The Rise and fall (and archive) of Nokia
Once the king of mobile phones, Nokia’s legacy lives on through the newly unveiled Nokia Design Archive at Aalto University, Finland
- Words Ayla Angelos
If you were a kid of the 90s, you might remember the moment you received your first Nokia phone. Topping up the credit to text your new bf, playing Snake, or sending over the latest polyphonic ringtone to your mate on the other side of the bus via Bluetooth. You might also remember pleading with your parents for the new update with a camera, or the one that had lights which flashed when you received calls. In the 90s and early 2000s, it seemed that everyone in the world was receiving their first mobile, allowing the everyday person to send texts, chat on the phone and play Space Impact or Snake. And Nokia was the undisputed pioneer – it released the famed ‘brick phone’(3310) and the ‘banana
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Antonio Citterio
