Not on display

GIF

Artist/Maker
WeChat
Place of origin
Shenzhen (Guangdong)

Animation of two puppies swinging around dancing.

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Object details

Category
Digital Design
Object type
GIF
Brief description
Bubble pup animated gif sticker, created for use in the WeChat app
Physical description
Animation of two puppies swinging around dancing.
Gallery label
This object sits in the "Data and Communication" section of the Design 1900-Now gallery, opened June 2021

Life in one app
WeChat is a multifunctional social media
platform which the Chinese technology giant
Tencent launched in 2011. Pioneering new ways of
communicating digitally, WeChat popularised the
use of animated GIFs called ‘stickers’ as a simple
way of conveying emotions and was the first app to
introduce voice messaging. By 2020, more than one
billion people used WeChat worldwide to read the
news, hail taxis, send gifts, bank and socialise.


Animated stickers (shown on iPad)
Bubble Pup, 2015
Designed and made by Tencent Technology, China
GIF files
Given by Tencent Technology
Museum nos. CD.303:27, 30-2017, CD.304:10, 11, 12-2017,
CD.307:21-2017
Credit line
Given by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Associated object
CD.304-2017 (Group)
Collection
Design, Architecture and Digital Department
Accession number
CD.304:11-2017

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Record createdMarch 7, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1482727/gif-wechat/
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