- Virginia Howlett
Virginia Howlett (born 1951 in
Edmonton ,Canada ) is adesigner and painter.With an MFA in Painting from
The Art Institute of Chicago , Virginia was one of the first designers hired intoMicrosoft in 1985. While there, she built the company's firstuser interface design team. She led the team that designed the 3D graphic interface forWindows 95 . She was also instrumental in starting Microsoft's corporate art collection.Working in Microsoft's typography group, she collaborated with
Matthew Carter to develop a number of typefaces including "Verdana " (which is named after her daughter, Ana).In 1996 her book "Visual Interface Design for Windows" was published. In it, she explains the design process and provides a number of makeovers of real-world software products. It is recognized as one of the first books to bridge the gap between artistic product designers and technical software engineers.
After retiring from Microsoft she returned to painting. She maintains a studio in
Seattle and exhibits work throughout the United States.References
* [http://www.dmxzone.com/go?6669 "Interview with Virginia Howlett, mother of Verdana"] Retrieved September 9, 2005.
External links
* [http://www.virginiahowlett.com Personal Home Page]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/artcollection/ Microsoft Art Collection]
*"Visual Interface Design for Windows" (ISBN 0-471-13419-8)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
