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Safely land the rocket of three Cosmonauts on the Mars base. Vaporize or explode debris out of your way down. Use boosts and tilt your phone to escape a bad course. Acrobatic steering skills and a healthy portion of luck will help you to succeed the missions. The game is free and was developed by the graphic design studio Büro Destruct for the GameCulture programme of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. Art meets Fun!

“No, Human” is a stylish 3D physics based action-puzzle game. The universe strikes back against mankind. With your skillful finger, a delight in destruction and some patience, you will demobilize the human presence outside of planet earth in a joyful way. I couldn’t stop playing this game until i reached the last level. A swiss made Space Odyssey for iPhone and iPad!

CALCOPAC is a «BEEP» more than a simple calculator. It’s a tribute to the legendary 8-Bit Videopac Game Computers released between 1978 and 1983. CALCOPAC provides a stylish retro calculator with 2 skins and 24 8-Bit sound effects.
Play your results as a little melody – An ironic statement to Kraftwerk’s «Pocket Calculator» and a perfect combination of Fun & Function. It is surely going to replace all my other calculator apps. BEEEEEP

a fresh take on note-taking, brainstorming, flowcharting, and what-not. an extremely intuitive user interface gives using the application a curiously rewarding feel.

super simple and clean note pad app replacement for iPad that uses (of course) Helvetica as its defacto typeface. you can type notes, change the backdrop color, highlight color and text color. includes a basic drawing tool as well for sketching your next user interface or type specimen. über cool!

a graphical and interactive compilation of the known architect and designer Renzo Piano as framed from the lense of Abitare (the italian architecture magazine). the experience on the iPad is actually very elegant and diverse. it offers a number of different methods to interact with the content, multiple swipe variations, click and touch, zoom, and traditional scrolling. the imagery and content speaks for itself. This foray into the digital realm and specifically for iPad for a classical publication like Abitare is inspiring. expensive (£9 or $11) but well worth it.

Superb new wireframing application available for iPad. Does everything you would expect including multiple pages and projects, templated UI objects and easy editing all delivered through a simple interface. More features are promised in future releases but worth definitely worth the money right now.

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amazing photo archive of manhole covers in japan which have fantastic colors and designs embellished on them. a companion to the book published by remo camerota, a well known photographer, artist and director living in japan. remo has captured the essence of the art in digital form. makes me want to travel back to japan to visit again!

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!

SKTCH is a generative drawing application created by CreativeApplications.net. this app is all about adopting presets for drawing rather than traditional pen based apps. many of these openFrameworks presets were created by a number of innovative digital artists around the globe (incl. Eduard Plats Molner). you can sketch circles, meshes, networks or use any of the 14 presets available. modify in realtime and combine presets to create a limitless amount of creations.