2025-09-04 09:05:48
Google’s Material Icons provide a solid foundation, but they’re far from complete. Designers still end up redrawing missing icons and fixing inconsistencies, often resorting to mismatched third-party sets.
Streamline Material Icons is our solution: a professional-grade icon set that builds on Google’s system while addressing its biggest shortcomings.
Clean, consistent, and complete. Ready for modern products.
This isn’t just an expansion, it’s a redesign at scale. Streamline Material Icons builds on Google’s Material Symbols and takes them further, with:
Every icon is redrawn or created from scratch to match Streamline’s standards: balanced shapes, consistent look, and a cleaner overall feel.
Streamline Material Icons are built on a 24px grid with a consistent 2px stroke (Material’s most widely used size).
This isn’t just a default, it’s the sweet spot where icons stay legible, balanced, and visually clear across interfaces.
Material’s visual language is strong, but it wasn’t built for everything today’s products require.
That’s where we come in.
Streamline Material Icons adds the essentials: more icons in AI, business, security, multimedia, and other categories.
No more workarounds. No more settling.
Some icons in the original set were too rough for real products: off-balance strokes, vague shapes, inconsistent form.
So, we redrew them (icon by icon) for clarity, precision, and consistency.
The difference is subtle, until you notice it. Then it’s impossible to ignore.
Streamline Material Icons follow the same geometry and stroke logic as Google’s Material Icons. They pair best with typefaces that emphasize clarity, balance, and neutrality.
Still the most consistent choice. Its clean forms and neutral tone align perfectly with the icon set.
Great for multilingual products. Its structure stays close to Roboto while expanding language support.
Other clean geometric sans-serifs that work well. Look for open counters, even strokes, and simple forms to avoid clashing.
With Streamline Material Icons, your team no longer needs to:
We’ve added 2,000+ new icons adapted from our Core, Sharp, Flex, and Plump sets and refined 3,000+ existing ones so everything aligns out of the box.
Stick with Material’s familiar look but skip its limitations. Use Streamline Material Icons when your product demands:
Great for:
Whether you’re designing for Android or building on Material principles, this is the set Google didn’t finish. But we did.
Streamline Material Icons is crafted with the same care, precision, and design standards behind our Core, Flex, Sharp, and Plump sets.
It’s included in the Streamline Pro plan and available now in your library.
We’re actively expanding the set. Rounded and Sharp styles are coming soon. Have a request? Let us know what you’d love to see next.
2025-08-28 18:50:07
We've been sharing our latest icon experiments and updates on Twitter.
A cheerful mix of essentials ✨ pic.twitter.com/QX8d1nK4OZ
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It’s become a space where we test ideas, get feedback, and connect directly with the design community.
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Follow us on @streamlinehq to catch new updates and experiments as we release them ✨
Smart tech, friendly forms ✨ pic.twitter.com/6ck7rXSFwX
— Streamline Icons (@streamlinehq) August 12, 2025
Submit your best icon designs (or use cases featuring Streamline icons) and get featured in our monthly showcase.
The icon design community never ceases to amaze us. Each month brings fresh creativity, and we’ll be back with more handpicked projects to spark your inspiration. ✨
Missed a past edition? Explore the Icon Spotlight posts.
2025-08-13 17:56:18
Graphic elements are the secret sauce of bold, expressive design. From abstract shapes to layered gradients, these components can set the tone of your entire composition. When used creatively, they do more than decorate. They communicate energy, emotion and identity.
We’ll explore how to use graphic elements to elevate your work through two hands-on poster design tutorials.
I saw those retro shapes that reminded me of the tetris game, along with other retro game inspired elements and I wanted to give them a twist and play with the different angles of the tetris elements and merge them with photography.
Choose a dynamic photo, cut out the subject, and apply a halftone filter to give it that nostalgic comic-book feel. Place it on a vibrant background color that complements the Tetris-inspired shapes.
Create or import retro game-style block shapes (like Tetris pieces), and scatter them throughout your layout as if they’re falling into place. Rotate and flip them to avoid symmetry and bring life to the composition.
Now, for a creative twist: separate the sides of the blocks and insert parts of your photo into each shape using clipping masks. Apply a gradient map that matches the background for color harmony, and use perspective tools to give the shapes dimensionality.
For this poster the idea was to create a retro futuristic poster inspired by Daft Punk and cyberpunk aesthetic, and the gradient shapes work perfectly to create that feeling and use them to create that modern feel.
Create a grid and fill it with colorful gradient shapes. These form the background and set the tone with movement and energy.
Select a retro-futuristic subject (like a costume or helmeted figure), cut it out, and apply a grain filter to age the photo. Position it centrally for visual impact.
Add abstract gradient shapes in front of and behind the character to build dimensionality. Apply a gradient map to the photo to introduce a glitch-style color effect.
Incorporate glitch overlays, neon-style typography, and futuristic details like numbers or data streams across the grid squares to suggest a computer interface or sci-fi dashboard.
Finish with light effects, grain textures, and subtle distortions to unify the visual style and complete the cyberpunk aesthetic.
Graphic elements are more than just background filler, they’re tools for storytelling. Whether you're evoking nostalgia with retro blocks or channeling the future through gradients and glitch, shapes, textures, and layering can transform your design from static to unforgettable.
Use graphic elements to build depth, emotion, and rhythm into every poster you make.
2025-07-31 23:42:30
From flowing lines to subtle surfaces, this month's update brings a bit of everything. New illustration sets. New textures. A handy VS Code extension. And a timely icon set for fans of red jumpsuits and masked games.
Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new and where it fits in your workflow.
Some brands aren’t supposed to feel 'polished'. They’re supposed to feel cinematic. Emotional. Larger than life.
We've added new Art Deco vectors to bring you that richness, nostalgia, and romantic visual storytelling.
We were inspired by the bold, sculptural lines of 1920s toasters, the opulence of Ritz Paris, Madeleine Vionnet’s iconic Art Deco gowns, and the striking visuals of Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Art Deco illustrations works well for bold, elegant, and structured layouts. You can use it for luxury branding, high-end events, or projects that evoke a sense of nostalgia.
Art Nouveau illustrations add a flowing, organic feel. Ideal for beauty, fashion, or anything with a romantic or handcrafted vibe. You can use them in boutique perfume brands, artisanal jewelry, or eco-conscious fashion brands.
Vintage Text Dividers ornaments are perfect for separating sections in a romantic/classic way. You could use them in upscale menus, wedding invitations.
Our new Streamline extension is now available on VS Code.
Not using VS Code? No problem!
As part of our commitment to open-source, we've also published our extension on Open VSX which is the largest open-source VSX extension repository. With this you can download it on Cursor, VSCodium, Kiro, and other VS Code forks. Just open your IDE's extensions section and search for "Streamline Icons".
Sometimes a solid background feels too flat, but bold textures are too loud.
Our new Light & Dark Subtle Patterns add just enough depth to keep things cohesive.
Light patterns work best on bright or white backgrounds to add gentle depth.
While dark patterns are great for dark mode designs or muted color schemes.
Even good design can feel unfinished without the right detail. This is why we have textures.
Textures help add depth, personality, and visual interest to designs. They’re super versatile and can be used as backgrounds, overlays, or accent elements.
Seamless textures are designed to tile perfectly (you can repeat them across a large area without seeing any edges or breaks). They’re ideal for backgrounds, sections, or patterns that need to feel continuous.
Non-seamless textures aren’t made for repeating. They’re better used as single images, like hero backgrounds, overlays, or decorative accents where a unique, non-repeating look is preferred.
A playful icon set inspired by Squid Game, perfect timing with Season 3 now streaming. From masked guards to honeycomb chaos, these icons capture the tension, charm, and dark humor of the series. Free to use and share.
As always, Streamline has a generous free tier that you can use, with large sampler packs. The pro version is available via a subscription as well as via a lifetime plan.
Thanks for choosing Streamline! If you've designed with Streamline, share it with us. We'd love to see!
2025-07-25 20:19:23
Submit your best icon designs (or creative use cases featuring Streamline icons) and get featured in our monthly showcase.
The icon design community never ceases to amaze us. Each month brings fresh creativity, and we’ll be back with more handpicked projects to spark your inspiration. ✨
Missed a past edition? Explore the Icon Spotlight posts.
2025-07-16 17:24:59
Icons are more than just decorative elements, they’re powerful design tools that can be used to create unique posters due to its nature. When used intentionally, icons can guide the eye, build visual metaphors, and inject personality into your projects.
In this post, we’ll explore through creative tutorials that show exactly how to turn a basic icon set into expressive, dynamic compositions. You’ll learn how to build playful characters with simple shapes and how to blend photography with illustration to create high-energy, music-inspired designs.
In this first poster tutorial, the goal is to create an artwork from scratch using simple geometric shapes, specifically circles, and bring them to life with icon-based expressions. This approach can also work using triangles, squares, or abstract shapes.
First we need to create the circular shapes and distribute them through the layout (you can help the process by using a grid) and to give later the personality to each circular shape it’s important to apply color psychology and give each shape a specific color.
Now that we have the shapes distributed around the layout, it’s time to emphasize on their personality, and we add a face using face icons, and as the idea is to create a playful poster you can look at quirky and playful expressions.
Let’s add more “Playfulness” to each shape, so we can add hand icons and a party hat icon that will emphasize this feeling at the same time that it gives more context for the design and make it look more rich visually.
Use a soft brush on a new layer to apply shadows (with darker tones) and highlights (with lighter tones) around the edges of each shape, this will give more depth to our design.
Incorporate your main text (play with bold, fun typefaces), add a frame, and include final touches like textures or subtle filters to bring the composition together.
In this second design, the challenge is to express energy, rhythm, and groove using a pre-designed icon set. The final piece is a digital collage that combines photography and illustration to create a dynamic, music-driven poster.
Select a hero image (ideally of a person or silhouette), and integrate it with the icon of earphones. Use shadows to blend both elements seamlessly.
Create a bold title (like “Feel the Sound”) using a groovy display font. In this case, “Marshmallow” was chosen, matching the earphone color to visually connect the title with the icons.
Add more icons from the same set (music notes and groovy icons) around the subject to emphasize sound and motion.
Use the brush tool to sketch radiating lines or waves from the earphones to reflect how the music is affecting the character.
Finish the composition with filters, textures, and subtle lighting effects. The goal is to merge all elements into a cohesive, energetic scene that feels alive.
As you've seen in these tutorials, they can do much more than simply support information. They can tell stories, build atmosphere, and transform abstract concepts into engaging visuals.
Whether you're playing with geometry or blending icons with photography, the key is to experiment, exaggerate, and layer with purpose.
Dive into your next project with fresh eyes and try turning a simple icon set into something unforgettable.
