Marko Ahtisaari: Nokia N9 Design Story

My old friend from the philosophy department at Columbia University, Marko Ahtisaari, got me started in blogging and I also started 3QD at his suggestion and encouragement. Marko has been head of design at Nokia for the last couple of years. Here, he introduces Nokia’s flagship phone, the N9, of which Marko and his design team are justifiably proud. It is creating huge buzz in tech circles and basically leaves other smartphones looking and feeling clunky and obsolete. It even has an 8 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics! Sorry, don’t mean to sound like I am doing an ad for Nokia, but having worked for Nokia myself in the past, I am proud of Marko and his team’s achievement. Check it out: