microsoft | windows ugly sweater

Each holiday season, Microsoft releases a Windows-themed ugly sweater that sells out in under 24 hours 🤯. This year’s design channeled the nostalgia of the classic Windows XP ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, with its iconic clouds and rolling hills. it was up to us to show off the ugly sweater in all its early 2000s glory.

the tease

the launch

the website

windows ugly sweater hotline 📞

we sold out of sweaters so I wrote a windows ugly sweater hotline with trivia to distract the people who missed out.

and, just for fun

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