Nokia N76 - Björn Weckström special edition

Chris has designed the UI theme for this special edition of Nokia N76.



Nokia works with Björn Weckström to dress up the already stylish Nokia N76
June 05, 2007

New hand-crafted device jewelry will be available at the Helsinki Flagship store

Helsinki - Nokia today announced that they are working with noted Finnish artist Björn Weckström to offer a customized, limited edition Nokia N76 multimedia computer available only at the Helsinki Nokia Flagship store.

Inspired by natural forms made when the wind, together with the high tide broke up the ice along the Finnish sea shore; the miniature sculpture relief, hand-crafted by leading Finnish art jewelry house Lapponia Jewelry is permanently attached to the back of the Nokia N76. Other pieces will be sold as handset jewelry and can be attached to devices already purchased. The N76 Signature Edition by Björn Weckström has a special user interface inspired by his art.

"Working with the physical limitations of the Nokia N76 made the work both inspiring and challenging." said Mr. Weckström, adding "In my opinion it is fantastic that Nokia is the first handset manufacturer combining visual arts into an industrial design object."

"The ways that Mr. Weckström was able to add to the already outstanding design of the product says a lot of his talent." said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice-president and general manager, Multimedia, Nokia. He continued, "We are delighted that we were able to collaborate with one of Finland's most treasured artists on this project, and we are even more thrilled that we are able to display some of the more prominent pieces from Mr. Weckström's collection that have not been displayed in 25 years in our Helsinki Flagship store. " Source Nokia

Björn Weckström designed for example the necklace which princess Leia wears in the final scene of the Star Wars. The necklace is called "Planetaariset Laaksot" which means "Planetary Valleys" and was made by Lapponia Jewelry. When Lucasfilm purchased the necklace the designer wasn't told what the film was about and was surprised to see his necklace worn by Carrie Fisher in a movie, which later became a cult.

The same necklace was also worn by Jaana Pelkonen at the Eurovison Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki in the beginning of May.





More about Björn Weckström

http://www.bjornweckstrom.com/