ESPOO, Finland – We finally managed to sit down with Daniel Peterson, Head of Digital Identity from Nokia Design’s Service UI Design group. His team deals with the user interface graphics across Nokia’s software, services, and devices. The bulk of his team is split between Espoo and London and cover graphic design, motion and animation, symbols, and even the metaphors that define how symbols are understood.
UK – Parrot feathers, mini satellite dishes and exhaust pipes aren’t commonly found on a pair of headphones (unless you live in Shibuya, Tokyo, of course, where anything goes). But these are exactly the sorts of decorative trinkets that could well find their way onto a bespoke Nokia headset.
ESPOO, Finland – Nokia reorganized recently around Internet service creation and deployment, is rolling out Internet service after Internet service, and using a lot of brain cycles of very smart people to fuse mobile services with the Internet services. Yeah, this isn’t your father’s mobile phone company anymore.
But that got me thinking. What parts of Nokia could stand on their own? I mean, is Nokia just in the phone business?
ESPOO, Finland – First we had real phones available in real shops spurning real fakes. Then real phones that weren’t available, being faked. Now we have phones that aren’t even real being faked. Go figure. I found out via Unwired View that Mobile Mentalism found some pics of a Chinese phone that is based on nothing more than a Nokia patent.
BEIJING, China – Two of us working on Conversations work remotely. We’re based at home, though frequently spend time in Starbucks, other people’s offices, on trains and myriad other places. Now, imagine being able to work like that, but without having to leave your office. That’s what it’s like for employees at the newly opened Nokia China Campus in Beijing. The centerpiece of the 70,000 sq-m campus is dubbed Nokia Main Street and offers employees a whole variety of places to work, from cafes to tea shops, meeting rooms and, rather radically, desks – fancy
that!
ESPOO, Finland – I’ve not been able to do a link round up in the past few days. Did you notice? Do you like these round-ups?
In any case, I managed to get online today for a quick fix of info from around the neighborhood. I’m in a punchy mood, so certain things stood out. What I have for you today is a Retro Phone, a Car Phone, an Open Phone, and a Journo Phone. Intrigued? Then read on.
GLOBAL – Mobile TV in the UK has yet to take off like it has in Japan
and Korea. If you pop over to Jan Chipchase’s Future Perfect blog you’ll discover an
interesting case study on how mobile TV is consumed over in Seoul, South Korea. Jan, who works for Nokia’s Design in Technology Platforms group, ruminates about many facets of society and technology while on his extensive travels. His entries on commuting and how it differs around the world are particularly fascinating.
LONDON, UK – In the second part of our interview with N96 designer, Daniel Dhondt, and N78 creator, Joeske Schellen, Nokia’s top industrial designers talk about the role of sustainability in design and how the smallest design details can often be the most significant ones.
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