London Design Gold

2026

NELKO NORVE Instant Print Camera

Entrant

ZHUHAI E-Z INK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Category

Product Design - Tools

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

NELKO NORVE seamlessly integrates photography, video recording, and color inkjet printing into one palm-sized instant camera. With a fully integrated inkjet system, it delivers high-quality color prints directly from the camera, turning captured moments into tangible memories within seconds.

Multi-Material Printing Freedom
NORVE supports a wide range of printable media, including photo paper, stickers, magnetic sheets, and transfer materials, allowing users to turn everyday images into creative objects for sharing, displaying, decorating, or personal expression.

Circular Ink & Material Ecosystem
Designed for high-frequency creative use, NORVE’s ink cartridges can be collected through a Trade-In recycling program, forming a more circular material system. Recovered materials are reprocessed through ABS re-granulation and reused in the injection-molded camera housing, reducing waste while creating the distinctive ABS Speckle Reborn surface texture.

NELKO replaces chemical imaging with inkjet-based physical printing.
It supports standard recyclable paper materials, inkjet color reproduction, and a replaceable ink system with recyclable cartridges. Instead of depending on chemical-coated instant film, NORVE builds a more responsible lifecycle around printing:
Ink → Cartridge → Print Material → Product Housing
All key elements are designed for circulation. Ink cartridges are collected through the Trade-In system, empty cartridges are recycled, and recovered materials are reintegrated into the injection-molded housing through ABS Speckle Reborn.

WORLD’S SMALLEST PRINTER IS INSIDE
Inkjet systems were never designed for pocket-sized devices — but NORVE changes that.
Through deep integration of the ink cartridge architecture and photo paper system, NELKO NORVE breaks through the physical limitations of conventional printers to become the world’s most compact inkjet printing camera.
We did not reduce features.
We did not simplify the system.
We re-engineered the entire architecture to fit into the hand.

PRINT ON ANY PAPER
You can just cut a piece of paper and put it in, it works.
Users can simply cut a piece of paper, insert it into the camera, and print directly.
By supporting more flexible paper and media choices, NORVE expands instant photography beyond fixed-format photo film, allowing users to print on everyday paper, stickers, magnetic sheets, and transfer materials.

Credits

Shawn Xiuyuan Chen
Lead Industrial Designer
Elise Ran Wang
CMO
Tony Dongming Lin
Founder
Menghai Xia (Luke)
Industrial Design Specialist
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