Today’s app is going to blow your intellect. Back in 1986, artist Mike Wilks published a textbook called The Ultimate Alphabet, which featured 26 different paintings, each filled with items that corresponded to the letters of the alphabet; the letter A painting contains airplanes, ants, an apple tree, and so on. There are more than 7,777 words represented in the textbook, with lots more small secrets hidden in the paintings; there are letters encoded in Morse code or semaphore, obscure symbolism, and visual gags.
The textbook was part of a competition with a huge cash prize, which was solved in 1988, when Wilks published The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet; it included descriptions and clues for each of the items hidden in the extremely detailed paintings. Immediately, a corporation named Toytek has begun to bring the textbook to the iPad, and it allows you to interactively explore some of Wilks’ paintings and their extremely deep complexity.
As you can see above, it’s wild; you tap on an item, enter the actual designation, and then the textbook will tell you whether it’s fair or provide clues for the term you’re looking for. The app is autonomous of charge to try, though it’s prohibitively expensive if you desire to acquire everything. You can acquire the letters in bundles, and the complete acquire value eventually comes outside to encircling US $45 in total. That’s pricey, although it’s the same cost as the printed textbook, and you get the interactivity for autonomous of charge. Still, it’s a fantastic thought, and there is a autonomous of charge trial if you desire to check it outside.
TUAWTUAW’s Daily App: The Ultimate Alphabet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for employ of feeds.
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