# How our biggest redesign yet came to be

DevFeed: [How our biggest redesign yet came to be](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-our-biggest-redesign-yet-came-to-be-9135.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/how-our-biggest-redesign-yet-came-to-be/>)

Author: lcarmen2

Published: 2023-10-25T21:24:48Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>)

Tags: [alignment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alignment.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [design-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-engineering.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>), [prototype](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototype.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [what-we-do](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/what-we-do.md>)

## AI overview

Slack describes how its design team developed and operationalized a major product redesign as the company expanded beyond messaging. The process used exploratory prototypes, early collaboration with engineering and product leaders, stakeholder alignment, and a hub-and-spoke team structure.

## Source excerpt

The timing was right. We were adding in new features like huddles, canvases, lists, and others into a UI system that was originally designed solely for messaging capabilities. Meanwhile, research showed users on the biggest and most active teams were struggling to stay on top of the basics. Our product navigation was reaching its limits. [...] The post How our biggest redesign yet came to be appeared first on Slack Design.