A slightly interesting article about innovation at Nokia is accompanied by some fun user-generated concept phones from their research.
Link: Nokia’s Dream Phones (businessweek.com)
Nothing new content-wise, but it’s notable that Jan Chipchase has hit the New York Times Magazine.
“This is when I voiced a careless thought about whether there might be something negative about the lightning spread of technology, whether its convenience was somehow supplanting traditional values or practices. Chipchase raised his eyebrows and laid down his spoon. [...]
Marek Pawlowski spoke with JD Moore about mobiles and developing countries for the upcoming MEX conference. Watch the 20 minute video below.
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JD Moore talks to Marek Pawlowski about mobile user experience in developing markets
Link: In-depth video [...]
Nokia ships 1 million new handsets every day; along with the clothing industry, the mobile phone business is the pinnacle of continuous conspicuous consumption: people buy new phones just to have something new.
Nokia has released a concept that is at least heading in the right direction here – a handset that’s made completely from recycled [...]
“Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices: Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live; Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving; Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension; Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge; Integrated sensors [...]
Nokia concept video demonstrating adaptive form factors. Also a nice example of lo-fi video concepting.
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Link: YouTube – Nokia 888 Design (youtube.com)
“By now, probably everyone who cares, knows that Nokia is working on a next generation, Apple Multi-Touch like user interface – Nokia S60 Touch. But beyond pretty video pictures and generic headings like ” new sensor framework”, “UI accelerator kit”, etc; Nokia is pretty tight lipped about how the new S60 Touch will actually work…I’ve [...]
“Nokia recently released a press release about a report it had comissioned, ‘A Glimpse of the Next Episode’ which talked about the future of entertainment. The main trend identified was the coming of ‘Circular Entertainment’ (content created, edited and shared within a peer community rather than traditional media sources). Nokia have now released a number [...]
Nokia’s just published a set of presentations and podcasts from an event they organised that showcases the future of mobile. Talks include ‘Future energy sources for mobile communications’ and ’ Connecting smartly for the future’.
“Nokia’s approach to technology is to think not only about the technology itself, but about how it will be used and [...]
Nokia’s design director, Antti Kujala, talks about design and emerging markets.
“In India, there’s a lot of aspiration in a purchase. It’s about looks, style, and projecting the right image. [A phone is] not just a status symbol but about people trying to acquire things to move to the next level…It has to be the right [...]
Nokia’s launched a “lab” that facilitates experimental creativity using mobile devices.
“Nokia Trends Lab is a physical and virtual hub of mobility experiences. Nokia wants to enable creative thinkers to push the boundaries of how to use mobility as part of the creative process.”
Link: Nokia Trends Lab (nokiatrendslab.com)
Jan Chipchase has shared another of his team’s presentations, this time talking about design research and the relationship of research to product.
Each subsequent presentation published on Future Perfect seems to become more and more elliptical, but there are some great pictures of the Nokia team’s research through Asia.
Link: Insight & Innovation: Design Research (janchipchase.com)
A video of a talk from the New Yorker’s “Stories from the near future” conference, talking about some of the things Nokia Design is thinking about at the moment.
“Younghee Jung leads a multidisciplinary research team at Nokia called “Insight and Innovation.” She talks about what to expect next from your mobile phone, the newest ideas [...]
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