-Magazine of the Financial Times on August 14th - read it here!!

Photographer's Formulary

marlene — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:41:34 +0100

is specializing in photo grade chemistry for the amateur and professional photographer - and they report about our efforts in their September newsletter - download it here.

Revivals

marlene — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:36 +0100

About old brands and their new life is this article by Tobias Bolsmann which was published in the West-German General newspaper WAZ a few days ago, talking about the comeback of analog instant film.

Grüezi

marlene — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:39:58 +0100

Last week an article about Florian Kaps was published in the Swiss Tagesanzeiger, Berner Zeitung, Thurgauer Zeitung and Basler Zeitung.

WDR

marlene — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:30:16 +0100

Because of the retirement of Kodachrome, the German radio station WDR devoted one of its programmes to analog photography - featuring our mission. Click here.

You'd almost think Polaroid is the new black

marlene — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:14:49 +0100

In the last edition of Newsweek , Andrew Romano wrote an interesting article about the fascination of Polaroid in the presence - featuring a great gallery with artists statements and mentioning our venture too - read it here.

¡Hola!

marlene — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:54:19 +0100

Luis Lidón from the Spanish News Agency EFE visited the Vienna office the other day and wrote an article about The Impossible Project. It was now published in the Spanish Heraldo, the El Confidencial, the Argentinian El Litoral, the El Periódico the Mexico and many more.

MoCP

marlene — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:31:10 +0100

Sarah Miller from the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago has been writing about us on the Museum's Blog - click here to visit their beautiful homepage.

Startup

marlene — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:33:38 +0100

The Startup Bible Blog of Shoestring Venture is writing about The Impossible Project - go there (but come back).

Photo Reportage

marlene — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:19:03 +0100

Last week Daniele Piccioni visited the factory in Enschede together with photographer Alfonso Catalano from SGP / Italy. We'll keep you posted about where their photo reportage is going to be published.

They're talking about us

marlene — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:56:47 +0100

John Gapper is doing so in his Business Blog of The Financial Times - click here.

We're happy...

marlene — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:56:55 +0100

... to announce that BULB magazine will be an exlusive media partner of The Impossible Project. Stay tuned to the next issues of this free photography magazine which you can download here.

DIRT....

marlene — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:48:21 +0100

... is a Seattle-based art, music, fashion and photography magazine. In the Summer09 issue Ryan Dunn is writing about his affinity for analog photography - unavoidably including our project. Click here to download the article.

milk magazine

marlene — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:28:33 +0100

Wail Liu from Hongkong / Milk Magazine visited the factory in Enschede about two months ago - his stunning feature is now published in the current issue of Milk Magazine - you can download the pdf here.

Berlin Berlin

marlene — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:35:13 +0100

The current edition of the lovely Berlin magazine zitty is featuring a story about The Impossible Project – watch the online version here.

TIME

marlene — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:27:17 +0100

In June 1972 Edwin Land appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine. In July 2009 an article by Henning Hoff about The Impossible Project is featured on TIME online – click here.

Photo Solution Magazine

marlene — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:59:52 +0100

The Impossible Project is mentioned in the French publication of the Canadian Photo Solution Magazine and will also be featured in an upcoming issue of Photo Life. You can download the current French version here.

Foto & Video Magazine

marlene — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:28:57 +0100

The Impossible Project is featured in the current issue of the Russian Foto & Video Magazine – to exercise your Russian, download the article here.

Swiss Radio

marlene — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:28:09 +0100

Elsbeth Gugger visited the factory in Enschede a few weeks ago – on July 4th her radio feature was broadcasted on the Swiss radio DRS 1, 2 and 4. You can listen to it here.

Libération

marlene — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:30:56 +0100

Sabine Cessou has been writing about us – on Tuesday the story was published in the French daily newspaper Libération.

NYT Readers‘ Polaroid Gallery

marlene — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:44:23 +0100

Along with the article that was published about us in the New York Times at the end of May came a request to readers for their Polaroid photographs – watch the amazing gallery here.

Brazil Brazil

marlene — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:16:48 +0100

Another publication hailing from the beautiful country of Brazil – the local major daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo has been writing about us.

Radio 1

marlene — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:21:15 +0100

The Enschede team keeps rocking the press world – listen to this radio feature about The Impossible Project on the Dutch Radio 1.

Monsters and Critics

marlene — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:07:00 +0100

Monsters and Critis have just been writing about us - read here.

In the mirror

marlene — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:15:43 +0100

Konrad Lischka from the German weekly magazine “Der Spiegel“ visited us recently in Enschede – read his story about us here.

RNW

marlene — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:30 +0100

Radio Netherlands Worldwide made an excellent video on Polaroid and The Impossible Project – watch it here!

Samba!

marlene — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:28:07 +0100

We’re featured in the current print edition of the Brasilian Clix magazine. You can take a look at the online edition here.

Latex Update

doc — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:27:53 +0100

Dear all. Currently visiting the Enschede factory, looking at the latest results from the picture development lab. Ok, honestly it looks really, really promising. And this has one very important reason: Due to YOUR incredible support regarding the latex_timing_layer solution the team could produce the very first "complete and stable" instant picture last week. What an outstanding proof for the fact that together we can solve every problem. YOU ROCK!! THANK YOU.

Just another...

marlene — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:28:09 +0100

…video about us! If you haven’t yet seen enough of the makers of The Impossible Project – wienweb.at visited the Viennese headquarter last week – watch their video here.

Listen to the radio

marlene — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:49:10 +0100

Deutschlandradio Kultur is an excellent German radio station. They talked to Florian Kaps last week – now you can read the interview here.

Well worth seeing

marlene — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:18:20 +0100

Remember how I told you about a film team of Deutsche Welle TV shooting in Berlin and Vienna last week? Watch the English version of the excellent result – feat. photographers like Paolo Roversi or Lars Garten – here. Furthermore the report on us was also featured in the euromaxx highlights .

Good Morning, Germany

marlene — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:16:29 +0100

A press report by Theresa Münch from the German Press Agency dpa overflowed Germany this Wednesday with publications in Der Spiegel, Manager Magazin, Focus, Frankfurter Rundschau, Saarbrücker Zeitung, Märkische Allgemeine, Grenever Zeitung, General Anzeiger , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, IT-News World, Lübecker Nachrichten, Rhein Zeitung, Südkurier, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, as well as the Austrian Kurier. I guess that should do for the weekend reading?

NRC Handelsblad

marlene — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:07:02 +0100

Annette Toonen wrote a feature about us, which was not only published in the national, but also in the international edition of the NRC Handelsblad. Read the story here.

High Gloss

marlene — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:53:54 +0100

Our Project and the Polaroid gallery Polanoir is featured in the Summer Issue of clam magazine , out around Paris this week.

Babyboomers

marlene — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:52:10 +0100

This US-American site provides things of real value to boomers – amongst others The Impossible Project. Read their article about us here.

Deutsche Welle TV

marlene — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:08:58 +0100

The Deutsche Welle TV has been filming in the Berlin shop yesterday and is going to shoot in Vienna today. The result of all of this will be broadcasted internationally this Wednesday - stay tuned!

Just another....

marlene — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:30:58 +0100

...quite impressive article. This time in the German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.

Impossible Video

doc — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:47:30 +0100

Please do not ask me what they are talking about, but even if you do not understand Dutch I think it rocks to take this short tour at the Impossible factory and to meet the grand boss of production Andre Bosman and his fantastic team!!! »click here

Listen!

marlene — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:12:02 +0100

doc joined Ron Kuby on his show on Air America Radio on June 2nd – now you can listen to it here .

Polaroid Party Opening Photos

glen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:13:00 +0100

Just posted some pics from The Polaroid Party exhibition opening. It's a really strong group show with a few photos that we've seen published recently, the work is diverse, well curated, and visitors could participate by adding their instant portraits to the "Polaroid Party" wall. View Photos

The Visitor

doc — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:50:22 +0100

Sorry for my lazy attitude to post here in order to keep you updated. Just returned from the factory where I spent the last 2 days together with Jeff Branman, managing director of Hilco, the new owner of Polaroid. I honestly have to tell you that in Mr. Branman the Impossible Project has obviously found another important and powerful supporter. Really tastes like a new flavor in the analog future of Polaroid.

brand eins

marlene — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:21:25 +0100

It’s nothing less but doc’s favourite economy magazine brand eins that features a long reportage about us in its current edition.

The Polaroid Party Exhibition, New York

glen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:53 +0100

Opening tonight in DUMBO, The Polaroid Party will feature work from photographers Mark Lipson, Amanda Means, Ernesto Gonzalez, Fabrice Mabillot, Grant Hamilton, Marshall Kappel, Anne Joyce, Patrick Winfield, Sarah Small & Eric David Johnson. The Polaroid Party June 4th, 2009 6:30-10:30pm 163 Plymouth St DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York

Polaroid reloaded

marlene — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:34:13 +0100

Find our story in the Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse.

FAZ

marlene — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:37:01 +0100

We're featured in the sunday's edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung !

Resource Magazine

marlene — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:31:43 +0100

There are 3 pages about our project in the May edition of the Resource Magazine, a publication dedicated to the sub-culture of the photo production industry.

Down Under

marlene — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:32:23 +0100

A short interview with Florian Kaps is featured in the current issue of the smart Australian Magazine frankie.

The New York Times

marlene — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:35:23 +0100

Carter Dougherty visited us recently in Enschede and his reportage was now published in The New York Times as well as in The International Herald Tribune: read it here!

The new owner

doc — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:48:18 +0100

Dear all. Just a quick update about our meeting with the new owners of Polaroid: It was a real pleasure to meet the Hilco management and I think we all can be more than excited about the unique opportunities Polaroid is heading for.

Press Visitors

marlene — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:57:36 +0100

The Swiss radio DRS as well as the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw have announced their visits to Enschede in the very beginning of June.

Multiplication of the good news

marlene — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:41:08 +0100

Who says it's all about 'bad news are good news'? The wonderful reportage that Yves Eudes did on us for Le Monde has also been published in the Italian La Stampa and the Brazilian Notícias. We say - yes, spread the good news: Polaroid is not dead!

Sleepless in Seattle

marlene — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:01:28 +0100

The Seattle University’s official student newspaper has just been writing about us on their blog page.

Going Far East

marlene — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:14:50 +0100

Do you fancy Milk? We do. Recently we had the pleasure to meet Wail Liu from this brilliant magazine made in Hong Kong, and we're about to plan some exciting collaboration with them. Watch out!

Polaroid analog?

doc — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:56:51 +0100

Just a quick note regarding the new owner of Polaroid. Is this a new chance for analog instant photography? Honestly I do not know yet. But we will do our very best to find out as very soon as possible. Of course we are dreaming of putting two things together that simply belong to each other: Polaroid and Analog Instant Photography, so please keep your fingers crossed.

hard day

doc — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:16:20 +0100

dear all sitting here at the hotel in Enschede. trying to finish my presentation for the first shareholders meeting tomorrow as well a my gin tonic. very tired and proud as my favorite magazine, the german based "brand eins" visited the plant today and took some very nice Polaroids (even paying for the film) and I just read the google translation of the lovely Le Monde article. Feels like nothing can stop us. good night. doc

Ta En Titt (Take A Look)

marlene — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:55:59 +0100

Everyone who a. understands Norwegian or b. appreciates great photojournalism - have a look at this article about us which was recently published in D2, the weekend-supplement of the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

Press à 3

marlene — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:14:43 +0100

We're excited to welcome 3 important journalists from 3 exciting media during the next 3 days in our factory in Enschede. For the outcome of this press rush stay tuned to the newly-arranged and regularly updated press section of our new website. If you too would like to report from our project or have any further questions - I'll be glad to be at your service. Marlene (Press Relations & Communication)

Welcome to Phase II

doc — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:47:36 +0100

Welcome to Phase II Dear Ladies and Gentlemen It is my true pleasure to welcome you at our updated website. From now on I (as well as my partner Andre and several team members) will try our best to daily update you on all the progress / problems / challenges / surprises / insights and blood-sweat-tear-topics of our Impossible Project. I hereby invite you to be our companions on our Impossible adventure journey. Tomorrow I will post the first news directly from the factory in Enschede. Please stay tuned. Doc (Director and Co-Founder)

New T-shirts have arrived

glen — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:10:02 +0100

Just received my t-shirts from spreadshirt, printing looks sharp. Will post pics shortly on flickr.

Seat Belt Camera Straps

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:15:18 +0100

Awesome handmade camera straps from reclaimed seat belts by Souldier who've outfitted bands like Wilco and TV on the Radio with guitar straps.

Polaroid Camera Manuals

glen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:22:22 +0100

Feel like you're missing something? Checkout this extensive online resource for Polaroid camera manuals,

Polaroid Mirror

glen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:22:09 +0100

Perfect desk accessory, the Polaroid Mirror by Colin O' Dow available at Designboom.