microsoft | windows ugly sweater

Each holiday season, Microsoft releases a Windows-themed ugly sweater that sells out in under 24 hours. in 2024, the design channeled the nostalgia of the classic Windows XP ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, with its iconic clouds and rolling hills. our job? show off the ugly sweater in all its early 2000s glory.

the tease

the launch

the ‘oops we sold out’

we sold out of sweaters so I wrote a hotline that people with FOMS (fear of missing sweaters) could actually call.

the website

and, just for fun

we made a soothing-to-the-senses lofi mix bound to give xp fans that blissful feeling.