# ArcTouch

> ArcTouch is a San Francisco-based digital product design and development studio within AKQA and WPP. It sells strategy, UX/UI design, app and website engineering, accessibility work, and connected-product integrations to businesses including Hawaiian Airlines, SKIMS, 3M, and Lightship. The company reports more than 500 delivered digital products and over 350 professionals.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Eric N. Shapiro (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), Adam Fingerman (Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer)
- **Products:** Product strategy and Discovery, Experience design, App and website development, Connected-product software, APIs, web services, and DevOps
- **Notable:** WPP disclosed more than 250 completed projects and 97 employees at the January 2016 acquisition., ArcTouch currently reports more than 500 digital products and over 350 professionals., The current website reports average client tenure of six years.

## Products & services

- **Product strategy and Discovery** — Product definition, prioritization, workshops, user research, prototyping, technical planning, and project estimates. Discovery is offered as a fixed-fee engagement.
- **Experience design** — UX/UI design, user testing, accessible interfaces, and reusable design systems.
- **App and website development** — Native Swift and Kotlin apps, cross-platform Flutter, React and .NET/MAUI work, responsive websites, and web applications.
- **Connected-product software** — Device companion apps and cloud integrations using Bluetooth, NFC, MQTT, and other protocols.
- **APIs, web services, and DevOps** — Back-end and middleware engineering plus integrations and cloud work on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
- **Accessibility audits and remediation** — Accessible product development, assistive-technology testing, disabled-user testing, and design systems.
- **Arcadia** — Reusable design system starter kit, provided at no additional cost to clients, with semantic tokens, documented components, and accessibility guidance.
- **AI and emerging technology** — Generative AI features, AI-assisted delivery, augmented reality, and spatial-computing experiences.

## Achievements

- WPP disclosed more than 250 completed projects and 97 employees at the January 2016 acquisition.
- ArcTouch currently reports more than 500 digital products and over 350 professionals.
- The current website reports average client tenure of six years.
- 2016 Great Place to Work recognition in the U.S. and Brazil.
- 2025 accessibility research evaluated 50 popular apps across five industries.
- Certified Shopify partner announcement in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 17 blog feature on designing Wanta Fanta Xbox challenges; September 8 staff spotlight on quality assurance and IT support.
- **2026-08** — Published guidance on Siri / Apple Intelligence (August 25) and Gemini AppFunctions (August 20), plus an August 11 essay on AI as the front door to apps.
- **2026-06** — Introduced Arcadia design system starter kit on June 9 and described an AI coding camp for product designers on June 16.
- **2026-04** — Announced certified Shopify partner status on April 28.
- **2026-03** — Published Human + AI material and described an AI-assisted workshop prototype delivered by day three.

## Links

- Website: https://arctouch.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arctouch/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arctouch
- GitHub: https://github.com/arctouch
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArcTouch
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arctouchlife/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arctouch

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Last updated: 2026-10-01