Lord of the ringtones: Nokia celebrates pop-culture status by opening design archive

The mobile phones we loved then lost are honoured by an online archive which reveals history of bestselling brand

Everyone remembers their first Nokia," says Mark Mason, who joined the telecoms company's design team back in its 1990s heyday. When you say the name, it evokes a memory."

This is not as hyperbolic as it sounds - in 1998, the Finnish consumer electronics company was the bestselling phone brand in the world, with 40% of the world market and 70% of the UK market.