Morph

red dot: best of the best
red dot award: design concept 2008

company:

Nokia Corporation and

Cambridge Nanoscience Center

The Morph concept device bridges between advanced technologies and their potential benefits to end-users of mobile devices. This concept showcases nanoscale technologies that will potentially create devices with a spectrum of possibilities.

Launched alongside The Museum of Modern Art’s “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibition, the Morph concept device showcases nanoscale technologies that are being explored by Nokia Research Center (NRC) in collaboration with the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (United Kingdom). Morph concept technologies have been designed to provide opportunities for mobile devices.

The Morph concept device’s new flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live, with transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension.

Mobile devices could become self-cleaning and self-preserving. A solar absorption element is integrated into the design to charge the device, and integrated sensors allow us to learn more about the environment around. The device’s interfaces are simplified and thus, its usability is enhanced.

In addition, the integrated electronics shown in the Morph concept could cost less and include more functions in a smaller area. These new capabilities will unleash new applications and services that will allow us to communicate and interact in unprecedented ways.