![]() It includes two of the top selling mobiles of all time. Ix GSM collection – This is an area where grouping a number of mobiles of the period adds an extra insight into the struggle the industrial designers had to differentiate the mobile on the basis of its design. The Blackberry Porsche Design and Blackberry Pearl are the two mobiles from the left. It is perhaps not a coincident that Research in Motion (RIM), the global pioneer in mobile “push email”, were foremost in great keyboard design. Viii Iconic Collection (Best of the Rest) – Here are among the best examples from other companies who made a contribution to industrial design excellence. The Siemen’s SL55 (shown still in its box) is the stand-out design from Siemens For a company best known for the sort of heavy engineering where the word “beautiful” doesn’t easily spring to mind, they had an exceptionally creative industrial design team. Vii Siemens Collection – Siemens is the big surprise. The mobile at the top right is a the Motorola Razr foldable mobile introduced in 2020 as a homage to the original outstanding Razr design. Their design team pulled off an even more stunning industrial design success – the Motorola Razr (four phones at the front). Motorola rose to the challenge with their Startac mobile design. Their dominance was challenged by the rise of European suppliers on the back of GSM. Motorola was the dominant global mobile phone suppliers of the analogue age. It is said that copying is a form of flattery – the premium versions of the Nokia 8800 (the mobile to the left of the figurine) and its various premium versions are probably the most “faked” mobile phone designs of all time, although faked Vertu mobiles probably run a close second. The LG Lotus (third from left) is the stand-out design coming out of Korea. Korean Collection – Unlike Japan, the best contribution to mobile industrial design from Korea have been enjoyed internationally. The Au Infobar (second from left in the front row) and Au Talby (shown third from left with the green or orange keys) are the two stand-out designs from the Japanese collection. It was nevertheless a “Treasure Island” of great industrial designs that sadly few people outside of Japan ever saw. Japanese Collection – Japan was a “technology island” as one of the few countries that did not adopt the GSM technology standard. The Sony Mars Bar (shown on the left) is the stand out design from the analogue phone period. Analogue Collection – A section reflecting the preceding 15 years is a useful place to start as it show just how few mobile phones there were that broke free from the norm of being “bricks” and black. Which one would you choose as the greatest mobile industrial design of all time? The mobile phones that reached the dizzy heights of notable industrial designs, design excellence and works of art are showcased here. What is equally remarkable for such a huge number of different models is that only 50 or so stand out for their design excellence. Some outstanding industrial designs emerged. A rich culture of industrial design blossomed over the following decade (2000-2010). That and price were all that mattered.Īround 1999 a number of mobile companies tried to break out of this function led design straitjacket. From the outset of GSM, the mobile phones were in a race to be smaller, lighter and with longer battery life. Over the 20 years, following the launch of GSM in 1992, some 3600 different designs of mobile phones emerged. The wide adoption of GSM enabled huge global scale economies. PART 2 – GREAT INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS CLOSE-UP PART 1 – TOUR OF THE GREAT DESIGN COLLECTIONS Only a handful were outstanding industrial designs. Over a 20 year period from 1992 some 3600 different designs of mobile phones emerged.
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