Katachi iPad Magazine revolutionizing the digital publishing industry.

Nov. 23, 2011 - PRLog -- Katachi Magazine curates an international
selection of the world’s finest design, people and
business, presented intelligently as inspiration
for the curious.  
We look at the iPad as an exploratory medium. Print, web and broadcast
media are all wonderful in their own way, and we draw from each but
emulate none. However, new ways of communicating have emerged by
adding touch technology as the secret ingredient for telling stories. Katachi
is carving out a new space at the nexus of interactivity and content –
emphasizing storytelling through intelligent ways of applying technology.
Katachi capitalize on the innate interactivity of the iPad, creating beautiful,
multi-sensory content that engages our readers. Our content is not only
driven by technology, but enriched by it.
At no time in history have more people created as much across diverse areas
of expertise. Katachi documents this process from thought to invention,
design, creation, presentation, discussion and distribution. We look at people
that inspire the world through their ideas and achievements.
The magazine chronicles global design culture, individuals who transform
society and the ideas that fuel our collective imagination. Created for
discerning readers with a keen eye toward contemporary culture, Katachi
offers insight to the ideas that are shaping our world.  
Katachi Magazine is published using Katachi Media’s own patented
publishing system; Origami Engine – a publishing tool custom built to
specifically publish fully interactive media for the iPad.

CUTTING EDGE PUBLISHING TOOL
Katachi Media’s publishing tool is comprised of four components; the
Origami Engine, Origami Design, Editorial tool, and our Cloud application.
The Engine itself powers the magazine app on the iPad, and uses the same
code for the OS X desktop tool: Origami Design.
The web-based Editorial tool is designed to streamline the process of
developing, creating, publishing and updating iPad magazines.
Our Cloud application with the Katachi API glues all of this together,
providing a seamless publishing process from start to finish.

ORIGAMI ENGINE™
Origami Engine is a render engine designed and built to create interactive
publications, and Origami Design is a desktop application for Mac with
all the tools needed for interactive design. They’re written from the
ground up to take advantage of all of the core features in iOS; images,
sound, video, 3d, maps, animation and interactivity are just some of the
key elements we’ve focused on delivering. The engine handles all elements,
in close connection with key technology on the iPad, like video and 3D
hardware acceleration. This gives the reader a smoother experience and
allows us to dream up new ways to use these technologies.
We built the engine to provide an experience that meets the potential of
the iPad – something that cannot be achieved using HTML.

ORIGAMI PUBLISHING
The web-based Editorial tool delivers a complete workflow for editorial
staff to create and publish iPad magazines and books. Create issues, re-
arrange pages, manage writers and photographers, collaborate in real-
time, organize assets and contracts, and much more.
The Editorial tool, Origami Design and Origami Engine share database in
the cloud, providing both security and performance – regardless of your
location.
The API connects to a published website, and the iPad apps support user
account creation and management, in addition to enabling updates of
content on an object by object level. This is done quietly in the
background , giving the reader an un-interrupted experience. Additionally
we capture anonymized analytics on a page by page basis.


Visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/katachi/id443918409?ls=1&mt=8 to purchase the first issue.

Visit http://katachimag.com/about/ to find out more about Katachi Magazine

Visit http://katachimag.com/kpk/ for a video demonstration on how the magazine works.