Designing a timeless photo archive experience

I am currently working on a design for ChronoLens, a cross-platform photo archiving app. My focus is on creating a beautiful, tactile interface inspired by historical archives that helps users preserve and rediscover their memories across time.

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Date

December 2025

Role

Product Designer

Platform

iOS & Android

Status

In Progress

Overview

What is ChronoLens?

ChronoLens is a photo archiving and analysis application that helps people preserve, organize, and explore their personal photo collections. The app uses AI to automatically detect photo eras and organize images chronologically.

The design is inspired by archival ledgers, minimalist brutalism, and tactile photo album aesthetics—creating a digital experience that feels as meaningful as flipping through a physical album.

"If the digital version of a archivist met your grandmother's photo album, it would be ChronoLens."

The Goal

Create a cross-platform application that makes organizing and preserving memories feel meaningful and timeless. The interface needed to balance powerful AI features with a warm, tactile aesthetic that encourages users to explore their history.

THE VISION

Reconnect through time

If you've ever tried to organize years of digital photos, you know how overwhelming it can be. Scattered across devices, stuffed boxes in the attic, lost in cloud storage, with no meaningful way to browse through time. What if it didn't have to be like this?

I desire for ChronoLens to solve these problems. What I have in mind is a beautiful archive platform that helps people organize, preserve, and explore their memories. All your photos, organized by time.

Welcome screen with elegant authentication flow

Visual Theme Options

Design inspiration from the Beinecke Library

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