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Nokia’s online design archive is a worthwhile nostalgic distraction.

Finland’s Aalto University has just launched the free Nokia Design Archive featuring an online archive of photos, videos, interviews, and design sketches from the company dating back to the mid-’90s.

It’s a wonderfully nostalgic trip back to a time when phones weren’t all featureless slabs of glass, with the archive highlighting many of Nokia’s most unusual and experimental designs.

The Nokia N-Gage gaming phone on a plastic display stand.
The Nokia 8110 on a plastic display stand.
The Nokia 7280 on a plastic display stand.
The Nokia 7600 on a plastic display stand.
The Nokia N93 on a display stand.
The Nokia 3310 on a plastic display stand.
The Nokia E61i on a plastic display stand.
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The Nokia N-Gage was an early attempt to turn mobile phones into handheld gaming devices but it failed to catch on.
Image: Nokia Design Archive
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