Object evolution
Two other interesting representation of technical objects evolution: taken from Mobile Usability; How Nokia Changed the Face of the Mobile Phone. Both depicts the history of the Nokia UI:
Also interesting as a reference point, this representation designed by the Media and Design Lab at EPFL. It depicts the evolution of the Nokia OS menu structure over time (from the Simplex 6108 to the N95). The project, called “Mapping the Digital World, Visualizing the fundamental structure of the digital world in mobile devices”, was carried out in 2007 and aimed at understanding the evolution of the the Nokia OS. It is basically grounded in the same effort we are pursuing here: mapping the evolution of a technical object to know more about its futures and design possibilities.
