No wonder Microsoft’s Xbox One S console is so beautiful, look who designed it

We really dug the Xbox One S, calling it "svelte and good-looking". The latest update to Microsoft’s flagship gaming console is a very pretty box, and now we know why: Andrew Kim was part of the design team.

In case the name doesn’t ring a bell, Kim is a "visual and product" designer who came to work for Microsoft after making a splash when he put together his own design concepts for the company’s rebranding in 2012. After seeing his designs, the company hired him to work on their Xbox division.

On his website, Kim noted that the Xbox One S was his first big project, and the design team was tasked with creating "a more friendly and universal product that doesn't evoke traditional ‘gaming’ cues," and noted that they brought the hardware...

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