Design Milk Designer Desktop: November Feature

In the fall of 2001, we created a wallpaper that the rest of history would remember as a defining image for the age of early 2000's computing—"Bliss" 😌. Bliss' rolling hills and simple composition served as an iconic backdrop for Windows as designers at Microsoft began to develop user experiences (while bringing along our beloved Clippy 😉) that would come to define Microsoft throughout the decade 🖥️. As we near our 50th anniversary as a company in 2025, our designers are starting to look back at 50 years of design, starting at wallpapers with Bliss as the template, exploring how we can evolve the landscape scene with our current and future theming expression. 

For our latest pack of wallpapers 🖼️ from Microsoft Design, "Horizons", five artists at Microsoft reflected on what it means to imagine a future landscape to serve as a backdrop as we approach the dawn of the next age of computing.

In our featured wallpaper for Design Milk's Designer Desktops this month, the design blends elements of nature and fantasy, inspired by the organic architecture movement, evoking a sense of serenity and creativity. The artwork symbolizes how we envision the future—where natural and digital worlds intersect 🪢.

Download our featured wallpaper for Design Milk or download the full collection on the "Wallpapers" section of our website.

Design Milk Featured Wallpaper: https://design-milk.com/desktop-wallpaper-november-2024-with-microsoft/

Full Collection: https://microsoft.design/wallpapers/

P.S. Stay tuned as we explore more of 50 years of Microsoft Design in 2025 👀