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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

another elegant photo app for your arsenal of filtering tricks. this one focuses on blasting out color saturation and contrast a la minority report. settings are simple sliders which enable you to change contrast, brightness and saturation of your selected photo. requires the iPhone 3.1.3 firmware update to work.

the famous post-modern pixel artists eBoy have done it and released an unique and addictive tilting puzzle app. think of the game labyrinth and add in their pixel art for a spin on things. it all starts out easy, but as you progress the puzzles get progressively more mind bending. some are so difficult you need to spend some time thinking on how to solve them. special thanks to delicious toys in berlin for developing this app for my favorite art subversives eBoy!

amazingly simple no fumble music controls while driving. use gestures to control so eyes are on the road. swipe left/right to skip tracks, tap to pause. nice!

acid trip pacman style game with lush illustrated space environment and appropriate music. gobble up cosmic debris while flying through space.

super simple sampling drum pad app. just select a pad, click record, sample your favorite sound, phat beat, gross noise or talking parrot, etc. nice 8bit retro interface and style.

amazing app from ustwo uk. this one allows you to make fanatical musical compositions with illustrated monsters created by jon burgerman. funny and cute!

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.

very deep featured avatar creation app based on thick illustrated vector graphics. the designers dadako used to run an online ‘facemakr’ avatar creation service where you would send a headshot and they would assemble a likeness based from their kit of parts. now they have constructed this all into an app so you can do one yourself. i have done a number for my family and its pretty darn good! this one looks kinda like me but has more hair. follow @facemakr for updates and news.