Susan Kare: Mother of Icons You Love (or Hate)

Posted by timothy on Monday March 31, 2003 @10:01AM from the mostly-love dept.

bughunter writes "One of today's Yahoo Daily Picks is the personal exhibit of Susan Kare: the mimimalist creator of most of the original Macintosh icons then, later, the iconic elements for Windows 3.0, and she didn't stop there. More than just icons, her GUI elements have become part of the modern collective subconscious - trashcans, bombs, and Happy Macs are universally recognized by computer literate persons the world over. (I can personally attest that the Mac System 6 beachball is burned into my soul...) She deserves some recognition of her own."

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neato by SweetAndSourJesus · 2003-03-31 10:05 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm actually wearing a Susan Kare t-shirt right now.

The one with the bomb icon on it.

I don't wear it at airports.

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Evidently... by Hanji · 2003-03-31 10:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Her server resources were even more minimalist than her icons...

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