Design styles for Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 offers a whole new angle on design to previous OS versions. Whereas in 6.5 and before the design was fully integrated into the coding of the apps, we are now able to split these tasks, with coders able to make functional apps using little or no styling.

We have already seen the robotic t-shirt launcher controller - which demonstrated how it is easy for a designer familiar with Visual Basic and Expression Blend to style apps for Windows Phone 7, but there hasn't been much of a style guide - until now.

It seems as though the USGA have set the ball rolling (sorry: had to be done!) in this regard, with this stunning demo of their latest app: