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# Giphoscope
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/giphoscope/
- Published: 2013-11-25T14:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:00:24.000Z
- Description: A beautifully designed hand-cranked device that plays your favourite GIF frame by frame
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/9710/3ced1119-f945-47e4-8627-a4163112a784.jpg)

As we spend more and more time in the digital realm, it seems we're starting to place an increasing value on the physical and the tactile. As we've seen with [Bioscope](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/04/bioscope?ref=protein.xyz) or [Fliike](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/07/fliike?ref=protein.xyz), we seem to be seeking out objects that are the physical equivalents of our digital experiences.  
  
Now, GIF buffs have a new interactive tool to brag about. Created by Italian designers Marco Calabrese and Alessandro Scali of [OKKULT Motion Pictures](http://okkultmotionpictures.tumblr.com/?ref=protein.xyz), the [Giphoscope](http://www.giphoscope.com/?ref=protein.xyz) is a hand-cranked device that plays animated GIFs frame by frame. Each analog gadget is handmade and is specifically designed to enhance the content of its frame. Users just have to send in their favourite GIF and the Giphoscope will be delivered at their doorstep.   
  
With a [starting price](http://www.giphoscope.com/?ref=protein.xyz#!order/c10fk) of €299, selecting a single GIF might be a lot to ask Tumblr purveyors, but it's an interesting example of a physical manifestation of the digital.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/9710/ebc879b6-a53d-4824-bf69-0533855891fa.jpg)