Welcome to Desktop 2.0!
In our labs we explore the latest technologies and continually refine our design process.
Our latest experiments focus on designing for Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the next-generation graphics platform for Windows Vista.
See our latest work!
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23 Aug 2006 PhizzPop: 36 teams enter, 1 team leaves Our winning entry for Microsoft's Regional PhizzPop Design Challenge. thirteen23 took 1st place against 5 other teams to advance to the national competition. |
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7 May 2007 MixMe: download the party! Interested in what sessions are going on? Want to search for Mix07 photos on flickr? Want to know what's happening in Vegas during the conference? Get mixed! |
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23 May 2006 Harmony: visualize your music library One impressive feature of Windows Vista is its support for 3D. This proof-of-concept is a knock-off of Coverflow (recently integrated into iTunes) with a few extra "twists". |
| 5 Jun 2006 de.collage: 13 painters with a view In French, "décollage", roughly translates to "take off" or "to become unstuck". This application queries the internet to bring famous paintings to your desktop. |
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1 Jun 2006 Module: the right hand for your desktop Can't wait for Microsoft Vista's Sidebar? Why not try ours? Simply launch the application, type in your zip code, and away you go. |
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31 Jul 2006 Echobox: adding voice to design Design is hard to manage by email. This proof-of-concept facilitates basic design collaboration via FTP. |
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23 April 2006 fp.hue: color conversion for Sparkle Sometimes you have to make your own tools. This widget converts HEX color values into Sparkle's floating point RGB values. |
"The man who grasps principles can successfully choose his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When you take technology and mix it with art, you always come up with something innovative."
—Robert Rodriguez, 2006