GLOBAL – I recently chatted with Tommi Vilkamo, the modest man heading up Nokia’s equally modest Beta Labs division, and was intrigued to discover the vision behind it and what the future holds for Beta Labs.
ESPOO, Finland – Today I’d like to take the opportunity to point out an article by a respected journalist that was well written and balanced (like always), but also a bit off.
The ‘workplace’ is fast evolving beyond traditional recognition, and Nokia is one of the many companies creating radical mould-breaking working environments. Is this change being born purely out of enhanced communication tools and the advent of high-speed Internet culture? Yes, in part.
It’s also clear that there’s a greater human angle to the new approach towards how we work, with core values such as freedom and good health (mental and physical) at the heart of the formula. These new-wave working environments are designed to echo the culture and ethics of a company. So therefore, increased productivity, innovation and results have to come into the equation, don’t they?
GLASTONBURY, England – The festival might be over, and the fields clear of tents but that doesn’t mean we have to forget about it. As previously reported here, to support the Love of the Farm – Leave no trace project, a moblog has been set up to document the happenings of the UK bestest summer music festival.
INDIA – Last week I mused about mobile attraction and what ignites the flame? This lead to a mini epiphany that it could simply be the charming idiosyncracies of a device such as the smart FM Transmitter in the N78 that can trigger the spark. Well, if that is the case India is set to be buzzing like a firecracker, because the N78 has just landed.
INTERNATIONAL – What is it that gives a mobile phone identity, sparking many of us to to respond to a device on a personal level? There’s no question that mobiles have established themselves as our closest electronic companions, and sometimes we’re lucky enough to fall into a mutually beneficial relationship (one we connect with mightn’t leave our side for up to three years). It’s a question I recently posed to Joeske Schellen, the designer of the newly released N78 in the UK (watch video interview). But despite some discussion on the form factor of Nseries phones, there was no great epiphany.
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.
LONDON, UK – This week we caught up with Daniel Dhondt, designer of the upcoming N96 and Joeske Schellen, designer of the soon-to-launch N78. In the first of this two-part video, we chat about the collaborative process of designing Nokia devices and what goes into giving a phone a sense of identity.
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