Looom – Flipbook animation app for the iPad, reimagined
Looom is a flipbook animation app for the iPad, reimagined. It invites users to a new way of creating hand-drawn animation.
Bridging to Physical – 3 Projects by Lara Defayes
Created by Lara Defayes at ECAL, UV Map, Vanishing Shades and FOMO Survival Kit are a series of project produced during her studies at the art and design school in Lausanne, Switzerland. All three projects, and others that can be viewed on her web...
Deltu by Alexia Léchot – iPad as a ‘mirror interface’ between humans and robots
Created by Alexia Léchot at ECAL, Deltu is a delta robot with a personality that interacts with humans using two iPads. Created using arm technology normally found in 3d printers, Deltu uses three different applications on the iPad Alexia built fo...
Call for Entries: ZKM’s App Art Award 2016
Attention iOS and Android developers: win 10,000 EUR in five different categories by entering ZKM | Center for Art and Media’s 6th annual AppArtAward. Submission deadline: May 23d!
Creative-coding on iOS with C4
This tutorial will introduce you to creative-coding on iOS with C4, a powerful framework for creating expressive artworks and user experiences. Written entirely in Swift, C4 takes a modern approach to working with animation, gestures and media.
Typatone – Digital typewriter that composes songs out of your writing
Typatone is digital typewriter that automatically composes songs out of your writing and available for iOS, Android and the Web.
Sensible Data – A machine that playfully interprets and leaks your personal data
Created by Martin Hertig at ECAL, Sensible Data is a playful installation consisting of three machines that collect user's personal data, evaluates mood, age, gender and beauty, to create a 'passport' that user can take away but which also randoml...
The Architecture of Radio – Visualizing the invisible architecture of networks
Created by Richard Vijgen, The Architecture of Radio is a site-specific iPad application that visualizes this network of networks by reversing the ambient nature of the infosphere; hiding the visible while revealing the invisible technological lan...
Metamorphabet – Animated alphabet for iOS by Vectorpark
Created by Patrick Smith (Vectorpark), Metamorphabet is an all-ages animated (English) alphabet for the iOS. Poke, prod, drag, and spin the letters of the alphabet to reveal surprising and luminous transformations.
Plug & Play – “Nothing less than love”
Created by Michael Frei, Mario von Rickenbachthe and the Zurich based Etter Studio, Plug & Play for iOS invites you to explore the feelings of anthropoid creatures that go beyond sexuality and reproduction: love.
10 Most Memorable Projects of 2014
At CAN we don’t really care for lists. But as we look back as the year winds down, we’re known to make an exception. To keep up with our tradition, we present our most memorable projects of the year.
Modulares Interface B.A. – Physical controller interface for iPad
Created by Florian Born, Modulares Interface B.A. is a physical interface for iPad comprised of knobs, buttons and sliders to provide precision and haptic feedback when operating a digital interface.
MIKMA – From human scale to the zero point of space
Created by Nadezda Suvorova, MIKMA an exploration game for iOS that uses computer vision and the sensors embedded in the device to call for new visual perspectives of world around us using scientific imaging.
Generative Scarves – Procedural algorithm to wearable pattern
Generative Scarves for iOS includes a procedural algorithm commonly used to digitally generate patterns of the natural world, sampled into a bespoke application and used to create unique print for an individual scarf.
Icon do better – Exploring emergent property of exchanging symbols
Created by Ed Burton, Icon do better takes on a smart social twist of classic game combined with icon making.
Patatap – Portable animation and sound kit by jonobr1 and Lullatone
Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit for iOS that allows you to play with versatile melodies charged with colourful geometric graphics.
He Liked Thick Word Soup – Software experiment about text, space and time
He Liked Thick Word Soup is the latest experiment in the Chronotext series, a growing collection of software experiments exploring the relation between text, space and time.
Hit The Beat – Physical drum machine by Lorenzo Bravi
Hit The Beat is a physical drum machine that can play *anything*, making it possible for everyday objects to become musical instruments.
Sablo for iOS – Exploring the nebulous boundary between order and chaos
Created by Ernst Uys, Sablo for iOS lets you explore the boundary between order and chaos using the Abelian Sandpile model (also known as the Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld model) in theoretical physics.
KARMA – A/V iPad Experience by Óscar Monzón and Espadaysantacruz Studio
Conceived by Spanish photographer Óscar Monzón and developed by Espadaysantacruz Studio, KARMA is an interactive audiovisual experience designed for the iPad integrating photos, video and music created by Óscar Monzón.
Nid & Sancy – The Cut up Jeans Technique iOS app
The Cut up Jeans Technique is an iOS app that plays the new album as long as you shake your device. All animations are interactive and real-time making use of OpenGL, GLSL and Cinder libs
Radiohead: Polyfauna – An immersive, expansive world of primitive life
Created as a collaboration between between Radiohead, Nigel Godrich, Stanley Donwood and Universal Everything, Polyfauna is a living, breathing, growing touchscreen environment, born from abstraction of the studio sessions from King of Limbs and t...
Eliss Infinity – The pinnacle of iOS gaming returns
Eliss by Steph Thirion gets an update. Not revolutionary, nor a re-write, simply perfect - just as the first release was.
577Rhea – Stochastic exploration space game by André Sier
Part game, part visual experiment, 577Rhea is the latest from André Sier. You are your planet's last hope and you have to time-travel through blackholes with primordial essences to prevent the inevitable collapse of your home.
John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes – An interactive Album App by Design I/O
John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes in an interactive Album App that tells the story of John Lennon's life changing journey sailing through a mid-Atlantic storm to Bermuda in June 1980, the creative discovery during his time on the island and the arti...
Drei – Game about logic, skill and collaboration for the iPad
Drei is a game about logic, skill and collaboration for the iPad. The mission is simple but things tend get in the way... explosives, thunderstorms, gravity and sometimes incompetent colleagues.
IDNA – Spatial storytelling prototype for the iOS
IDNA by Sylvain Joly is the first story deployed on their spatial storytelling prototype for the iOS platform. Each scene of the story is designed in 360 degrees, and thanks to the built in gyroscope, it can be explored virtually throughout.