As of the time of this writing, you have 8 hours left to design a Windows 8 logo that you feel is better than the freshly-announced logo! Held on 99designs.com "for fun" by Archon Systems, Inc., lots ...

Microsoft unveiled and explained how it devised its new logo for Windows 8 today. The intention of the design was to reflect the new Metro-style user interface seen in Windows 8, while staying within ...

Microsoft revealed the new logo for Windows 8 several months ago, showing a highly stylized window in place of previous Windows logos that tended to look more like a waving flag. Today, the final ...

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Last week, the new Windows 8 logo leaked online. Meanwhile, the logo’s designer, Paula Scher at Pentagram, could only sigh. The dimensions were off, and it wasn’t even in the right color. Her work for ...

The software giant continues its march toward releasing its upcoming operating system, debuting a new logo that does away with the flaglike design of Windows past. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, ...

Microsoft has never been known for its design verve, especially compared to its rival Apple, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that its new logo for its feverishly anticipated Windows 8 operating system ...

In advance of the release of Windows 8, Microsoft has been showing us bits and pieces of its newly redesigned UI. Now, we’re getting our first look at the newly redesigned logo, the latest in a ...

Microsoft explained the design philosophy behind its newly unveiled logo for Windows 8. According to Sam Moreau, Microsoft's principal director of user experience for Windows, said in a blog post that ...

The Microsoft team has created a new logo for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and the results aren’t pretty. You might say this is Microsoft’s Gap moment, that uncomfortable situation in ...

Microsoft has made Windows look more like windows. The Windows logo, that is. Last week, Microsoft unveiled the new look for the upcoming iteration of its flagship product, dropping the "flag" motif ...

Here’s hoping that Windows 8 is more exciting than the logo Microsoft has come up with for it. Granted it’s a small thing in the big picture but the monochromatic, stark graphic doesn’t offer much to ...