slack.designadded August 2026
Slack Designby kmena17 Jul 2026
Slack is a loved product, and that’s not an accident In 2013, Stewart Butterfield wrote what amounted to a promise: “You’re buying a commitment to the craft of making high quality software...
Slack Designby andyacevedo8 Jul 2026
The Question We Kept Hearing “How do I use AI?” That question, typed in a DM rather than asked out loud, told us everything. Our design team was not short on curiosity.
Slack Designby andyacevedo4 Jun 2026
The biggest shift AI has brought to design isn’t that designers can now write production code. It’s that we can finally generate evidence before committing to anything.
Slack Designby andyacevedo27 May 2026
For most of my design career, Figma was where the real work happened. I’d design screens, build prototypes, then hand off the designs for someone else to build.
Slack Designby andyacevedo21 May 2026
AI has eaten the technology industry. What started as a slow, hallucination-prone chatbot has become something much harder to ignore.
Slack Designby andyacevedo9 Apr 2026
Everyone has felt it: the anxiety of returning to Slack after a meeting, unsure where to start. Which channels have updates that matter? Did someone mention you? Are there DMs waiting?
Slack Designby andyacevedo5 Sept 2025
Design Operations is all about helping designers do the best work of their lives. Our job is to clear the path so designers can focus on what they do best: design.
Slack Designby andyacevedo22 May 2025
You spoke, and we listened. While working in Slack, there’s always a lot going on: you may be added to a new channel, mentioned by your manager in another channel, and direct-messaged by a...
Slack Designby andyacevedo15 May 2025
Remember when you first heard that soothing music while joining a Huddle? Or watched the catch-up animation dance across your mobile app?
Slack Designby andyacevedo3 Mar 2025
With an impressive 80% participation rate, one thing we attribute to the wild success of Slack Design’s mentorship program is simplicity.
Slack Designby andyacevedo23 Jan 2025
Design that is inclusive and accessible almost always works better for everyone. But once in a while we reach a genuine dilemma — the more technically accessible choice adds friction or breaks...
Slack Designby andyacevedo23 Oct 2024
If you work in design, you’ve probably already heard of design engineering. It’s not a new concept, and similar roles — such as Design Technologists, UI/UX Engineers, and Creative Technologists —...
Slack Designby andyacevedo26 Sept 2024
Think about your experience using other products. What made them feel good to use? With the launch of Recap — our new Slack AI feature that provides daily summaries of channels you want to keep...
Slack Designby andyacevedo22 Jul 2024
Let’s face it: besides “let’s take this offline,” the word culture is one of the most overused pieces of corporate jargon.
Slack Designby andyacevedo26 Jun 2024
In software design we have all heard the phrase “well-crafted user experience.” It may have come up in conversation, in an article or in a job interview.
Slack Designby lcarmen225 Apr 2024
Grace Sunnell is a Lead Product Designer formally for Slack Connect and now evolving the experience of Slack AI.
Slack Designby lcarmen218 Apr 2024
Let’s face it: AI technology, especially in the workplace context, is a sensitive topic. On the Slack design team, we know that no matter how large a deadline looms, it’s important to keep humans...
Slack Designby lcarmen217 Jan 2024
Charting the crit terrain Critique—or, to use its more casual truncation, “crit”— is one of the most powerful team-powered tools that can contribute to a designer’s growth.
Slack Designby lcarmen231 Oct 2023
Does this look familiar? With more types of work happening on Slack, teams becoming larger, and new features like Canvas expanding what Slack can do, our UI was becoming congested.
Slack Designby lcarmen230 Oct 2023
Just like the world around us, Slack has grown and changed significantly over the last decade. What started out as a simple chat tool is now a multi-modal product that allows for more meaningful...
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