---
title: Announcing Foundry
teaser: A new generation of vector illustrations and infinite possibility for the
  interactive web.
tags: news,design,open source,foundry
author: Will H McMahan
published_on: 2015-06-09
---

[Foundry](http://thoughtbot.github.io/foundry) is a new place for finding and
sharing SVGs. It gives designers the opportunity to contribute and collaborate on
families of vector illustrations and icons and make them available to the world.
No more hunting around Google for ten minutes to find just the right icon or wasting
time recreating an iPhone when you know it's already been done a thousand times.

[![''](http://images.thoughtbot.com/core-012-a.svg)](http://thoughtbot.github.io/foundry)

Scalable vector graphics (SVGs) are pretty amazing. SVGs can be interactive,
animated, infinitely big and infinitely small. They let us share and collaborate
with each other on vector art in an open and application agnostic way. We can
create visual information, art, and fun in ways that aren't possible in
[raster art](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics).

Each family of Foundry is a collection of SVG illustrations and icons, tailor-made to
work together. [Foundry Core](https://github.com/thoughtbot/foundry-core), the
first family of Foundry, is created to be a set of core imagery for use by
designers and developers on open-source and client projects. The majority of the
library is designed around subject matter commonly used in digital products and
applications. [Fellowly](https://github.com/thoughtbot/foundry-fellowly), the
second family of Foundry, is built for health and happiness. Find what you like,
mix and match, and use them!

While there are many icon libraries of various shapes and sizes, we want to make
something a little different. We want to create an open source illustration
library that can be shaped and tooled based on the needs of the community. Our
tagline is "Providing a new generation of vector assets and infinite possibility
for the interactive web and mobile applications, from the designers at thoughtbot."

"But wait!" you say… "it doesn't have the _______ that I need for *my* project~!"
Just make an issue on the family's [GitHub repository](https://github.com/thoughtbot/foundry-core/issues)
and we'll add it to the queue. Share your opinions on requests you're interested
in and we'll focus on the ones with the most traction.

[Download them](http://thoughtbot.github.io/foundry), use them, love them.