ElectricSun

You might remember that we featured an Etch A Sketch iPad case some time back, which turned the fashionable tablet into a vintage kids toy. At least in looks anyway. Well, somehow we missed its little brother – the Etch A Sketch iPhone case.

In essence, it does the same thing to your iPhone as it did with the iPad. Although let's be honest, the proportions aren't quite the same with the tablet and iPhone versions. Still, it's guaranteed to catch the eye when you pull out your iPhone on the bus or trains.

Officially licensed and made of impact resistant ABS plastic, you can grab one for $24.99 online.

Find out more at the ThinkGeek website

Original post can be found at Retro To Go.

If you’re a graphic designer, photographer or any type of digital artist, then these products by Brazilian design studio Meninos will make a lot of sense in your home and office.

Folders Placemats – Buy it here ($16 – set of 4)

Coasters: Design set, 8bit set – Buy it here

Wall Bar – Buy it here ($69.99)

Hands Magnets – Buy it here ($14.99)

Layers Frame – Buy it here ($19)

In the unlikeliest of collaborations, American designer Ralph Lauren has teamed up with Affinity cycles to create some pretty stunning fixed gear bikes. Even with all the fixies coming out on the market right now, it can be said that these are up there with the best, combining clean lines/colorways with modern track style mechanics.

A cutting board made of apple tree wood, for Apple fans, in the shape of a unibody MacBook. Buy it here (EUR 43 – $54)

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I think I might have died and gone to heaven…

ReBirth, the classic Roland Synth emulator that was introduced in 1997, has now been (re)born again on the iPhone. Featuring TWO classic TB-303s, a TR-808 and a TR-909 with full pattern sequencer and effects units, it is possibly the closest you’ll ever get to the original hardware without shelling out a load of cash.

I am a great fan of the 303 (check out the ElectricSun T-shirt) and was surprised when Propellerheads gave up on ReBirth. My copy for Mac OS 9 couldn’t migrate to OS X, so I was left searching for an alternative. It has been available for free download for older operating systems (pre OS X and Vista) since 2005.

There have since been a few 303 emulators and I was delighted when Technobox was released for the iPhone, but this is the real deal. Yes it’s fiddly, but it won’t disappoint. This version will put a smile on your face for £3.99 on iTunes!

More details at Propellerheads.se

Lomo pay homage to the camera that started the lo-fi photography revolution by releasing a 24 carat gold version of the LC-A (Kompakt Automat). The Russian camera became popular for its rich colours, shadowed borders and light leaking and soon gathered a loyal following.
The gold casing is clad in brown leather and simply oozes seventies retro appeal. It will set you back £460 – that’s double the price of a standard black one – but it does come in a nice box! Get one quickly at the Lomo site, as there are only 130 being made.

This is an impressive 26 gigapixel image taken on the roof of the ‘Haus der Presse’ in Dresden.
If you go to the site, Gigapixel-Dresden, and click on one of the thumbnails below the main image – it will zoom in and locate a detail far away in the main picture. As of December 2009, this was the largest digital image in the world, allegedly. I expect that’s already been beaten by now.
Big Brother will be watching, as long as he has a Canon 5D Mark II camera (21 megapixels) with a 400mm-lens like the one used in this example. Scary!

There are a number of colour-based apps available for the iPhone and iPod touch, but it is myPantone that caught my eye.
As well as being able to view Pantone colour libraries, you can extract colours from pictures taken from your in-built camera. It can then calculate the nearest Pantone reference numbers, and allow you to email the colour palette to yourself or friends/colleagues as a .ase file. Import this into any Adobe Creative Suite package and away you go! It caters for those still using Quark Xpress too. Available for £5.99 from the iTunes store – where else?

Don’t say it with flowers, say it with a pink Lomo Fisheye 2 camera. Give the one you love the gift of fisheye photography this Valentines day, with this special edition pink Lomo 35mm Fisheye 2 camera.
All the same features as the original black version; 180 degree lens, ‘WYSIWYG’ bubble viewfinder, built in flash and multiple/long exposure function. And at around £65, it’s a great introduction to lo-fi photography and a joy to use (if you like pink). Available from the Lomo site. Check out our Lomo photography on Flickr.