Meet Microsoft's first Chief Design Officer 👋 The role of design becomes more complex and more essential in the AI era, and we're changing how we work to better serve our customers. Today, Jon Friedman shares what it means to become Microsoft’s first Chief Design Officer and looks ahead to a future where we build not just faster, but better. Get his full reflections in the article below ⬇️
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Productivity isn’t just about tools. It’s shaped by the systems we work within. As we begin our journey toward an AI-forward system, we’re thinking beyond interface patterns, toward a system that understands context, adapts to different modes of thinking, and moves with you across your work. Those shifts happen constantly. Intelligence needs to meet you at the right moment in that cycle, otherwise it becomes an interruption. While still early days, we’re making progress, starting with #Copilot in Office apps. Here is a behind-the-scenes look into our design thinking, research, and vision for the future. https://lnkd.in/gNVih5QY #M365
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As they work to ship AI features at start-up speed, frontier teams inside large organizations commonly include engineers, data scientists and designers. But there’s often a missing seat at the table: user research. By asking “how does this impact individual people” or “what did we fail to imagine”, research brings a complementary lens that helps understand intent, context and the conditions under which systems fail. https://lnkd.in/dd3qc43v #UXR
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What links cinematic effects with vibe-coding to design widgets? Microsoft designer You Zhang draws on his motion and interaction design experience to explore new ways to bridge the gap between design concept and ‘living’ product – with AI as his “engineering partner”. Read more in #SelfPortraits, our new series in which designers unpack their personal projects and the processes behind them: https://lnkd.in/gUQjB-9V
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What if the box mattered as much as the device inside it? For the team behind Project Alder, it does. And it led to a full rethink of packaging – a total redesign that removes nearly all single-use plastics. Engineers, designers and a whole host of partners came together (for several hundred hours) to prove that sustainability can be built into the experience, not added on at the end. Find out more about the work that’s gone into making our packaging something that really matters, for product and planet: https://lnkd.in/gTgSrv5z
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Design isn't dying, it's shifting left. When the model is the new medium, shaping how it behaves in humanistic ways is design. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e4qwhKEP My Tech Futures team has a Sr. UX Engineer role still open: https://lnkd.in/ezTRu8_q
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Quantum computing isn’t “10 years away” anymore. It’s developing faster than ever – and the potential is massive. From simulating molecules to discovering new materials, this next wave of computing depends on concepts that sound complex but don’t have to be. Here are 10 key terms to help make sense of what’s coming: https://msft.it/6002QfX9k
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Design was never about pixels. It’s always been about people. Step into the process with our Tech Futures team: interact with prototypes; explore live data in design; and see how model-forward, human-driven design is creating unique experiences for every user: https://msft.it/6044Q7HRG
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What’s smaller than a postage stamp but the gateway to entire experiences? The icon. These tiny symbols distill complex ideas, abilities and identities into one memorable image. They make technology more accessible and approachable. As AI shifts the discipline of design and the nature of project development, here’s how we refreshed Microsoft 365's icons to be more simple, intuitive and fluid: https://lnkd.in/guw_47Pd
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AI is becoming a front door to information, for work, for learning, for health, and for daily life. But that door doesn’t open the same way for everyone. Most language tech still reflects what’s easiest to find online, not what people actually speak. AI that works for everyone means designing for the realities of language including local context, dialects, code-switching, and speech-first communities. This story features seven projects that are expanding language access using community-centered model design, multimodal systems and speech recognition among other innovations. https://lnkd.in/gD3rZwMs #InclusiveDesign #AI #UXDesign #ContentDesign