As NFTs become more and more integrated with our online existence, the question many are asking is: what is their application in the physical world? What if you don’t just want to enjoy your Cryptopunks on a tiny display screen on your phone or laptop? How can you admire them in their full glory, and be able to show them off to friends and family, or even paying visitors, in the flesh?

Tokenframe is stepping in to answer these questions with elegant, sophisticated solutions for ‘phygital’ displays. You may or may not be familiar with the term ‘phygital’, but it’s essentially exactly what it sounds like - the bridging of the ‘physical’ and ‘digital’ worlds. As we transition into a more fully digitized and augmented reality, we nonetheless need physical and practical solutions for displaying digital art and NFTs in the here and now, whilst retaining their authenticity. Tokenframe’s mission is to give a fresh breath of life and excitement to the NFT community, progressing it beyond PFPs and social media hype. Their authentic wooden frames that come in birch, mahogany, white, or black allow NFTs to be displayed on the wall like a piece of traditional fine art. Whether it’s in the collector’s home, a gallery, or corporate headquarters, a frame that brings digital objects into the physical realm is essential for greater enjoyment and awareness of NFTs as works of art.

But phygital display isn’t the only problem that Tokenframe has managed to solve. NFT skeptics have highlighted the fact that anyone can right-click and save an image on the internet, supposedly giving them the same access to the image that the owner of the NFT has. Not only does this way of thinking completely miss the point of an NFT’s ability to confer verified ownership, provenance, and authenticity, there are obvious barriers to sharing and displaying public images that you don’t actually own. It’s sort of like hanging a poster of the Mona Lisa on your wall - everyone knows it's not the real thing.

With Tokenframe, only artwork that is verifiably owned by the user can be displayed. NFT owners link their wallets (there are over fifty compatible options) in order to cast their NFTs to the frame, making fraudulent display impossible. From its non-custodial app, Tokenframe lets users view and curate their NFTs, create a custom slideshow, and change the NFT’s display to their heart’s content. It also offers complete customisability in terms of appearance, including background colour, fill, fit, orientation, and border width. The frame itself can also be rotated, depending on the visual properties of the NFT (vertical or horizontal), and includes speakers for a fully immersive experience. Madonna and Beeple’s NFT on loop, anyone?

It seems inevitable that we are moving ever closer to the ubiquity of digital and AR display solutions, like the metaverse galleries that are popping up more and more frequently in the web ecosysten. However, there is still a distinct need for a beautiful, high-quality method of displaying NFTs in our earthly domain. With so much incredible art being created in the digital sphere, it’s only fitting that Tokenframe is providing a means of phygital display to match, and all NFTs purchased on Culture Vault are compatible with the Tokenframe System.

Start showing off your NFTs with Tokenframe here