The Making of Cursor's Icons – Minor Adventures

A year of drawing, testing, and shipping a complete icon system for the world's favourite coding agent.

Jul 30, 2026·16 min read A year of drawing, testing, and shipping a complete icon system for the world's favourite coding agent. Earlier this year, Cursor quietly rolled out its new icon set. I designed it, and so I wanted to share the story of how it was made: partly so you can see how much care goes into a thing like this, and partly for newcomers to design who want to learn how it gets done. The work took about a year and covers 600+ icons in two sizes and two styles, every single exploration and every final icon variant drawn by hand. Cursor's new icon system Growing out of the old…

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