Steve Kaneko is a partner director of design in Microsoft’s Office Division where he currently oversees the next generation of productivity related software. He has been a Microsoft design pioneer since 1991, having run the Hardware Peripherals Design Group to serving as a design director for the Windows organization, driving brand and user experience coordination for Windows XP. Before his position in Office, he was directing Microsoft’s connected consumer experience strategy in the Entertainment and Devices Division, which included Xbox, Windows Media Center, Windows Phone and Zune. Kaneko has garnered over 50 international design awards for his work in hardware and software. The Microsoft Mouse 2.0, which he designed, has been included in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent design collection in New York in 1993. Steve holds a bachelor’s in fine arts in industrial design from the University of Washington.
Track:
Business of Design
Session Title:
The Ever-Expanding Design Profession
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