What's Inside? Tinkering Videos by Dina A. Amin

Cairo-based tinkerer and stop-motion filmmaker dina A. Amin created this short animation featuring four gadgets that she took apart piece by piece: A walkman, a phone, a hairdryer, and a camera. See them up close before they scatter into neatly arranged parts. It’s an extension of her Tinker Friday stop-motion animations.

Tiny screws, wires, gears, levers, springs, circuit boards, buttons and bits. What parts do you see and how many of them are there?

I’ve been enjoying Amin’s sponsored series of guessing game videos on Instagram. Click the ‘play’ icons in the IGTV videos below to watch and guess for each object:

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What was your guess? 👀 Did you imagine all this was inside? The first step to learning to fix your products is getting to know what’s inside your stuff, don’t fear the screwdriver! Anyone can do this! @ifixit has been a very resourceful platform to guide me while tinkering and that makes them the perfect partner for this series. 🎥 @asssemkamal 🎵 @tiivamusic #stopmotion #ifixit #productdesign

A post shared by dina A. Amin (@dina.a.amin) on Jan 6, 2020 at 11:05am PST

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2/4✨ I thought I’d guess this one right since I’ve opened many broken hairdryers before and reused many parts in different projects! ...😅 The first step to fixing your products is getting to know what’s inside your stuff, don’t fear the screwdriver! Anyone can do this! @ifixit has been a very resourceful platform to guide me while tinkering, they have plenty of teardowns and repair guides for almost every product and that’s why they are the perfect partner for this series. 🎥 @asssemkamal 🎵 @tiivamusic #stopmotion #ifixit #productdesign

A post shared by dina A. Amin (@dina.a.amin) on Jan 13, 2020 at 11:43am PST

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3/4✨ Good old days! So easy to reach the battery 😅 The first step to fixing your products is getting to know what’s inside your stuff, don’t fear the screwdriver! Anyone can do this! @ifixit has been a very resourceful platform to guide me while tinkering, they have plenty of teardown and repair guides for almost every product and that’s why they are the perfect partner for this series. 🎥 @asssemkamal 🎵 @tiivamusic #stopmotion #ifixit #productdesign

A post shared by dina A. Amin (@dina.a.amin) on Jan 20, 2020 at 11:28am PST

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4/4✨ I had nooo idea what was inside this one😅 The first step to fixing your products is getting to know what’s inside your stuff, don’t fear the screwdriver! Anyone can do this! @ifixit has been a very resourceful platform to guide me while tinkering, they have plenty of teardown and repair guides for almost every product and that’s why they are the perfect partner for this series. 🎥 @asssemkamal 🎵 @tiivamusic #stopmotion #ifixit #productdesign

A post shared by dina A. Amin (@dina.a.amin) on Jan 27, 2020 at 11:07am PST