Touchpress
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Founder | Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, Stephen Wolfram, and Steve Reich |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books, iPhone and iPad apps |
| Official website |
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Touchpress is an acclaimed[1][2][3] app developer and publisher based in Central London. The company specializes in creating in-depth premium apps on educational subjects including the Periodic Table,[4] Beethoven,[5] the Solar System,[6] T.S. Eliot,[7] Shakespeare,[8] and others. Their app "Barefoot World Atlas" was named one of the top 10 apps of all time by Apple.[9] Of Touchpress' "Disney Animated," which was named the best iPad app of 2013 worldwide by Apple, iTunes' App Editor noted, "We’re absolutely spellbound."[10]
Origins
Touchpress was founded by Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie and Stephen Wolfram shortly after the announcement of the launch of the iPad.[11][12] The first published app was "The Elements," a continuation of the founders' work together on a coffee table book about the periodic table,[13] which they followed up in 2014 with "Molecules", allowing users to touch and discover the basic building blocks of the world.[14]
Design Philosophy
Touchpress creates "living books."[15] Their apps feature many interactive elements and seek to engage readers with a deeper understanding of the subject. The company is part of a broad movement to re-define books and the reading experience for the 21st century.[16][17] Touchpress is particularly notable for their partnerships both within and outside the publishing industry. To date, the company has worked with Juilliard, Disney,[18] Deutsche Grammophon,[19] Faber and Faber, Seamus Heaney,[3] Björk,[20] Fiona Shaw, Patrick Stewart, Steve Reich, Stephen Fry, Andrew Motion,[21] Stephen Hough,[22] Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra,[1] and National Geographic[23]
Apps Published by Touchpress
- 2010 "The Elements"
- 2011 "X is for X-Ray"
- 2011 "Skulls by Simon Winchester"
- 2011 "Gems and Jewels"
- 2011 "The Waste Land"
- 2012 "March of the Dinosaurs"
- 2012 "Solar System"
- 2012 "Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy"
- 2012 "The Sonnets by William Shakespeare"
- 2012 "Pyramids 3D"
- 2012 "War Horse"
- 2012 "The Orchestra"
- 2012 "Barefoot World Atlas"
- 2013 "Beethoven's 9th Symphony"
- 2013 "The Liszt Sonata"
- 2013 "Disney Animated"
- 2013 "Journeys Of Invention"
- 2014 "Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian Stewart"
- 2014 "Vivaldi's Four Seasons"
- 2014 "Seamus Heaney: Five Fables"
- 2014 "Collins Bird Guide"
- 2014 "Apprentice Architect"
- 2014 "Think Like Churchill"
- 2014 "False Conviction"
- 2014 "Molecules"
- 2015 "Juilliard Open Studios"
- 2015 "Juilliard String Quartet"
- 2015 "Steve Reich's Clapping Music"
- 2015 "Arcadia by Iain Pears"
- 2015 "Baron Ferdinand's Challenge"
- 2015 "Classical Music Reimagined"
References
- 1 2 Wall, Seth Colter (2012-12-21). "The Perfect Classical Music App". Slate. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Banks, Dave (2013-06-14). "App is Truly an Ode to Joy". Geek Dad. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Richmond, Shane (2011-07-15). "The Waste Land iPad app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ "The Elements: A Visual Exploration". PC Mag.com. PC Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Thompson, Damian (2013-05-25). "Four recordings of Beethoven’s Ninth on a $15.47 app". The Spectator. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Lawton, Chuck (2011-01-31). "Touch The Solar System on Your iPad". Wired. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Dredge, Stuart (2011-08-08). "The Waste Land iPad app earns back its costs in six weeks on the App Store". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Ng, David (2013-05-20). "Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Rosen, Judith (2013-07-09). "Two Book Apps Among Apple’s All-Time Top 10". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Disney Animated By Disney". iTunes. Apple. Retrieved 22 August 2013. line feed character in
|title=at position 16 (help) - ↑ Roush, Wade (2011-07-29). "TouchPress: Theodore Gray Tests His Mettle in the App World". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Wolfram, Stephen (2010-12-24). "Touch Press: The Second Book". Stephen Wolfram Blog. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Pham, Alex (2010-04-27). "The curious tale of the wooden table that became an iPad book". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Stockton, Nick (20 October 2014). "Explore the Building Blocks of Everything From Poison to Soap". Wired. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Ng, David (2012-04-27). "The Coffee Table eBook: iPad Apps From Touch Press Transform The Act Of Reading". Forbes. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Roush, Wade (2012-05-11). "Touch Press, the iPad, and the New Golden Age of Multimedia". Xconomy. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Boehret, Katherine (2010-04-07). "For the iPad, Apps With Their Own Wow Factor". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Padilla, Richard (2013-08-08). "'Disney Animated' for iPad Covers the History of All 53 Disney Films". Mac Rumors. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Service, Tom (2013-05-31). "'Beethoven's Ninth, the app: an Ode to iJoy". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Burton, Charlie (2011-07-26). "'In depth: How Björk's 'Biophilia' album fuses music with iPad apps". Wired. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ↑ Caplan, Lisa (2012-12-14). "'Touch Press brushes the dust off The Sonnets by Shakespeare". Appolicious. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Stephen Hough And Touch Press Release Ground-Breaking iPad App Coinciding With Opening Concert Of BBC Proms". Classical Source. 2013-07-10. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Grabarek, Daryl (2011-10-21). "Review: ‘March of the Dinosaurs’ for iOS". School Library Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2013.