Nokia Design Archive, an Interactive Museum of Nokia Design History, Launched

The newly created Nokia Design Archive is a phone history museum for fans of Nokia’s durable classics and mobile design history.

Aalto University in Finland created this digital collection to showcase Nokia’s design history from the mid-1990s to 2017, which affected the mobile industry.

There are almost 700 collected drawings, images, presentations, and interviews in the collection. Uncurated, the collection has 20,000 artifacts and 959 GB of digital material.

Design Evolution of Nokia
The 3310 and N-Gage are celebrated, but it also shows Nokia’s design evolution. Concept drawings, mood boards, and product presentations show how Nokia balanced human behavior, technology, and design.

Professor Anna Valtonen, the project’s chief researcher, praised the company’s human-centered design. The early years of Nokia were marked by a real desire to comprehend people. AI is transforming society similarly, she said.

An Interactive Experience
Interactivity makes the archive interesting. The collection may be filtered by goods, aesthetics, design methods, or years. Phones, Fashion, and Accessories highlight Nokia’s impact outside technology, while Mobile Games and Gaming explain the origins of Snake.

In addition to nostalgia, the Nokia Design Archive celebrates innovation.