Microsoft has unveiled new illustrations for its products and services. The latest Fluent refresh is a lot more 3D, colorful, and playful.

When Microsoft design chief Jon Friedman‘s son Judah needed help with a children’s book ... An illustration from “Max & The Purple Anxiety Monster,” generated in a watercolor style by ...

Microsoft is taking a new approach to designing software and hardware. It’s called open design, and it should mean Microsoft’s products share a similar look and feel in the future.

As Microsoft has attracted design-industry veterans, they, in turn, have attracted their former colleagues. ... Illustrator, Premier and Photoshop,” he said. ...

Illustration of the Microsoft’s closed-loop system for future data centers that will recycle water for cooling its computing operations. (Microsoft Image) ...

Microsoft continues to evolve its iconography, illustrations, and overall Fluent design system regularly, so expect to see even these latest illustrations refined again in the future.