Michael West
Senior Designer at Microsoft
United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorMichael West is a senior designer and self-taught designer-developer with a decade of experience crafting simple, motion-led experiences for current and future devices. At Microsoft he has shaped next-generation form factors and AI-driven Windows interactions—from Surface Duo and Neo to Windows AI and Copilot+ PC prototypes—while helping build design systems and Fluent icons used across Microsoft apps. He champions open design, co-creation, and accessibility, informed by his personal perspective as a neurodiverse practitioner. An award-winning creator (Microsoft MVP 2018/19), Michael blends visual, motion, and industrial design sensibilities to translate tiny interactions into cohesive user journeys.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (44)
styles10
console10
xaml9
utilities9
winui9
uwp9
windows9
csharp9
windows-ui9
fluent-design9
command-line9
windows-app-sdk9
file-manager9
documentation9
winrt9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
itsmichaelwest/michaelwe.st
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
A home for myself on the internet 🏡
Contributions:121 commits, 31 PRs, 96 pushes in 2 years
reacttailwindcssmyselfinternettypescript
itsmichaelwest/LumiaWOATestSite
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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