Community Archives - Microsoft Design

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Bringing a humanitarian lens to the future of AI

Op-ed UX Research

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Pride is alive

How everyday moments inspired Microsoft’s Pride 2026 campaign

Inclusive Design Typography

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Self-portraits: Anthony Dart

A South African artist on his graphic design journey

careers culture Profile Typography

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Self-portraits: Madeline Kleiner

A UX researcher helped Copilot meet people in the flow of their work.

careers culture M365 Copilot UX Research

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Self-portraits: You Zhang

A former motion storyteller turns to design systems and prototyping, using AI to sketch wireframes and make widgets feel real.

careers culture People Profiles

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Design Week 2025: Shaping the future of design at Microsoft

Joining forces across our design community to push the boundaries of creativity and collaboration.

Design Week

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Vibe coding makes prototyping close to code, closer to users

Meet Quirine, a computational design manager exploring how AI reshapes the way her team builds and test ideas

Design Thinking Profile

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Breaking the mold: Braz de Pina on the evolution of creativity and design in this AI era

Meet Braz De Pina, a Principal Product Designer for Microsoft’s Experience Collective Horizontal Design Studio

Design Thinking Profile

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Crafting stories through motion: A conversation with Ronan McMeel

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The em dash conspiracy: How pop culture declared war on literature’s favorite punctuation

AI, Emily Dickinson, and the War on the Em Dash

Op-ed

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Design for cultural diversity: a perspective on global experiences

Designing for diversity isn’t just about accessibility or localization—it’s about building bridges through shared understanding.

Design Thinking Op-ed

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Designing for humanity in the age of AI: Reflections from India UX Day 2025

AI Design Thinking Oped

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An industrial designer’s 30 year journey with Microsoft

Profile Profiles Xbox

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Sheetal Agarwal on the importance of advocating for our customers

Meet Sheetal Agarwal, a UX Research Director for Windows + Devices & Aspen Institute 2024 First Founders Fellow

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Lucid dreaming together with AI

A trip to Sintra that pushed the boundaries of my creativity

AI Op-ed

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Designing against the deaf tax

How we can flip the script on tokenism

Inclusive Design Op-ed

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Why designers shouldn’t always be designers

A Content Designer from Microsoft Clipchamp tells her story

Content Design Op-ed

A whimsical scene featuring large, bubble-text letters spelling out "Jessica Kashita" amidst stylized plants and mountains. The scene includes a wooden desk with a vintage computer, potted plants, a watering can, and a photo of a woman taped to the desk.

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Design as an earthling

Connecting the outer worlds of our environment to the inner world of self

Op-ed Sustainability

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How a senior game designer turned gaming into a career

Kristine Golus, the woman behind Xbox’s home editorial experience

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A canvas of community narratives

Xbox celebrates a year of visual storytelling by launching new dynamic backgrounds

Xbox

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A 3D visual designer talks designing to scale

The demanding field requires constant learning and adaptation to new technologies and tools

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Living color: Designing through synesthesia

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

Op-ed

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What does an icon designer do?

Meet Jason Custer, an icon designer on the Fluent Design System team

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Black bauhaus

How Black and African art and culture shaped design as we know it

Inclusive Design Op-ed

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Power of the pluriverse

How principles of radical interdependence can be applied to UX design

Inclusive Design Op-ed

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Meet Studio +254: 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

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Meet Studio +91: Karthi Subbaraman

Karthi Subbaraman, a Design Group Experience Manager, sits down to talk with her colleague Rachel Romano to reflect on her journey in product making for Women’s History Month

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Digital drawing of Amina Hassan Said Islam wearing glasses and a hijab against a vibrant, abstract background of swirling colors. A text label beside her reads, "Amina Hassan Said Islam, UX Researcher.

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Meet Studio +254: UX Researcher, Amina Hassan Said Islam

Amina Hassan Said Islam, a UX researcher, sits down to talk with her colleague Harrison Maina to discuss her journey in UX research so far in Nairobi, Kenya

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