Default fonts are perhaps most notable in the absence of the impression they make. We seldom give them much thought, and therein lies their greatest gift. When a font blends into the background of a ...

Welcome back to Think First: Perspectives on Research with AI. There’s a real tension in UX research right now. On one hand, junior researchers are sometimes running circles around veterans when it ...

Welcome back to Think First: Perspectives on Research with AI. This installment takes on what may be the most divisive topic in UX research right now. Some see synthetic users and AI-moderated ...

Welcome to Think First: Perspectives on Research with AI. Across this season we’ve watched researchers rebuild their workflows, reinvent evaluation, wrestle with synthetic users, and sort out what AI ...

The unsung hero curved out of marble known as David, the awe-inspiring ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo was born in 1475, but his work seems to belong to a world that had not yet been ...

Since the impact of climate change affects people differently based on their economic status and their geography, we believe the inclusive design movement Microsoft helped champion in the past decade ...

Note: The prototypes embedded in this feature are interactive and we encourage you to engage and experience them. Every week there’s a new hot take. The design process is dead. Vibe-coding killed the ...

Mark Weiser, the visionary behind ubiquitous computing, once said, “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are ...

Mar 21, 2024 – The estimated reading time is 13 min. With the debut of Aptos, why do we need more fonts? Why not just use the default fonts and settings and get on with it? The matter may seem trivial ...

Illustrations are windows into our imaginations. They have the power to stir emotions, enhance experiences, and spark profound thoughts. From the early days of simple clip art in Microsoft Word and ...

As Copilot steadily evolves into a thought partner—an intelligent presence woven into your workflow—its backbone will become the Copilot Design System, an AI-forward design system we’re crafting to ...

Have you considered what it means to build products with a security-first mindset? Pop culture depicts hackers as hoodie-wearing, code-writing savants racing against the clock to break into systems on ...