Design Classics Meet iPad

We're not sure if the iPad will ever attain the status of design icon, but Phaidon hasn’t wasted any time in transforming its encyclopedic Design Classics collection into an app for Apple’s new tablet device. Originally published as a three-volume set (and tucked inside its own carrying case), Phaidon Design Classics features 999 of the most innovative, beautiful, and influential products created in the last 200 years, from early-1800s Chinese bonsai scissors to the sleek line of brunch equipment (kettle, coffee maker, and toaster) designed by Jasper Morrison for Rowenta. Those who pop for the $19.99 iPad app version should be prepared for a meta moment upon discovering one of the more recent entries: the iPod.