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Stories from the thinkers and tinkerers at Microsoft. Sharing sketches, designs, and everything in between.
Joined October 2010
Because some paradigms were ahead of their time. here's to designing the next 50 years with you. #DesigningPossibility #Microsoft50
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The new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S is uncomplicated, unique, and understated. “Our focus on form following function influenced this newest generation's aesthetic and personality. We call this approach Intelligent Geometry,” says Senior Design Director Nicolas Denhez.
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Touch it—you know you want to. Or throw it, or dance with it, or anything else you can think of. #HoloLens2 leverages a real-time physics engine plus careful use of light and sound to replicate (and sometimes bend!) the rules of the physical world. 👽
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In the IT department, other employees are the customers. One #UX pro discovered how to give them incredible product experiences—and why those experiences matter:
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How do you make something great even better? Little by little. See how our hardware team designed our most universal and inclusive Xbox wireless controller one millimeter at a time:
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ICYMI we updated the #FluentDesign website! The redesign is meant to represent how Fluent helps designers build better experiences. Here's a look at the thinking behind our design: #FluentFriday.
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You guessed it 😉. We’re big proponents of designing in the open, so we’re excited to share that as of today our #FluentEmoji will be available open source on @Figma and @Github 🤩. Read all about it here ➡️ in our latest article on Microsoft Design.
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New #WindowsDeveloper identity that premiered at #MSBuild 🌟 for the new #DevHome. The new work includes an expanded color palette 🎨 with warm tones to complement our @Windows blue 💙 & coding-inspired textures throughout the visuals for added depth.
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From early UI writing in Windows 2000 to advanced #UXWriting on mobile platforms in 2019, customer-focused content has evolved. See how the role of writers on our team changed with it:
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.@johnmaeda of @PublicisSapient sits down with us to discuss how good #UXWriting makes for better #UXDesign.
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 27 years since we launched #Windows95. As iconic as the operating system is, we wanted to take a look at some of our graphic design from the original print advertisements 🤩. #Windows #Microsoft #GraphicDesign #MicrosoftDesign
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How do you build a product for over a billion people with diverse and unique needs? You listen, iterate, and adapt. Meet Windows 11, the most personal OS yet.
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In our latest #UX film 🎬, our in-house motion team explores the new macro interactions alongside the new look + feel for #OutlookforWindows 👀📧. Learn more:
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A look at some early wallpaper explorations from the new #CopilotPCs launch 👀 . Stay tuned for more behind the scenes this month and let us know what you think below ⬇️ .
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A closer look at our newest @Windows Bloom 💙 animation sequence in the #WindowsCopilot announcement.
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When the Microsoft Outlook #UXDesigners needed a way to collaborate on designs, they chose @goabstract. Find out how this powerful design tool can help your design team work better together:
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You asked. we listened 👀. #WindowsDevHome backgrounds are now available as wallpapers just for you. Download now➡
New #WindowsDeveloper identity that premiered at #MSBuild 🌟 for the new #DevHome. The new work includes an expanded color palette 🎨 with warm tones to complement our @Windows blue 💙 & coding-inspired textures throughout the visuals for added depth.
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Big changes to small icons—take an insider’s look with Head of Office Design, @designjon at the new app icons coming to @Office365 Catch the full story here:
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Hand-drawn characters, variable type technology, and even a complimentary serif font—–our new Microsoft default font #Aptos has it all. Learn more about its design➡
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Designed with and by our LGBTQI+ community, get an insider's look at how LGBTQI+ people and allies at Microsoft took action for visibility while creating our limited-edition #Pride products: #MicrosoftPride 🌈.
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The new Start menu wasn’t built in a straight line—it was sketched, questioned, tested, and torn apart more times than anyone could count. Today on the blog, get a behind-the-scenes look at how the new Windows Start menu was created💡. 🔗:
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Take a look at the visuals for our new Teaching UI system for Fluent designed to visually guide users through our products, teaching navigation and showcasing new interaction behaviors like #Copilot 👀.
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How do you design a product that people love? Ask for their opinions. The design team behind Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S went straight to the source by visiting the homes of real-life Xbox fans. Here's how it went down:
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Calling all typography enthusiasts📣 –– or anyone who’s been wondering where beloved Calibri has gone 😉. Today on the blog, we’re taking a deep dive into the world of type design as we learn how #Aptos, our new Microsoft 365 default font, came to be. 🔗:
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In this colorful UX film, we aspired to capture the essence of the @OneDrive experience—from collaborating across file types to unique security features and immersive photo experiences across platforms.
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Your Phone app gives access to what you love on your Android phone, right from your PC. In this film, we move real UI into a fanciful world of expression and draw an invisible line between the phone and pc, which is where all the magic happens✨. Enjoy
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For our next #wallpapers collection on Microsoft Design, artists across Microsoft created immersive images around the theme of fluidity and light––from iridescent hues to mesmerizing waves. Download the collection:
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In a perfect world, every design team would have #UXWriters. When your team doesn't, here are 5 ways non-writers can up-level their #UXWriting skills:
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With a range of offerings as wide as we have here at Microsoft, our designers are lucky to work on iconography a bit more than usual than at your average company. Our latest. the new icon for the @Microsoft365 app, the new home for all things Office🤩! (1/7). 🎬: @wes_cream
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Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in one app. See how we reimagined Office with mobile-born UX in mind:
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Our Fluent icon toolkit was updated to include more sizes, containing 4.5k system icons per theme. Each of the icons were created with @figmadesign variants, making it even easier to search and swap icons. Have a look and let us know your thoughts 🤓
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Our first wallpaper release of 2025, created in collaboration with @georgestoyanov_ , steps into a world of soft florals, fluid textures, and light-washed organic forms. Transform your desktop into a canvas of modern elegance today 🎨. 🔗:
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New stills from a recent @Outlook #UX video we collaborated on with @Bark_And_Bite. Which frame is your favorite 👀 ?
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Styleframes from our latest #OneDrive film featuring the app’s new #UX refresh. Created in partnership with @studiotendril
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Today we're unveiling an all-new website for #FluentDesignSystem as we begin to roll out the next generation of Fluent, aka #Fluent2!. Head to the link ⬇️ to start exploring 👀 and let us know what you think. Learn more:
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Invent with purpose. The new Azure icon feels like a natural part of the Microsoft family. It embodies the qualities we want Azure to stand for: innovative, modern, and familiar. A modern icon for the World’s Computer. Learn more at
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Upgraded #UI motion is just one of the exciting design upgrades you can find in the new @Windows 11 update. Check out this preview of the new motion design you can experience in the latest #Windows11 experience ➡️
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Fluent Design: Inside the redesign of Mail and Calendar apps by Microsoft’s Ruediger Kinast. #UX #FluentDesignSystem #Windows10
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As part of the @Microsoft365 premium subscription, we introduce 5 new fonts that encourage our customers to say what they want, how they want. 💗
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Designing #WindowsRecall meant rethinking how users engage with their digital history. Instead of fragmented searches, we crafted an intuitive #UI to resurface past moments effortlessly. Every interaction, from timeline scrubbing to visual previews, feels fluid and familiar💡.
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A look at styleframes from our latest brand expression evolution from #MicrosoftViva. In the latest evolution of the app’s brand expression, interwoven shapes and dynamic elements such as ribbons and atomic forms evoke a sense of motion, vividly embodying Viva's identity 👥.
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Last year, we rolled out 10 new Office icons. This year, we redesigned 100+ across Microsoft. See how we did what we did:
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A look at new imagery we created for the newest article on the @MicrosoftTeams blog for #TeamsforLife. 🔗:
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We created this video to show how functionality-driven 2D shapes morph into 3D forms to become streamlined devices that fit into your home. Layer by layer, elements are added or subtracted to demonstrate the adaptability and flexibility of our design approach.
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Seen any of the new Windows 10 icons in #FluentDesign yet? 🙃 Come take a closer look and let us know what you think!
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A look back at some work we did with @twistedpoly last year for @MicrosoftTeams 🤩. Our teams collaborated to create immersive backgrounds that celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Check out the full gallery ➡️ . #3D
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We recently embarked on a journey to redefine Microsoft’s entire visual identity through color—to transform the way people feel about Microsoft. Today on the blog, we take a look at the thinking behind our new palette. 🔗:
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“The hardware design follows the internal components,” shares Senior Design Director Nicolas Denhez. We use basic shapes to build a consistent and flexible design lexicon across our family of devices. The result is a quiet form that brings your gaming experience to the forefront.
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New app store imagery for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 👀. Let us know what you think of our new app store imagery approach ⬇️. #Microsoft365
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The @Surface design team moved as one to build the #SurfaceHeadphones. Read (and watch!) how they wove together elegant hardware design, rich audio, and an intelligent assistant:
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As we work to make Microsoft products more personal, dynamic, and colorful, who better to collaborate with than @pantone?! Check out our latest blog to learn about the creation of the brand-new PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri and why we wanted to get involved.
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This month’s wallpaper is brought to you by #OliviaXu 😍. To download this wallpaper and more check out ➡️
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Refresh your screens with our latest abstract wallpaper pack 😍, a celebration of movement, light, and texture. From swirling ribbons to iridescent patterns, each wallpaper captures a sense of elegance and movement, offering a visually rich experience that energizes your digital
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Our open source Fluent icon set is now available on GitHub: Check it out and let us know what you think!
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40+ designers and researchers across India, China, Europe and the Americas are re-envisioning mobile experiences. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our design process and future vision for @Microsoft365 mobile experiences:
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Taking a deeper look at some of the details from our Copilot + PCs launch last year including the new version of the @Windows Bloom 💙. Take a look at the full BTS ⬇️.
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R+D from our latest collaboration with @NotReal__tv for the new #PhoneLink film 👀. Learn more:
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They say two minds are better than one—but what about two screens? See how we’re celebrating the seam with new Microsoft @Surface Duo:
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This month’s wallpaper is brought to you by @sixnfive 😍. To download this wallpaper and more check out ➡️
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A new visual expression 🎨 combining our icons and product expressions with natural forms 🌱 to highlight our continuous sustainability efforts 🌎 .
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Today's featured wallpaper is from our latest "Horizons" collection 🤩. Download the entire pack on our new website 👀. 🔗:
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Each year, designers at Microsoft celebrate Design Week — a week-long internal event featuring design discussions focused on topics central to what we’re working on now and in the future. ⬇️👀 (1/3). #MicrosoftDesignWeek
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In @Xbox’s South of Midnight, worldbuilding isn’t background—it’s the design system. @CompulsionGames blends narrative + visual craft, drawing on Southern folklore, swampy soundscapes, and handcrafted detail to build a surreal, grounded world 🌎.
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The recent #redesign of the new @Microsoft365 icon provided an opportunity for our design teams to update our M365 imagery 🖼️. These images are the latest update to that imagery from our design teams. We would love to know what you think 👀
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Our latest @figmadesign plugin generates multiple sizes and weights of icons instantly using the 'Fluent System Icon' correct stroke weights. We built this to save our Icon team hours in production costs and it's now available for all 🙌
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Check out our new #FluentEmoji from our latest update 🤩! Which one is your favorite? . #Microsoft #Emoji
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Some recent explores ✨ from bringing our new @Microsoft365 icon to life from @wes_cream 👀. #MicrosoftDesign #C4D
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Emoji let us express our emotions in the simplest way possible, but the process for designing them is anything but. To celebrate #WorldEmojiDay, see how we create your favorite emoji from scratch:
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Remember that time when you wanted to apply acrylic to web but couldn't? Now you can! ✨ Dazzle your users by learning how to add the magic of backdrop-filter: Let us know how it goes! #FluentFriday
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Sensorial, deep, energetic, colorful, expressive, and dynamic—these are just some of the words 📖 that inspired our @MicrosoftCreate brand identity 🤩. Let us know what words come to mind for you below ⬇️.
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To make #FluentFriday extra awesome we're giving away a tote bag filled with #FluentDesign goodies. Comment on this post with where you would take your tote bag, and we'll select a winner randomly at 5:00 PM PT, 12/14/18.
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Can designers think like businesspeople without losing sight of great design? At Microsoft Design Day 2019, we explored how focusing on business impact helps them design better as they create products for the future.
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Remember the sound of dial-up Internet? To celebrate #Web30 today, take a look back at the evolution of personal computing and design at Microsoft—no phone line required! #ForTheWeb
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Designing for ambiguous and challenging spaces—in part by eschewing traditional forms—is baked into Microsoft industrial design culture, dating back to the first #WindowsPhone. Today on the blog 📝, we take a deep dive into @Surface's design ethos.
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A look at some of our updated imagery for Microsoft Teams!. 🔗:
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Use our latest @figmadesign plugin to quickly annotate the focus / tab order flow of your designs. Focus Orderer enables a wider audience to enjoy your online experiences, whether they use a keyboard or other input device. Learn more:
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What did it take to build the new Fluent System Icons? A few of our designers give you an insider's view to the design process at Microsoft:
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"Intelligent geometry simplifies each design down to its fundamental shapes to create a shared language that is distinctly Xbox.” That’s Senior Design Director, Nicolas Denhez on the design approach for our latest consoles and controller.
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Some motion features from today's batch for #36DaysofType 🤩 (1/2). U by Alex Sasov
Dropping some pre-Monday inspiration today with finishing up our #36DaysofType alphabet and getting started with some numerical illustrations 👀. Here is S-Z and 0!
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We couldn't fit the name of everyone who worked on our new icon system into a tweet, so we made a video to say "Thank you!" instead:
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A look at some of our latest visuals for Copilot including a new icon and visual approach 💡.
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Microsoft is putting the sexy into unsexy software. I never thought I’d say this, but Microsoft’s latest sizzle video makes me want to use. SharePoint
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Collaboration is moving beyond coauthoring flags in shared documents. See how we're creating dynamic new ways for people to achieve more together with @Microsoft365 and—soon—the Microsoft Fluid Framework:
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What birthday is complete without presents 🥳?. Download the special edition 50th anniversary wallpaper pack below ⬇️. 🔗:
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Our #inclusivedesign team made these spook-tacular stickers for #Halloween. Comment on this post with your favorite and we may just send some your way. good luck and #HappyHalloween!
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50 years is no easy task and with design having come a long way here at Microsoft we think its colorful evolution deserves another moment in the spotlight✨. From fresh neutral tones to dynamic warmth, our new approach we created with @franklintill is a celebration of a new
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