About Windows XP Bliss (2001)
Windows XP Bliss fuses the most-viewed photograph on Earth with the glossiest UI candy the desktop era ever shipped. Charles O'Rear's Sonoma hillside rolls green under a cumulus-dotted blue sky while Microsoft's Luna theme layers beveled gel buttons, gradient title bars, and a glowing green Start orb on top. Everything is rounded, back-lit, and turned past realism — skeuomorphic plastic that wants to be touched. The mood is fresh-install optimism: boot up and everything is going to be fine, the grass is greener, the sky is bluer, and the button really does want to be clicked.
- Origin
- Redmond, Washington / Sonoma County, California
- Era
- 2001 shipped (Bliss photo 1996); Luna visual ~2001–2007
- Key figures
- Charles O'Rear · Tjeerd Hoek
- Movements
- Skeuomorphism · Aqua/gel glossy UI · Y2K digital design
Windows XP Bliss (2001) design spec
Colors
Typography
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