07 August 2007
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Richard Leggett (
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Published on August 7th, 2007 @ 10:59:54 am, using 119 words, 519 views
Some good news, we have a lot of exciting projects coming up and are currently looking to expand the team some more with fresh talent. So if you are interested in working for clients such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Fiat and XBox as part of a great team please read on.
Our team is known as CRD (Creative Research and Development) and we use technologies including Flash, Flex, AIR, Silverlight and WPF on a daily basis as well as real-world pieces for integrated campaigns and tacticals. Anything cutting edge, we'll be the ones to use it. Feel free to check out the latest work over at AKQA.com and drop me a mail at the address over on the right.
Written by
Richard Leggett (
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Published on August 7th, 2007 @ 02:27:15 am, using 206 words, 2055 views
There was a time when Nokia was the style icon in the mobile industry, the 3210 widely considered one of the best phones of all time (I can't substantiate that claim), it was good looking, worked flawlessly and was as tough as old boots (if I remember it was also the first with Snake). In particular the foray into smartphones has left them looking a little bit... purely functional, leaving the Samsungs and the LGs to take the crown for best looking in the last few years.
Nokia made a few valiant attempts to stay original, but left me personally feeling they had lost some of the quality. Nevertheless they are certainly fighting back with some pretty daring new styles in the Prism range, not to everyone's tastes, but it shows they are still willing to seek out new directions:
http://www.nokiaprismcollection.com/
The "lighting effects" and the "living wallpaper" (I would guess this is likely Flash Lite) are two features that make this collection stand out from the rest and provide user feedback in a new subtle way that sits well with how we like to use technology in a more passive fashion. The phone itself reminds me of the monolith from 2001... must have then. 
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