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App Detail » Drainspotting Extras : Japanese Manhole Covers

Published by: Remo Camerota

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $0.99
Current Version: 2
Released: May 21, 2010

What's New

Universal for Ipad and Iphone, New Layout, added slideshow, print ordering enabled added functionality.

App Description

ON SALE for a limited time Only!
DRAINSPOTTING : New York Book Festival Winner!
AB ITUNES STAFF FAV AND WHATS HOT App! A new And Noteworthy APP! As reviewed and loved by App.itize.us : Fot The Best Designed Apps :

Mark Batty Publisher (MBP) and Remo Camerota's Whitewall Studios present Drainspotting Extras: Japanese Manhole Covers for the Iphone. The Ipad version is also available through the app store.

The Japanese embrace high design in all aspects of life, including manhole covers! Today, nearly 95% of the 1,780 municipalities in Japan sport their very own customized manhole covers, over 6000 designs exist which are totally unique to the Japanese.

With this companion App to the Mark Batty Publisher book Drainspotting by Remo Camerota, MBP and Camerota let you “drainspot” Japan with your Apple device.
Collect them all: It includes over 100 extra Photos taken throughout Japan documenting these wonderful covers.

This city-sanctioned urban art has inspired manhole cover enthusiasts to travel across Japan in search of these unique designs. With this App, discover examples of this distinctive aspect of contemporary Japanese visual culture that didn’t make the book yet stand alone as exceptional photographs.

For the detailed story of these manhole covers and a colorful array of artfully shot photographs, buy the book on Amazon.com or anywhere fine books are sold.

This is the Iphone companion for anyone who doesn't own an Ipad. THE IPHONE VERSION WILL WORK AT HD QUALITY ON THE IPAD SO THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU GET AN IPAD FOR THIS RELEASE!

DRAINSPOTTING IS THE WINNER OF THE NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL 2010:
Please check Remos other apps: Graffiti Japan Extras, Graffiti New York, Scar

THIS APP AND BOOK IS REVIEWED AND LOVED BY:

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For more info on MBP go to markbattypublisher.com

For more info on Remo go to whitewallstudios.net

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