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All In Perfect Time
All Imperfect Time

Brief: Create and compile a design solution or a creative project that explores your passion within the field of media design.

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"How can a film photography prompt book, challenge instant gratification and celebrate the beauty of imperfection?"

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Hand Binding

All in Perfect Time is a hand-bound photography prompt book created in response to a world obsessed with speed, perfection, and instant results. The project explores how using film photography a slower, more intentional medium can encourage people to pause, reflect, and find meaning in imperfection.
The final outcome is a book of photographic prompts designed to be interacted with slowly.
Through a series of experiments,
I explored how different types of prompts affected both the experience of taking a photo and the emotional connection to it especially when using film over digital.

Project

Process:

This project was experiment-led. I tested my ideas through real use not just theory using reflection and response as creative tools.


Here’s how:

Perfection:

I challenged conventional ideas of perfection by sharing some of my own film photographs that I personally felt were imperfect whether due to blur, candid moments, or unexpected flaws. I asked participants how these images made them feel, and their responses revealed a surprising appreciation for the rawness and authenticity these imperfections conveyed. Rather than detracting from the photos, the “flaws” created emotional depth and a sense of presence that perfectly aligned with the project’s aim to celebrate imperfection. This process highlighted how embracing imperfection can challenge the instant gratification culture, inviting viewers to slow down and find beauty in moments that feel genuine and unpolished.
Digital vs. Film:
I asked a participant to take the same prompt-based photos on both digital and film. After each medium, they reflected on the process.
‍Digital gave instant results and control, but encouraged speed.
‍Film required patience, leading to more emotional engagement with the moment.
This showed how the delay and imperfection of film can actually create a richer, more mindful experience.

Prompt Testing:
I tested a series of ten prompts across three themes: human experience (e.g., Empathy, Purpose), emotion (e.g., Joy, Nostalgia), and abstract concepts (e.g., Evolution, Justice). Prompts tied to relationships and emotions led to the most powerful reflections.
Film photography, paired with the prompts, helped people focus on presence rather than perfection.

The Book:

The result of these experiments is a prompt book called All in Perfect Time — a space for slow creation.Each page features a prompt paired with an inspiration photo taken on film.There’s space for users to reflect or paste their own photos.

The book celebrates candidness, blur, and imperfection  moments that might be missed if we’re rushing.

The title plays with duality: the front cover reads
All in Perfect Time, the back reads All Imperfect Time.

The book is coptic-stitched by hand, with exposed binding a visual echo of the project’s themes: honest, visible process over polished perfection.

Why This Matters:

In an age of filters and immediate likes, All in Perfect Time asks us to pause. It reminds us that some of the most beautiful images are the ones that weren’t staged, corrected, or instantly seen  just felt.
It’s a celebration of softness, slowness, and letting go of control.