Everything you need to design Windows 8 apps

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2 min readJun 30, 2015

Window’s Official Design Guidelines

Learn how to design Universal Windows Platform apps
Microsoft designing Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps
Windows user interface principles
Tile guidelines for Windows Phone

Step by step guides

Windows 8 design handbook
Windows 8 design guidelines explained
What you should know about designing for Windows 8
A brief guide to flat design
Windows Phone 8 icon size guide
Windows 8 tile size guide

Inspiration

Windows Phone apps for 2015

10 Windows Phone apps to inspire your design
Behance Windows Phone app idea
Here are some of the best Windows apps out there as hand picked by Tomsguide
Must have Windows Phone apps on hongkiat
The top 50 Windows Phone apps as curated by the Microsoft devices blog
Showcase of 50 weather app UI design for your inspiration
Windows Phone UI inspiration on Blendrocks
Some of the greatest design blogs out there adaptivepath, core77, coolhunting,frogdesign, design shack, dexigner, ideo, ixda, logodesignlove, smashingmagazine,uxmag

Free Downloads

Design templates for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps
A selection of templates including: Live tile, logo/icon, homepage
Windows Phone flat mockup for PSD and AI
Lumia 920 yellow template for Photoshop
htc 8x fully editable layers Photoshop file
Nokia Lumia 920 vector PSD template
Windows Phone app mockup PSD
Nokia Lumia 1520 PSD mockup yellow, red, white and black
Nokia Lumia 520 PSD mockup in five colours and fully customizable
Download Windows 8 icons
Windows 8 2122 icon pack

Discussion

Windows 8 review on ignorethecode
Learn more about Windows Phone 8
Learn more about Windows Phone design from an ex-Microsoft designer
Ten things you should know when designing Windows 8 apps
Windows 8 pc world review
iheartradio design concept for Windows Phone

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