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étapes is a french design daily news publication. they have an app for iPhone. you can follow in ‘real-time’ the hottest design, architecture and visual arts news anywhere. incl. events, conferences, exhibitions, festivals, near by (in Europe) and all over the world, a selection of images and videos to watch & share, the best international publications on design, and more. french & english languages. looks design cool!

its a classic representation of pong but with the unique ability to play your friends using wifi and bluetooth across the room. this app is free and offers a much more bitmapped design presentation, if you get the paid app, it turns into a festival of colors and updated design and graphics. i dunno if i like the paid version yet, but the free one seems real solid.

the description from the app help screen is totally hysterical and i need to quote it… it reads… “select how evil you would like your password to be” … and… “from a dull angelic password to a demonic super mega-evil password nobody will ever be able to hack” … fantastic. you basically just change the slider left or right to adjust the complexity of the password, which you can then copy to the clipboard or email to yourself. clever!

the proof of how much fun a simple but clever concept with sound and geometrics is: draw lines and watch as Soundrop uses them to create music! I really enjoy this little free masterpiece and there’s a giant list of upcoming features.

via CreativeApplications.Net

the app is actually a more simplified view of the lifestyle and design editorial then the website. something to be said for optimized user experiences here for curated content, love it! for the record, the screenshot does not do it justice… where it really sings is in landscape mode (for video play out, slideshows, article detail pages) which is even more impacting to use! congrats to josh for making it happen!

retro pixel art game of equal parts pong and tempest with a twist. use dual pong paddles and ball to clear vector obstacles and dodge moving barriers.

this looks to be a fantastic new pay-point service which takes advantage of great visual design/user experience and a neat little card reader accessory to enable micro payments at any location (eg. coffee shop, garage sale, vintage show, lifestyle boutique). i see loads of potential for this to take off and for independent business owners to benefit! congrats to jack dorsey and co for making this happen.

this is the epitome of simple. tells you in simple text and color terms which direction your headed in the big apple to get uptown, downtown, to the east side or west side. nice one again franceso.

a free-form, immersive touch and sound experience that allows you to become the artist using noted designers and artists special ‘design’ packs including signature elements, shapes and backgrounds. touch and drag any of these assets to create your own personalized compositions and soundscapes. more design packs are planned for release real soon (incl. pete fowler, büro destruct and airside). its just a stunning thing!

japanese airline flight schedules with fantastic visual presentation. love simple departure and destination interactions. tap on departure point and flight lines show you possible destinations. drag release on desired destination and the app will automatically search related flights. don’t event need to read Japanese to enjoy it. supports portrait and landscape viewing modes as well.

thanks to Paul Baron at TokyoArtbeat for the review and translation…