# A behind-the-scenes look at building the Slack Design illustration library

DevFeed: [A behind-the-scenes look at building the Slack Design illustration library](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-building-the-slack-design-illustration-library-9115.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-building-the-slack-design-illustration-library/>)

Author: lcarmen2

Published: 2023-04-27T04:00:05Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Slack Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/slack-design.md>)

Topics: [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [creative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/creative.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [designer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/designer.md>), [external](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/external.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [illustration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/illustration.md>), [marketing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/marketing.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [product-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-features.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [what-we-do](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/what-we-do.md>)

## AI overview

A Slack brand designer explains how the company developed a cohesive illustration library after its earlier website-focused library caused inconsistent use across the organization. The article describes design principles and two illustration styles: objects for literal or technical product explanations, and people for marketing and external communications.

## Source excerpt

When Slack's new website launched in 2017, I felt like a kid in a candy store. As a brand designer, there's nothing more exciting than having new brand fonts and an entire library of illustrations at our disposal. However, this creative freedom was short-lived and replaced with frustration. Much like a sugar crash! Our new [...] The post A behind-the-scenes look at building the Slack Design illustration library appeared first on Slack Design.