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# Polaroid Cacher
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/polaroid-cacher/
- Published: 2013-01-09T19:27:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:51.000Z
- Description: Capture digital media in analog format.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3594/0c78a8c0-9366-4193-8c08-fe8ee613390f.jpg)

As much as we bookmark, screenshot, cut & paste, and drag & drop, most of the online content we highlight stays digital. Memorable Tumbls, Tweets, and Instagrams never really materialize as anything more than 1's and 0's.

Call us old fashioned, but we still have a certain fondness for analog. That's why we cover devices like [Instaprint](http://www.prote.in/feed/2012/03/instaprint?ref=protein.xyz), an Instagram printer; [OKSU](http://www.prote.in/feed/2012/07/oksu?ref=protein.xyz), a hyperlink printer; and the [Little Printer](http://www.prote.in/feed/2011/11/little-printer?ref=protein.xyz), a sort of everything-web printer.

[Dong Ik Shin](http://www.dongikshin.com/POLAROID-CACHER?ref=protein.xyz) and [Adria Navarro](http://adrianavarro.net/?ref=protein.xyz)'s Polaroid Cacher serves a similar purpose, turning digital content into physical images. The designers worked together to create a device that lets users set crop marks in their browser and print Polaroid-style photos (Polaroid isn't officially involved with this project). The printer prototype is combination of a vintage Polaroid Land Camera and a custom laser-cut housing.

No word on if or when these will be available for purchase.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3594/01d8bf76-0456-4d13-98ee-47c31b1d8a24.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3594/d3163e2d-fe83-403e-a8ce-e5ded0d90462.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3594/4985fade-326e-41ea-a9de-791a1a7c9226.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3594/dd0cf48f-c4a6-4b21-9bd9-34947251fca5.jpg)