Dispo is a digital disposable camera app. Available for iOS.


Dispo was originally started by David Dobrik, the now cancelled YouTuber, under the name David's Disposable. I joined in 2021 as a product designer, but shortly after took over the lead design role. I set the visual style for the app and designed most of the UI.
Photos taken on Dispo develop at 9am the following day, and are processed with a film-like aesthetic. Photos can be added to "rolls," which function like shared albums, to share them with friends.



Each camera is 3D modeled and rendered multiple times in separate pieces. Each zoom wheel, for example, is a custom 60 frame animation that scrubs as the user slides their finger. New cameras, some seasonal, were added regularly for about a year.

These are sample images I took with several of the cameras.
I was responsible for creating the filters, which consisted of a custom LUT and "hand generated" grain.
Here are most of the icons I drew for the app:


I also got to have some fun designing the onboarding experience, which was an interactive unboxing for "your new disposable camera."


I joined Dispo several months before it launched in 2021 to design the camera system and some of the UI. I took over as lead designer later that year, and continued to design for the app until early 2023.
Disclaimer: I do not recommend downloading Dispo. I left due to disagreements over the product direction and the handling of user data. Many users lost important photos due to decisions that were made, such as locking viewing photos behind ads, intentionally making saving photos to the camera roll difficult, and ultimately wiping the servers. If you used Dispo and lost photos, i'm very sorry.