Catalogues, without the paper

I have a deep and abiding love for catalogs, even more than for magazines; I can spend hours curled up with a pile of shiny catalogs, dog-earing pages and tearing out examples of how I want my life to look. Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about, because you do.

Thanks to the Internet, catalogs are starting to go the way of the dodo. Unless you’re using your Internet technology to access your favorite, tightly curated catalogs. Which is precisely what this fabulous new app lets you do.

TheFind’s Catalogue app for iPad features virtual reproductions of 70 of your favorite paper catalogs, everything from Anthropologie to CrewCuts to BestBuy, in one tablet app. Flip through the virtual pages and browse what’s in store, or curate your own catalog by bookmarking your favorite products. Once you’ve made your picks, click through to the retailer to order. So easy.

Catalogue also offers their own carefully edited selections of products, like an extensive back-to-school collection. Think of it as an inspiration board; you can use theirs or create your own, but either way you can gather together all the products you love in one easy virtual book.

The best part: all the fun of catalog shopping without any messy paper to toss in the recycling or trash. Perfect. -Susan

Catalogue by TheFind is available for free at Apple’s iTunes store, exclusively for the iPad.