Over the years, we came to understand what motivates us most: creating environments where people can gather, connect and feel like they belong.

In the past decade, we have brought together more than 10,000 people through the experiences and communities we have created. We have watched strangers become friends, conversations turn into collaborations and simple gatherings grow into something much more meaningful. We knew we could spend our lives doing this—but we began to wonder whether it could also become our next chapter.

The other thing we have always loved is design: imagining ideas, building physical objects and bringing something new into the world. With Twogather, we set ourselves a simple rule: we would only create things that encourage people to engage with one another in physical space first.

As creators, we naturally gravitated toward an instant camera. A camera can start a conversation, bring people closer and turn a fleeting interaction into something you can hold, share or give away.

We made the first drawings, built the first 3D-printed prototype and took it out into the streets. We handed it to strangers, watched how they used it and saw how quickly the camera became more than a device. People laughed, posed, wrote on the prints, exchanged them and began talking to one another.

That first prototype became DA1: a simple, screen-free camera designed not just to capture a moment, but to help create one.