Introducing the Microsoft Touch Mouse Artist Edition: Art in the Palm of Your Hand
As members of the Microsoft Hardware Industrial Design team, we are often asked where we find inspiration for our work. Is it fashion trends? Automobile trends? Sometimes.
But for our latest project we didn’t have to look far — we found inspiration in the technology of one of Microsoft’s latest products. We were captivated by the fluid, rhythmic patterns of people using the Microsoft Touch Mouse. Their finger paths and hand movements beautifully flowed in an organic nature —it was like watching an orchestral conductor — so we wanted to release a limited-edition graphic for the Touch Mouse that spoke to the beautiful motion, and we knew just the artist that could bring that to life.
We asked New York-based artist Deanne Cheuk, known for her illustrative typography, to develop a new design that captured the motion of the Touch Mouse. Deanne worked to integrate circuit boards and symmetry in her line work design. The result is the new Touch Mouse Artist Edition pattern — etched with an intricate, calligraphy-like motif — that echoes the tracing motion a person performs over the Touch Mouse.
Not only will you be inspired by the beauty of the Touch Mouse Artist Edition, but also your fingers will be able to keep up with your brain! Navigating is faster and easier with unique multitouch gestures of the Touch Mouse using one, two, or three fingers — designed specifically for Windows 7.
The Touch Mouse Artist Edition will be available at Best Buy and Microsoft Store soon for $79.95* (US).
We’ve captured the inspiration behind the design in this short video, check it out!
-Lindsey Kujawski, user experience designer
*Estimated retail price. Actual retail price may vary.
>The Touch Mouse Artist Edition is now available for
Where is it “available”? Your own link says “Currently, we have no online dealers selling the Microsoft Touch Mouse, Artist Edition”
4:45 pm Ark-kun
Will I be able to use it on Windows 8 ?
8:27 am Omar
Can you guys make a mouse exactly like microsoft touch mouse except:
1. has a cable
2. gets rid of thumb gestures and puts a “back” button on the left side and a “forward” button on the right side (similar to intellimouse optical)
3. adds another button on the bottom left side such that when you hold it down, it magnifies the region near the mouse cursor and when you release the button, the magnification tool exits.
4. has less bloated drivers/software.
5:07 am asdf
Wowsome!
9:26 am aditya
processing food…
used machines…
3:22 pm packaging machinery
traffic cones…
valet cones…
1:20 am traffic cones
property management…
texas concierge…
1:21 am property management
I think this mouse would’ve been perfect without that scribbling on it, isn’t it possible to make it just white, with no lines design?
Same goes for the black one, but the stars ain’t so bad
So if I could order a custom mouse, I’d order the white one without the scribbling
8:41 am stefan
Hey Stefan! Thank you for the feedback. This mouse is not available in just white at this time, but it’s great to hear your thoughts and I’ll pass this along to the team.
5:15 pm Hardware Team
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11:37 pm Cambridge Sign Makers
Hi there! You can register by going to this page our website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/support/product-registration
1:11 am Hardware Team