The iPad has more than 350,000 native apps available on the app store. On April 15, 2013, Time magazine picked us to be in the top 50 must have iPad apps. Being in such a distinguishable list alongside other apps like Skype, Facebook, Google Chrome and Dropbox means our efforts to make this a unique and helpful app have succeeded.

We would like to thank all of our users who contributed to this app success since its launch, approximately 4 months ago. To take a look at the list, click here to see the Time’s 50 Must Have iPad Apps.

We have just released the first update to Interior Design for iPad, and it’s nothing short of amazing. More than 300 new items, a whole new Landscaping category, render reflections, more than 15 new features and over 40 bugs fixed.

The patch also contains improvements to the drag and drop mechanism and a sheer reduction in app size without affecting image quality. Interior Design for iPad is the #2 bestselling lifestyle app on the App Store – we believe this patch might just get us to the coveted #1. Fingers crossed!
 

Over the past year we have worked on our most ambitious project yet. We are delighted to say, it simply can’t look any better! Interior Design for iPad is the next generation of interior design apps. It hosts cutting edge technology and features never before seen on mobile devices. You can visit the app’s website here or visit it on the app store here .

The new app contains everything from angled walls, through to drag and drop in real time, to render. Yes, now you can render your images, on your iPad, with a click of a button. How cool is that?

So we’ve been on TUAW, MacWorld, iTunes front page and numerous other magazines, but it’s always nice to have our flagship interior-design app, Home 3D, get reviewed by top network like ABC News. Home 3D got the first mention among other apps to help with your DIY needs. Click the link below for the full review, but here’s a little spoiler :

“Home 3D is one of the best 3D modeling apps available”.

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Every month we’ll pick a theme, a certain material, a color family or a concept. Users from all over the world can email us their screenshots concerning that theme to contest@blackmana.com. For example, this month’s contest revolves around a color theme. Create any room or combination of rooms revolving this color theme, export 3-4 images showing the result, and send us.

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This is a major release of Home 3D. It contains more than 30 improvements and bug fixes, and more than 600 models and materials. We have worked for several months on this free update, as a token of our appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of users who bought Home 3D for iPhone / iPad.

Please check the iTunes product page to download the product or to read the detailed list of new features.

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In lieu with our efforts to provide better support and strengthen our contact with the community, Black Mana Studios will launch three new endeavors: brand new corporate website (yep this is the website you are on), Embedded Help Desk, and a new, content driven website for Home 3D.

All of this will be coupled with weekly content on our Facebook, Flickr and Twitter social accounts.
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