Microsoft Design Principles

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.