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Vibe coding makes prototyping close to code, closer to users
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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
Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you
This is the first post in our new Beyond the Surface series, a behind-the-scenes look at how craft comes to life in Windows products and features.
Centering Sign Language in AI and design
A Deaf-led approach to making Sign Language a core principle of inclusive design
Because some paradigms were ahead of their time… here's to designing the next 50 years with you.
The future of AI isn’t just in the office—it’s on the job site
AI could create economic mobility for essential frontline workers—here’s how product makers can shift our thinking to encompass those experiences
Surface Copilot+ PCs: Built to evolve, designed to adapt
How we crafted a new line of Surface Copilot+ PCs to empower creation, connection and change
From paper to pixels: The evolution of ClearType and onscreen reading
How we made digital text like printed words on paper
Making UX research insights and frameworks beautiful
Discover how one team transformed a complex UX research framework into a visually engaging artifact to make insights stick and spark alignment across teams
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Prioritizing inclusion over convention: Rethinking how we design packaging
The Microsoft Packaging & Content team just released “Creating Accessible Packaging: An Inclusive Design Guide,” available for all.
Secure by design: A UX toolkit
Human error causes a majority of security breaches. Our UX toolkit can help you build secure and empowered user experiences.
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