A growing family of illustrations

We were no strangers to Dropbox, having teamed up with the global tech brand before on their fun new brand identity. So we jumped at the chance to get creative with them again, this time on a smaller scale… literally!

Dropbox wanted to expand their illustration library, whilst maintaining their existing style. Working to their brand guidelines, we designed 30 ‘Smalls’ – little icon-like illustrations – and 32 Heroes with a cropped spot format. 

We then translated some of these illustrations into motion as ambient looping animations.

Drop Box Smalls Image 01
Drop Box Smalls Image 02
Drop Box Smalls Image 03

When working to a brand’s existing style it’s essential to fully understand how that should look and feel, continuing the charm and familiarity of the current library to appeal to Dropbox’s 700 million users. 

A key design challenge was achieving a minimalist, instantly recognisable design system, while preserving its inherent charm.

Drop Box Smalls Sketches 01

We think these mini-icons are testament to the fact that good things come in small packages!

Services

 Illustration, Animation, Creative Direction, Production and Account Management

Deliverables

32 x Hero/Spot Illustrations, 30 x Small Illustrations

15 x Hero/Spot Animations, 30 x Small Animations

Credits

Client

Dropbox

Executive Creative Directors

Tom Judd, Mike Davies

Illustration

Jim Billy Wheeler, Claudia Alexandrino, Cat Finnie, Valérie Galchynska, Philipa Rabbit

Animation

Robert Duncan, Stewart Harvey, Sam Stoney, Jose Meneses

Global Account Director

Katie Nash-Chu

Senior Producer

Flo Layer

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