What we’ve been up to

Compelling design, beautiful animation & delightful interactions

Hippotrix Ltd is a new Scottish app development company started by producer and director team Simone Bloomfield & Jonathan Charles, who have run sister company D fie foe Productions for the last 15 years. Hippotrix was set-up to develop original apps for children that stimulate learning and self-expression through exploratory play.

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Our history

Although relatively new to App Development, the team are seasoned professionals in the world of media production, having run film and animation projects (particularly with young people) throughout Great Britain. Collaborating with a wealth of artists, poets and musicians (including Michael Rosen, Tilda Swinton & Matthew Fitt) and led cutting edge projects with some of the best and biggest organisations: London Southbank Centre, English National Opera, Scottish Ballet, as well as facilitating the first seven education films for London 2012 Olympics which reflected the lives of children living near the Olympic village.

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Our first app

The first Hippotrix app Hippo Seasons has had a successful start (launch September 22nd) with good download figures and excellent reviews. Including; The Sunday Herald Scotland business section; Times Educational Supplement; Stuart Dredge, Guardian Writer, says “lots of inventive touchscreen interaction….very impressed”; and the mighty CoolMomTech say “Don’t miss this little gem that really pushes the format of the standard app…”

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Our next app

We have got off to a great start in 2013 and are developing our next app, it is hush hush, but which we will have a demo for at the GSMA Mobile World Congress (February, Barcelona) We are attending as part of the SDI / Interactive Scotland stand, which is very exciting! Let us know if you are going or do  pop by to say hello!

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New clients

We are also thrilled to be developing a number of exciting apps with an interesting range of clients, who have identified the Hippotrix team because of our experience and the good vibe they get from the Hippotrix brand.

See you in Barcelona?