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# The decline and fall of InDesign?
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/02/the_decline_and_fall_of_indesign/
- Published: 2014-02-03T13:25:22.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:11:07.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Adobe, adobe DPS, InDesign, iPad, tablet apps

[![Adobe Creative Cloud](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/02/287273.jpg-thumb-450xauto-3505.png?resize=450%2C449)](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets%5Fc/2014/02/287273.jpg-3505.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)  
As I said in my last post, the [disruptor can be disrupted](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2014/02/the%5Fdecline%5Fand%5Ffall%5Fof%5Fquark%5Fxpress.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)…

Henry Taylor, [writing for the MediaBriefing](http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/four-ways-to-create-a-digital-magazine-edition-yippee-ki-yay-eve-wired-katachi?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Design and business title Katachi magazine is an example of doing it yourself if the tools aren’t available to you. Founder and editor, Ken Olling, spent 3 years creating Origami Engine – InDesign-inspired software built purely for touch experiences:
> 
>> We started with the idea of a magazine but very quickly realised there wasn’t anything out there built for touch. InDesign is a great product for print but it’s the wrong tool for the mobile medium.

Adobe’s [Digital Publishing Suite](http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/digital-publishing-suite-family.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), which sits atop InDesign to produce tablet editions is a clumsy process that creates clunky results. This, coupled with resistance from some customers to the shift to a software rental model though Creative Cloud, makes it feel like the chink in InDesign’s armour…