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The Design Archive sounds like just the kind of epic distraction we’ll need in January.

That list will include the Nokia 3310 ‘brick phone’ to the Nokia 8810 ‘banana phone’ fromThe Matrix.

A group of old Nokia phones on a blue background and table

(Image credit: Aalto University / Nokia / Microsoft Mobile)

As Kaisu Savola, the project’s Post doctoral researcher, Dept.

of Design, notes:Nokia was in a similar position in the 90s asSamsungorAppleare today.

When we started the project, the focus was on objects.

A sketch showing a prototype Nokia phone

(Image credit: Aalto University / Nokia / Microsoft Mobile)

As we began going through the material, we soon realized that it was about people.

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A render showing a prototype Nokia phone

(Image credit: Aalto University / Nokia / Microsoft Mobile)

A Nokia phone sitting on a table

(Image credit: Aalto University / Nokia / Microsoft Mobile)