Motion, born from perspective
Lightfold Cassettes turn flat layers into depth and motion, shifting with your perspective in a way no traditional photo can.
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Commission a cassette or a plane from your favorite photo, or collect a ready-made edition, and experience motion born from perspective.
Custom and ready-made parallax cassettes to capture experiences and memories
A Lightfold parallax cassette is a framed stack of aligned, flat image layers spaced at fixed depths. As you change viewing angle, nearer layers shift more than farther ones, creating apparent depth and motion via parallax. In addition, Lightfold applies mathematical transformations to the imagery on selected layers, introducing controlled distortions and offsets that amplify the perceived motion beyond what physical parallax alone can produce.
Lightfold cassettes can be built from an off-the-shelf design or custom from a client-supplied image, with layer count and spacing tuned for the desired effect.
The Production of a Lightfold Cassette
A Lightfold Cassette in Motion
Unfortunately (but also fortunately) it is impossible to appreciate the depth and motion of a Lightfold cassette through a picture of even a video. The full experience can only be expreinced through real-world interaction. Nevertheless, this short video gives a hint of what it is like to interact with a Lightfold cassette. You might need to allow time for this high-quality video to load.
Lightfold Planes
Lightfold Planes preserve the physical layering that defines the Lightfold system, but compress it into a tighter, more streamlined format. Two or three precision-produced transparent sheets are mounted directly over the photographic base, creating a constructed stack without the deeper spacing used in a full Lightfold Cassette.
Even without the spacers, the layers are real and the structure is physical. Lightfold Planes are not photographic prints. They are layered objects that can be disassembled into component layers. They are vibrant and exciting to view and can capture memories in ways photographs can’t.
Because the planes sit directly on top of one another, the depth effect is more subtle and graphic. Foreground elements are physically elevated, creating dimensional hierarchy and material presence, while maintaining a slimmer profile and more accessible price point.
Planes offer the visual complexity of Lightfold in a simplified form, making them an ideal entry point for those who want a unique and exciting piece at a lower cost.
