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Together with Mike Tucker, CreativeApplication.Net has just released an iPhone/iPad version of interactive incarnation of the older generation of screensavers. Taking full advantage of multitouch, RetroScreen brings back the innocence of 90′s computing platforms with a beautiful way to indulge your nostalgia. It’s like your 1996 PowerMac had a multitouch display all along!

a photographic cookbook on iPad!? lushly photographed food and ingredients to make up 60 recipes step-by-step from across the spectrum (meat, fish, vegetarian and dessert). loads of extra photos for the small detailed bits. their use of styled food photos, typography and a visual presentation sense better than most food related apps i have seen makes this a winner. the recipes they selected are tempting!

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!

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

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!

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.

See video overview here.

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!