Tokenframe is quickly becoming known as one of the best NFT frames for showing off digital art and videos. The NFT display brand has been making waves by giving NFT collectors and art galleries digital frames that can be used for any kind of art.
The founder of Tokenframe explains more about this new way to display NFT art. NFT displays are becoming more common in homes, galleries, and workplaces now that Samsung’s The Frame is on the market and LG’s LG Art Lab app will work with all of LG’s new OLED TVs to support NFTs.
Damian Medina, who started Tokenframe, says that his NFT display was made by and for NFT collectors, which makes it different from those big tech companies around the world. Medina says that he buys NFTs often, sometimes even every day, and that he collects from “OG NFT artists” as well as finding new musicians with “credibility.”
Medina says that Beeple came up with the idea for Tokenframe about a year after he sold his NFT art for a record $69.3 million at an auction. Medina says, Tokenframe is based on authenticity at all times and at 100%. Tokenframe only lets you show off NFTs that you have in your wallet. You can’t just show off any media files you’ve uploaded.
With this strategy, Tokenframe becomes a place “for those core NFT collectors” where only verified NFTs can be shown. This is different from The Frame and other digital art displays that let you send any digital image to a screen. The Web3 technology is hidden by a wooden frame and a traditional feel in the Tokenframe finish.
“I think it’s something that reflects the traditional feeling of art,” says Medina. “When somebody who doesn’t know what an NFT is, is walking through your house, and they see one of these things, they understand this is art.”
Tokenframe: a software
The Tokenframe is controlled by a unique app. By doing this, a user can cast a collection to the digital display and connect their cryptocurrency wallet. By doing this, the Tokenframe becomes a private gallery for a user and their collection of art. Curated sequences and schedules can be shown on the NFT display, and NFTs can be sent to more than one Tokenframe. An app can also be used to change the look of the screen (this even includes energy saving settings).
Tokenframe is great for the home and works well in galleries because it is easy to use compared to many other verified screens. The sizes range from 10 to 55 inches, in both 16:9 and square ratios, and from 2K to 4K. This gives you a wide range of sizes to choose from. The anti-glare coating makes the screens feel smooth and matte.
Tokenframe is at the center of Web3 digital displays because it lets you share your screen with other NFT collectors. Any guest you invite to your screen can cast their NFT to your Tokenframe from anywhere in the world.
Medina exclaims: “We have a really robust system here that is integrated with Web3 technology, the authentication happens via the wallet sign in. So that is what allows you to remain 100 percent verifiably authentic, we don’t allow you to cast anything else, there’s no way to cast anything else that is not an NFT.”
Tokenframe: gallery use
“I believe we’re the only product out there that has real wooden frames even Samsung’s The Frame, they have nice looking frames but they’re plastic, and it’s a big differentiator if you’ve seen this in person. You can sense the robustness of the product and the quality,” explains Medina.
I have been lucky enough to see a Tokenframe in a gallery setting. A visit to The NFT Gallery(opens in new tab) in London revealed how these NFT displays fit neatly into a setting that combined digital and traditional NFTs. In this case it’s a new NFT collection by photographer William John Kennedy(opens in new tab).
Co-owner of the NFT Gallery Lilien Hornung-Mary says she “loves” Tokenframe and has been using them since the NFT Gallery opened in June. The frames have white mats around the screens, which fit snugly into real wood frames and look great with the traditional frames in the gallery space.
The gallery’s co-arms owner is holding a tiny dog that looks so happy to be here. Hornung-Mary reaches up and starts turning a big 55-inch Tokenframe from portrait to landscape, saying, “It’s so easy to use tokenframes. She’s holding a dog, but it’s not moving at all.
The nearby London Mayfair restaurant IT has NFT art by both the 3D artist Aitana Basquiat and the painter Silia Ka Tung (opens in new tab). Also on display is the audio/video art of Silia Ka Tung. Hornung-Mary brings the gallery dog, a lively puppy who loves to play, with us when we go for a walk. Because the design is colorful and well-organized, I can see how the Tokenframe could work in an IT setting that is busy and full of energy.
Next steps for tokenframe
“NFTs as a technology are going to be around for the rest of our human existence,” says Medina. “As long as computers are still around, and the internet is just a way to verifiably prove that a digital asset is owned by a certain person; and it also allows you to trade, sell, transfer that digital asset, […] So now we can own digital things […] And that’s not going anywhere.”
Concerning the kinds of NFTs that will be available in the future and that collectors and other users will like, Medina says that could change, and “It might not be art NFTs; it might not be silly cartoon pictures of animals. In the future, it might be that your house deed can become an NFT, with a photo attached to it, and you can display that.”
Medina goes on: “We’re positioning ourselves in line with the future of NFTs and not necessarily with the boom that everyone thought was stupid NFT’s like silly animal pictures. But yes, the technology, that’s not going anywhere.”
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