Gensler and RKD Architects create digital waterfall for Microsoft Ireland's HQ
Microsoft Ireland's new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. More
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Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. More
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Microsoft launches adaptive Xbox controller for gamers with disabilities
Tech giant Microsoft has revealed a video game controller designed for people with limited mobility. More
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Bill Gates plans smart city in Arizona desert
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has invested in a huge patch of land west of Phoenix, Arizona, with the intention of building a new smart city. More
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Clive Wilkinson transforms Vancouver department store into headquarters for Microsoft
Clive Wilkinson Architects has converted the upper floors of a downtown Vancouver store into an open-plan office for US tech company Microsoft to house its growing Canadian workforce. More
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Microsoft targets architects and designers with Surface Studio digital drawing board
Tech company Microsoft has unveiled a hinged computer designed to turn from a desktop into a digital drawing surface. More
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Henning Larsen Architects bases Microsoft headquarters on Bill Gates' workplace theory
Microsoft employees have moved into a new metal-clad headquarters in Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen Architects but based on a paper written by the tech company's founder Bill Gates (+ slideshow). More
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Microsoft's HoloLens headset combines high-definition holograms with the real world
News: Microsoft has revealed an early version of an augmented reality headset called HoloLens that creates interactive holographic imagery in the wearer's field of vision (+ slideshow). More
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Microsoft Technology Pavilion takes its cues from the Windows 8 interface
The blocks of colour that make up both the Microsoft logo and the Windows 8 interface formed the basis of this temporary pavilion in Russia, created for the technology giant by architecture studio Nowadays (+ slideshow). More
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"People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design"
Interview: ahead of his talk at London's V&A museum on Friday, typographer Vincent Connare has defended the reviled Comic Sans font he created, saying its detractors "don't know anything about design". More
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Headset creates "3D soundscape" to help blind people navigate cities
News: research group Future Cities Catapult and tech company Microsoft have developed a headset that sends the wearer three-dimensional sound information in a push to make urban areas more navigable for blind people (+ movie). More
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Microsoft's RoomAlive transforms any room "into an augmented interactive display"
News: technology company Microsoft's research branch has combined projection mapping with motion sensors to turn enclosed spaces into immersive augmented experiences. More
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Henning Larsen Architects plans Microsoft headquarters outside Copenhagen
News: Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has designed a headquarters for software giant Microsoft as part of plans for a new university and business district north of Copenhagen, Denmark. More
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See-through computer allows users to "grab" digital content
News: a transparent computer that allows users to reach "inside" the screen and manipulate content with their hands was unveiled at the TED conference in Los Angeles last week. More
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Microsoft launches new logo
Dezeen Wire: Microsoft launched a new logo yesterday, its first redesign since 1987 - Reuters
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Microsoft Headquarters in Vienna by Innocad
Microsoft has joined Google and Lego in the trend for offices like playgrounds with their new Vienna base that includes a slide. More
