Magic app: Agency gives the notebook a new image

Barcelona – Honest&Smile, which describes itself as a ‘Things Agency’, has joined forces with Moleskine to produce a combination notebook and analogue image mixer.

The Abracadabrapp resembles and functions as a traditional Moleskine notebook, but also works with an iPhone to manipulate images in a similar way to apps such as Instagram. Tinted plastic filters can be arranged in front of the iPhone camera to alter the colour of images, and a well-placed mirror enables the device to log split-screen video recordings of people’s conversations.

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