Profiles Archives - Microsoft Design

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Design Thinking - Profiles

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

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Crafting stories through motion: A conversation with Ronan McMeel

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UX Research - Profiles

Windows UX in an AI-driven world

Emma Nestvold, a UX designer on the Windows design team, shares insights into her approach to design and experiences working on AI-driven features

Hardware - Profiles

An industrial designer’s 30 year journey with Microsoft

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UX Research - Profiles

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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Op-Ed - Content Design - Profiles

Why designers shouldn’t always be designers

A Content Designer from Microsoft Clipchamp tells her story

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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 3D visual designer talks designing to scale

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

AI - Content Design - Profiles

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

Senior Content Designer Jenny Williams talks about her role, and working with AI

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Iconography - Profiles

What does an icon designer do?

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

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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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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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Inclusive Design - Profiles

Adoley Azu on her journey of inclusion

How a Principal Design Researcher is bridging the digital divide

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Meet Studio +254: Viola Bazanye

Viola Bazanye, a UX engineer, sits down to talk with her colleague Timothy Achumba to discuss her journey in design so far in Nairobi, Kenya

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Innovating in pursuit of the ultimate customer experience

Senior UX engineer Kelly Gorr shares her journey of discovery and innovation

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Maurice Woods: Changing the world through design

How a Microsoft designer uses activism to bring the Black experience to the forefront at work and beyond.