In 2015, Microsoft tasked a team of designers to create for its then-upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Unlike Windows 11's "Bloom" wallpaper, Windows 10's default background is not CGI—it was made using real lasers, smoke, glass, and other materials. Making the legendary wallpaper took a while, and in the process, the team created a lot of alternatives with different colors and lights.
And if you are after some fresh backgrounds, you can get those pictures to spice up your desktop and celebrate the legacy of Windows 10, which . Bradley Munkowitz (GMUNK) shared more details about making the now-iconic Windows 10 wallpaper following the operating system's release. The team wanted to portray the operating system's logo as "a portal into the world behind it" and direct it to "speak to the timelessness of Windows and its ability to take us anywhere we want to go.
" To achieve the goal, the team put together a real Windows logo, grabbed a 9k Phase One Camera system and took multiple pictures with different exposures and color varieties, resulting in a "whole library of images that can be used throughout multiple Windows applications." The Windows logo is a true icon. Using the best techniques available, we wanted to re-envision this classic image, defining what makes Windows 10 so forward thinking and accessible.
We think our live action images will stand the test of time, placing this logo in a class of its own within the physical world. Overall, Munkowitz and his fellow desi.