Happily (and publicly, surprisingly) floating around on the internet is some of the work of the head 3D persona at Microsoft by the name of Robert Stein III. Come preview some of Mr. Stein's work and see what an amazing job he does and the artwork that shows how Vista's RTM UI seems to lack that original Longhorn pizzazz we all came to know and love.

Cutting straight to the chase, below, you can find a plethora of unseen visuals relating to Microsoft's Windows platform. There's everything from icons to packaging prototypes:

Robert Stein III: Head 3D persona at Microsoft.

http://flickr.com/photos/rs3art/sets/72157594393542938/

http://rs3art.com/select/design_ui_light1.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_ui_login.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_windows.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_machine.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_package1.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_player.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_ui_burncd.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_ui_mail.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_ui_contact.htm
http://rs3art.com/select/design_box_glass1.htm

Also, don't forget to check out Robert's work on turbosquid.com where you can purchase whatever you'd like. A couple of links that may interest you are:

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