VP of Design at Nokia interviewed by The Guardian

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The Guardian has interviewed Marko Ahtisaari (seen to a higher place), executive vice president of design at Nokia. Being responsible for the look and experience of the Lumia family of handsets, Ahtisaari was questioned on how the unique polycarbonate torso design (Lumia 800 and 900) came to be, the partnership (and integration) with Microsoft, and what will be brought to the table by Nokia next.

"Live Tiles; they're abstractions of information, a panoramic view of your information. It'south a different approach - 'glanceability', such equally in the People Hub. Our goal in the studio is to pattern so that people tin have their caput upward again. Touchscreen designs are often immersive; we'll often see couples in a eatery pinching and zooming, just non interacting with each other. And there's a trend of having smaller and smaller targets on screen and so you have to go closer and closer.

If we can make the interfaces more straight, so yous can have your head up again – this is something that, while it would never come up upwards in a focus grouping, is deeply appreciated past people, considering the most of import things are happening not only in the vessel of your phone, but also with the people and the environs around you."

Discussing MeeGo, iOS and Android, Ahtisaari speaks highly of the platform UIs, merely notes fragmentation and lack of evolution since innovation (especially the case with iOS). We shouldn't view what's currently available as the stop of user interface development, he continues:

"They will be more variety in user interface considering you lot can design more ways to use a phone. Some people would say that the iPhone is the new generic grade. My point is more nigh competitive diversity. What's really important is that this isn't styling. This aesthetic come from the way that we build the product."

Caput over to The Guardian to read up on the interview in full. There's more to come up from the Finnish manufacturer, which can only exist good news for Windows Phone.

Source: The Guardian (image credit), cheers @samsabri for the tip!

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