3D icons on the rise

Microsoft is rebuilding everything: Radical design reboot

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Microsoft wants to give Windows, Office and other products a facelift and is planning a radical overhaul of the design language. Krone+ shows you the direction in which it is heading - and knows the reasons why Microsoft is seeking salvation in a revised look.

Until now, Microsoft has used visually simple icons in the style of vector graphics for its product logos for Windows, Office and the Xbox gaming division. This is the norm in today's software industry - such 2D logos are also in vogue for competitors' smartphone operating systems. Microsoft now wants to take a radically different approach - and set a new trend with sugar-colored 3D icons.