Touch Press
Touchpress was an app developer and publisher based in Central London. The company specialised in creating apps on educational subjects including the Periodic Table, Beethoven, the Solar System, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, and others. In October 2016, Touchpress sold its portfolio of apps to a publisher, Touch Press Inc.
Touch Press
- Founded
- 2010
- Founder
- Theodore Gray · Stephen Wolfram
- Headquarters
- London
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Touchpress was an app developer and publisher based in Central London. The company specialised in creating apps on educational subjects including the Periodic Table, Beethoven, the Solar System, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, and others. In October 2016, Touchpress sold its portfolio of apps to a publisher, Touch Press Inc.
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Overview
The company has rebranded to "Amphio".
Key facts
Key facts
• Founded — 2010 • Founder — Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, Stephen Wolfram • Country — United Kingdom • Headquarters — London • Publications — Books, iPhone and iPad apps
Origins
Origins
Touchpress was founded by Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, Stephen Wolfram and others shortly after the announcement of the launch of the iPad. The first published app was "The Elements," a continuation of the founders' work together on a coffee table book about the periodic table, which they followed up in 2014 with "Molecules", allowing users to touch and discover the basic building blocks of the world.
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Touch Press is associated with United Kingdom.
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- United Kingdom
Design philosophy
Touchpress creates "living books." 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. Touchpress is particularly notable for their partnerships both within and outside the publishing industry. To date, the company has worked with Juilliard, Disney, Deutsche Grammophon, Faber and Faber, Seamus Heaney, Björk, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Stewart, Steve Reich, Stephen Fry, Andrew Motion, Stephen Hough, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, National Geographic, and more.
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 "The Pyramids" • 2012 "War Horse" • 2012 "The Orchestra" • 2012 "Barefoot World Atlas" • 2013 "Beethoven's 9th Symphony" • 2013 "The Liszt Sonata" • 2013 "Disney Animated" • 2013 "The Elements in Action" • 2013 "Journeys Of Invention" • 2014 "Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian Stewart" • 2014 "Vivaldi's Four Seasons" • 2014 "1=Seamus Heaney: Five Fables" • 2014 "The Elements Flashcards" • 2014 "1=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" • 2016 "Millie Marotta’s Colouring Adventures" • 2016 "The Henle Library"
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- 1.PC Magazine. The Elements: A Visual Exploration. PC Mag.com.
- 2.Thompson, Damian. Four recordings of Beethoven's Ninth on a $15.47 app. The Spectator. 2013-05-25.
- 3.Lawton, Chuck. Touch The Solar System on Your iPad. Wired. 2011-01-31.
- 4.Dredge, Stuart. The Waste Land iPad app earns back its costs in six weeks on the App Store. The Guardian. 2011-08-08.
- 5.Ng, David. Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app. The Los Angeles Times. 2013-05-20.
- 6.Touchpress unveils new strategic direction and rebrands as Amphio The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com.
- 7.Roush, Wade. TouchPress: Theodore Gray Tests His Mettle in the App World. Publishers Weekly. 2011-07-29.
- 8.Wolfram, Stephen. Touch Press: The Second Book. Stephen Wolfram Blog. 2010-12-24.
- 9.Pham, Alex. The curious tale of the wooden table that became an iPad book. The Los Angeles Times. 2010-04-27.
- 10.Stockton, Nick. Explore the Building Blocks of Everything From Poison to Soap. Wired. 20 October 2014.
- 11.Ng, David. The Coffee Table eBook: iPad Apps From Touch Press Transform The Act Of Reading. Forbes. 2012-04-27.
- 12.Roush, Wade. Touch Press, the iPad, and the New Golden Age of Multimedia. Xconomy. 2012-05-11.
- 13.Boehret, Katherine. For the iPad, Apps With Their Own Wow Factor. The Wall Street Journal. 2010-04-07.
- 14.Padilla, Richard. 'Disney Animated' for iPad Covers the History of All 53 Disney Films. Mac Rumors. 2013-08-08.
- 15.Service, Tom. 'Beethoven's Ninth, the app: an Ode to iJoy. The Guardian. 2013-05-31.
- 16.Richmond, Shane. The Waste Land iPad app review. The Telegraph. 2011-07-15.
- 17.Burton, Charlie. 'In depth: How Björk's 'Biophilia' album fuses music with iPad apps. Wired. 2011-07-26.
- 18.Caplan, Lisa. 'Touch Press brushes the dust off The Sonnets by Shakespeare. Appolicious. 2012-12-14.
- 19.Classical Source. Stephen Hough And Touch Press Release Ground-Breaking iPad App Coinciding With Opening Concert Of BBC Proms. 2013-07-10.
- 20.Wall, Seth Colter. The Perfect Classical Music App. Slate. 2012-12-21.
- 21.Grabarek, Daryl. Review: 'March of the Dinosaurs' for iOS. School Library Journal. 2011-10-21.
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