Microsoft Design Principles

Microsoft has developed comprehensive design principles across their product ecosystem, including inclusive design frameworks and platform-specific guidelines.

Design Principles by Microsoft

  • Design Principles for Bing

    Microsoft's design framework for Bing search engine, focusing on user exploration, trust-building, and creating delightful search experiences while balancing commercial objectives with user needs.

  • Design Principles for Windows Store apps

    Microsoft's design framework for Windows Store applications, emphasizing craftsmanship, user-centered design, and creating polished experiences that showcase attention to detail.

  • Microsoft Design Principles

    Microsoft's design framework emphasizing craftsmanship, user-centered design, and creating polished experiences that balance functionality with aesthetic excellence.

  • Microsoft Fluent Design Principles

    Microsoft's four Fluent design principles evolved from their heritage to guide cross-platform experiences that feel natural, focused, inclusive, and unmistakably Microsoft across web, iOS, Android, and Windows.

  • Microsoft Responsible AI Principles

    Microsoft's Responsible AI Principles provide guidance for designing, building, and testing AI systems that are fair, reliable, secure, inclusive, transparent, and accountable.

  • Windows User Experience Design Principles

    Microsoft's Windows UX framework emphasizing concept reduction, user confidence, control, and consistency to create intuitive, effective desktop user experiences.