Personalizing your experience on Xbox Series X|S, or even Xbox One, is a great way to ensure you can game in precisely the style you want while showing off your interests and hobbies.

With Xbox Design Lab, you can completely customize Xbox Wireless Controllers or Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2s for your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One console. And better yet, designing your custom Design Lab Xbox Wireless Controller starts at $69.99.

Depending on your customizations, this makes a customized Design Lab Wireless Xbox Controller only $10 more than a standard controller. But what ideas could you use to create the perfect Xbox Design Lab controller? Let's take a look.

1. Represent Your Favorite Xbox Exclusives

One way to design your perfect Design Labs Xbox controller is to base your Xbox Wireless Controller on one of your favorite Xbox exclusives. Halo and Master Chief, then, make the ideal reference material to enhance your representation of the Xbox platform.

By basing your controller on exclusives like Halo, you can easily adjust some of the pre-sets available through Xbox Design Lab to create a controller with a dark green casing based on Master Chief's suit and a metallic gold rim to emulate his helmet's visor.

You can even add Master Chief's Sierra 117 codename to the engraving section of Xbox Design Lab to complete your Xbox-exclusive-themed look.

Aside from Halo and even Xbox exclusives, you could design your controller to represent any of the best games of 2022 or its characters regardless of platform, in case Halo isn't your thing.

2. Get Nostalgic and Design a Retro Xbox Wireless Controller

Customizing your own Xbox Controller is a perfect opportunity to combine your gaming passions from over the years. Using Xbox Design Lab, you can base your Xbox Wireless Controller's design on your favorite console from the past, like the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

By taking in the plastic gray and bright purple styling of the SNES retro console by Nintendo, you can bring together your past and present gaming experiences and game in style.

Aside from using the SNES as the design base for your Xbox Wireless Controller, you could use any retro console you have more nostalgia for, whether through other Nintendo consoles like the GameCube or other platforms like the PlayStation 1.

On retro gaming, if you look to the past for nostalgic gaming, it may be helpful to find out whether the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, or Nintendo Switch is better for retro gaming. After all, you may be able to customize your Xbox controller to be retro, but can you use it to play retro games?

3. Support Your Favorite American Football Team

Everyone has multiple hobbies, and while gaming may be one of yours, you may want to use Xbox Design Lab to take the opportunity to merge your favorite hobbies and combine gaming and your favorite football team. And luckily, teams like the Dallas Cowboys make the perfect starting point for a custom Xbox controller.

By taking the blues and whites of the Dallas Cowboy's style and color scheme, you can create the perfect Xbox Wireless Controller to support them if they're your favorite team.

But don't worry, even if the Dallas Cowboys aren't your supported team, every football team comes with its unique design and style. So regardless of who you support, you can base your Xbox Design Lab Xbox controller for your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One on any football team you like.

4. Create Your Very Own Xbox Game Pass-Themed Xbox Wireless Controller

You may be interested in or using Xbox Game Pass as an Xbox fan. So, when designing your perfect Xbox controller, why not base your Xbox Design Lab controller on some of your favorite Xbox Game Pass experiences, like the acclaimed Persona 5 available through the service?

With Xbox providing pre-set designs based on its Xbox Game Pass releases, like the Persona series, you can adjust and utilize designs that emulate the best games available through Game Pass, with red, gold, and black mimicking the color scheme of the Phantom Thieves from Persona 5.

And with other Xbox Series X|S console features and Xbox services supporting unique games, like Xbox Game Preview, there are plenty of gaming services available through Xbox to help inspire your perfect Xbox Design Lab creation.

5. Get Inspiration From the Most Recognizable Mascots in Gaming

Aside from gaming titles, you can also get inspiration from the most recognizable characters in gaming to help you design the perfect Xbox controller through Xbox Design Lab. And what better video game mascot than some of the most well-known gaming icons like Mario?

Using color schemes based on iconic characters allows you to create Xbox Wireless Controllers for your Xbox One or Series X|S that are instantly recognizable as legacy characters from gaming. You can easily allude to Nintendo's Mario through Xbox Design Lab by simply using a color scheme of red, blue, yellow, and white.

And the best part is that with other legacy characters from numerous platforms, like Sega and Sonic or PlayStation and Crash Bandicoot, you can cater your Xbox controller's looks to any instantly recognizable character and make the perfect icon-inspired Xbox controller for you.

6. Use Media From Comics or Films and Inspire Your Perfect Design Labs Creation

Moving away from gaming-based inspiration for your designs again, looking for classic inspiration from other media, like comic books, TV shows, or films, could be perfect for your Xbox Design Lab Xbox controller. And franchises like Batman, which cover comics, movies, and TV shows, are ideal.

And through Xbox Design Lab, similarly to the Mario design, you can match recognizable and associated color palettes to represent your favorite pop culture characters, regardless of genre or medium.

For Batman, a mixture of black, blue, gray, and yellow colors can create your own Dark Knight Xbox Wireless Controller. However, you could just as easily use blues, whites, and reds to create a Captain America-themed Xbox controller or any other color combo to match your preferred franchise.

With Xbox Design Lab, then, you can match your favorite pop culture references to create your perfect custom Xbox Wireless Controller.

7. Tap Into Xbox’s Legacy and Make an Xbox 360 Controller for Your Series X|S

While you could look to consoles from other platforms' past, or even retro consoles like the SNES, you could use Xbox's past and take inspiration for your Xbox One or Series X|S controller from past Xbox consoles like the Xbox 360 or original Xbox.

Through Xbox Design Lab, altering the colors, buttons, shell, analog sticks, and even buttons of your Xbox Wired Controller makes mimicking Xbox designs of the past straightforward. All it takes is utilizing a white base for an Xbox 360-inspired look or a black-and-green combo for the original Xbox.

So looking no further than your own Xbox's pedigree could be the perfect inspiration or even the complete design you're looking for when making your own Design Lab Xbox controller.

Get the Best Xbox Wired Controller Possible With Xbox Design Lab

Now you know some tips for creating your custom Xbox Wired Controller for your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, you're set to jump into Xbox Design Lab to start designing your personalized controller.

Whether it's based on Xbox's history and its games, other platforms, or even recognizable franchises and figures from pop culture, Xbox Design Lab allows you to cater your controller to your preferences.

Luckily, when it comes to using and maintaining your custom Xbox Wireless Controller, there are plenty of tips for ensuring your custom controller continues to work while representing your preferences and helping you play your favorite Xbox games.