Redesigning the Office App Icons to Embrace a New World of Work

Design is becoming the heart and soul…

Kill Your Personas

How persona spectrums champion real user needs

Skip User Research Unless You’re Doing It Right — Seriously

Is your research timeless? It’s time to put disposable research behind us

Digital Design is never done: Evolving Windows 10 Mail and Calendar

How our team made fan-loved…

Designing for Scale and Complexity

How we implemented the Fluent Design System across Microsoft Azure to improve usability, consistency, and accessibility for a highly complex and evolving cloud

Designing for Power and Simplicity

How we evolved the Microsoft Office 365 user experience to support…

DIY: A Web Version of the Fluent Design System’s Acrylic Material

Using backdrop-filter on Microsoft Edge and other modern browsers

“It’s the dark arts.”

Science in the System: Fluent Design and Material

Using physical elements to create a visual hierarchy…

The Future of Experience Design: Beyond the Screen

How to scale meaningful design in a multi-device…

What Did We Get Ourselves Into?

A history of designing Cortana’s personality