Microsoft Design

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UX/UI – Fluent Design – Iconography

Embracing Vibrant Universality in Fluent Illustrations

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Visual Design – Design Thinking

AI-Powered Creativity with Microsoft Designer

How we made a visual design tool for everybody

Visual Design – Hardware

An ethos for innovation

The unique ethos that sparked Surface’s pioneering 2-in-1 design, from the seminal Surface Pro to the new Surface Laptop Studio 2

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Op-Ed – Content Design

Living Color: Designing through synesthesia

How a Design Director’s experience with synesthesia influenced her learning in design

Inclusive Design

Inclusive Design’s next wave breaks for mental health

Our toolkit for designing with cognitive diversity extends into wellbeing

A digital interface displays various baking ideas for the fall. The screen shows a search bar, filters for "Color" and "Size," and options to "Continue editing" or "Download." Colorful, swirling paint strokes encircle the interface against a pink and purple gradient background.

A modern, digitally rendered image featuring a compass drawing geometric shapes on an open, textured black book. Various neon blue and green geometric objects and tools surround the book, creating a futuristic, mathematical aesthetic.

Design Thinking

Responsible innovation: The next wave of design thinking

Building your moral imagination to create a more ethical future

Design Thinking

Behind the design: A deep dive into Aptos

Journey through the design process for our new default font

UX/UI

Redefining Productivity

Our design journey to redefine Outlook for Windows through craftsmanship, intelligence, and personalization.

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Design Thinking – UX/UI

Why designers shouldn’t always be designers

A Content Designer from Microsoft Clipchamp tells her story

Trending

What’s popular with designers this week

A man wearing a virtual reality headset stands on a barren, polluted landscape with smoke-emitting factories in the background. Through the VR headset, he sees a vibrant, futuristic cityscape with clear skies, advanced buildings, and a sailboat on calm water.

Design Thinking

Digital = Physical

Green Design Principles that every designer can use to combat climate change

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Design Thinking – UX/UI

The hidden power of typography

The science behind how design choices influence perception and behavior

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Design Thinking – UX/UI

Silver linings and new hues

Collaborating with Pantone to bring more color to work and life

Design Thinking

Behind the design: Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S

Why these designers had to be in the room where it happens

Get to know us!

Meet the thinkers and tinkerers at Microsoft Design.

A stylized illustration of a bearded individual with large black-framed glasses, a cigarette in their mouth, and a playful expression. The background is blue with the name "Jason Custer" written in white, bubbly letters on either side of the figure. — Jason Custer

What does an icon designer do?

A colorful illustration of a smiling woman with short black hair, labeled as a "Principal Design Researcher." The background features abstract patterns and silhouettes of people in vibrant shades of pink, blue, and purple. — Adoley Azu

How a Principal Design Researcher is bridging the digital divide

A colorful illustration of a bearded man with a smiling face, wearing a red shirt with patterns. The background is an abstract mix of vibrant colors. The text "Leitin Pedro" and "3D Designer" is written in a playful, white font on either side of the man. — Leitin Pedro

A 3D visual designer talks designing to scale

Illustration of a smiling woman with short dark hair against a vibrant, abstract background featuring colorful geometric shapes and window-like patterns. The text "Senior UX Engineer" is written beside her. — Kelly Gorr

Innovating in pursuit of the ultimate customer experience

A stylized digital illustration of a smiling person with long, twisted hair, wearing hoop earrings. The background features bright patterns in yellow, blue, pink, and black. A label on the right reads, "Samantha Kitetu, UX Designer. — Samantha Kitetu

Samantha Kitetu, a UX designer, sits down to talk with Ohemaa Dixon to discuss her journey in UX design so far in Nairobi, Kenya

Jenny Williams, Content Designer — Jenny Williams

In the age of AI, will content designers become extinct?

Resources

Whether you want to practice new skills, develop new concepts, or create prototypes, these toolkits are your place to start.

Wallpapers

Download your favorite wallpapers from Microsoft

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Inclusive Design

Toolkits, activities, and principles for designing inclusive experiences that draw on the full range of human diversity.

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Responsible AI

From the latest research and policy changes, to concrete tools and practices, these resources help ensure the ethical advancement of AI experiences.

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Green Design Principles

Tool for product designers to break from the status quo and help our planet.

A whimsical illustration depicts a serene landscape with soft green and grey mountain shapes in the background. Atop a rounded peak, a playful, white creature with fluffy, abstract features is perched, adding a touch of whimsy to the subdued scene.

Fluent Design System

Visit the Fluent Design System website to get your app started with templates and samples.

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