A few weeks ago a few invited partners and agencies participated in an event called “Windows Phone Design Days”. This was a 1.5 day deep dive into their inspiration, philosophy, goals and implementation. The event was recorded and listed in order below.

If you’re ready to get started take at the links below the videos.

Videos

• Ana and Miles, the Windows Phone personas (  Tracey Lovejoy, 3:33 )
• The Metro Design Language, the inspiration  ( Jeff Fong, 29:48)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application part 1: Controls  (  Rhon Manlapaz,  Ryan Bickel, 17:40)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application part2: Animation ( Jeff Arnold,  34:22 )
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 3: Target Sizes (  Tirthankar Sengupta,  13:39 )
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 4: Globalization (Ayman Raslan, Franklin Yow : 37:45 )
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 6: Perceived performance  (19:45 )
• Designer insights into Panorama and Pivot ( Chad Roberts, Amy Alberts, 32:18)
• Making Audio Sing on Windows Phone (Matthew Bennett, 34:26 )
• Windows Phone Voice ( Karen Kesler, 32:00 )
• Designer Resources: Expression Blend Overview and Roadmap ( Celso Gomes, Peter Blois, 41:20 )
• Designer Resources:  Windows Phone Documentation ( Chris Kilbourn, 11:18 )
• Designer Resources: Windows Phone Design Templates ( Chad Roberts, 04:01 )

Links to Get Started

Microsoft Platform Ready – Support, Tools, and Marketing

Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone

Design Resources